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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 years ago (1 children)

DATA BREACH LEVEL: MAXIMUM

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Sasser out of nowhere.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I still regularly visit customers that use Windows XP

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Like, as a daily driver, for specific uses, or both?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I run a CNC machine which requires XP for the control program. The only other option was DOS. We installed it via floppy

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If it’s not internet connected it’s not that big of a deal

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

It's actually the most reliable PC we have in terms of actual hardware lol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

i have several clients with xp, or even older, in similar roles. i keep a couple old desktops (slot 1 celeron, anyone?) at the office just in case they need a replacement.

[–] jsveiga 15 points 2 years ago

Entertaining human written read.

But if I'm going to be that reckless, I'd rather feel the forbidden joy of riding my motorcycle sans helmet!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

I have one old Panasonic Toughbook that still runs XP. It's a control system for a specific scientific instrument. Damn thing just keeps chugging along. Fortunately, I physically removed the wifi chip lest anyone get any ideas.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Are there any modern web browsers that still work on XP?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

So a fork of an older version of Firefox? I will allow it. Beats IE6!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Relevant XKCD comic immediately popped into my mind

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

That final frame brought up some repressed memories. It was not a great time to be in a tech support call center; the queues never ended.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Could I even install DirectX to get modern games working on it? I remember when Vista came out, the big thing was that it had DX10 while XP only went up to 9. And now they're on 12.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Based on how difficult it was for the authors of this piece to even get a web browser to work or to find drivers for hardware, I doubt you'd get DX10+ to work.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

If you can get Vulkan to work, you can potentially use DXVK and VKD3D for DirectX 10-12 support.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

IIRC GTX 700 was the last nVidia generation to have XP driver support so you probably wouldn't be able to get it working properly anyway.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

You might be able to copy dxvk and dx11/dx12 libraries from Proton/Wine. Not sure if it'll work, but sounds like a good weekend project to me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

I miss XP, the last OS from Microsoft that felt like it had a clear human touch IMO.

That installation music...oh, baby...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I run XP on my Dell E510 (with good capacitors! ). I love revisiting some of my old games that just don't hit the same on modern Win. Battlezone II, Battlefield 1942, Rollercoaster Tycoon.

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