Who still using windows xp in 2016???

[sdfox 7]

I use XP everyday. It does everything I need to do, and I don't believe in changing for the sake of change. If it's not broken, don't break it!

 

[plast0000]

about less than 10% of the total desktop market share
I don't know anyone who still uses that, they all upgraded to Vista SP2 ,7 and 10, all the PCs around me right now are on Windows 10.
I even know someone who still lives with a latitude d610 (P4M 1.86GHZ, 2GB DDR2 memory, Intel GMA915) that was upgraded to Windows Vista SP2 Starter edition (works good on such old machine)
HW acceleration is fully functional since Vista is the last OS to support the old XDDM driver model (no aero due to the lack of a HW schedule and aero is not even supported in that edition)

 

[alth0triplemadang]

GMA 915 still amazing, only for Displaying the windows UI with lack of aero
the old d610 has an PCIe x16 slot right?

And oh yes, will win XP supports the newer GTX 1080 that based on the Pascal architecture by hacking the driver?

 

[Deleted member 1898488]

I run XP. I Have a W98SE lappy that is always offline for docs (hacker-proof) and a Handy-Dandy XP Pro disc and Rollback Rx for when hackers hack up my "Swiss Cheese" PC

 

[some random dude]

I'm still running XP as well. Was at 3.6 GHz for the last 6 years. I wanted to upgrade due to fears of imminent hardware failure, and I finally found a faster/better MB with XP drivers. I'm now running slightly OC at 4.6 GHz (air cooling) and I can use the newer PCI-Express graphics cards & USB 3.1. I'm ecstatic..

Also I still use XP Pro SP3 32-bit, but my available system memory is still at 3.25 GB with a 1 GB graphics card, a 4 GB Ramdrive, and another 2 GB Ramdrive. (You do the math..) It took a little tweaking but I can use the ram above the 4GB boundary. I was never able to use more than 2 GB of ram with my old system, and it really does make a huge difference. One other cool note, I finally figured out how to switch to AHCI mode after windows was already installed in normal IDE mode, (I don't use a floppy drive any more, it's all thumbdrives now), so that's the icing on the cake. The last thing I need to do, is find a generic (non-branded) trim program for XP so I can keep all my future SSDs in top shape without having to switch to my newer games Win7 partition to trim them.

For anyone who asks why I bother with XP, my top 3 reasons:

1) I know how to bend it to my will after many years and failed tweaking attempts.
(I mastered the art of tweaking it any way I want.)
(I have multiple desktops with different shortcuts on them depending on my mood, switchable via F-keys, and custom batch files to switch into any mode I want IE: turning off everything for gaming mode, just to list one..)

2) It no longer spies on me like all the newer OSs do.
(I didn't feel like being unsecure for years while everyone tried to figure the new OSs out.)
(I learned every settings & hack required to keep it from phoning home to M$. And you have to do some serious hacking IE: hex editing system files to accomplish that. Not to mention certain HOSTS entrees, and using the right security software.)

3. I have a huge library of programs on my drive to do anything I want.
(IE: Games, music (24&36-bit FLAC), movies, custom browser setups (new & old but reliable), office, editing, etc...)
(Basically my system is very easy to use, and I've already trained myself for long enough... Now I'm going to enjoy it.)


I've already bought multiple motherboards, extra power supplies (with the same connectors), a few sets
of ram, and a few more CPUs, that are going to sit in storage until my current board/hardware dies. Then
all I have to do is switch out failed components. I'm done with the rat race.

PS - To the last comment.. I still have a one-time pad encryption program I wrote in batch code on
Win98SE that I can't even run in XP due to the $@#*s changing msdos around. I guess it was a good idea I
made a bootable thumbdrive version of 98SE (under 250 MB) that I can still boot up in any computer to
use it & keep working on future versions. So to those who say move on, screw you. (Ask the banks why
they still have dos on their computers).

 

[CJW1951]

I have a friend that uses an old Tandy 1000 to run a commercial plotter. The problem with the plotter is that it is still in very good shape, he pens are refillable, the cutter blades are readily available and it will not work on a dosbox on a newer machine. Why pay 12000 for a new plotter and another 1200 for a new system. Seems stupid.

 

[alth0triplemadang]

I have a friend that uses an old Tandy 1000 to run a commercial plotter. The problem with the plotter is that it is still in very good shape, he pens are refillable, the cutter blades are readily available and it will not work on a dosbox on a newer machine. Why pay 12000 for a new plotter and another 1200 for a new system. Seems stupid.

Indeed. stick with win XP, just like me

 

[BrianVS]

I just installed DOS 7.1 real-mode and XP to dual-boot on a Panasonic CF-52 on a 512GByte FAT-32 formatted drive and 4GBytes of memory. I use the PharLap DOS extenders which allow use of protected-mode programs to access all of memory under DOS. The CF-52 BIOS allows native USB support under DOS. XP- for running XILINX development tools, device programmers, etc. I used the POS hack for XP- got 170 updates under SP3.

 

[alth0triplemadang]

512GByte FAT-32 formatted drive

is it a SSD drive?
if yes then, can MS DOS handle SSD TRIM command?

 

[BrianVS]

The 512GByte drive is "spinning", a Seagate St500LM000.

I have a 64GByte SATA SSD, "$18, Ebay, SOLD" formatted as FAT-32, will be buying a Caddy for it.

Getting the 512GByte to format as FAT-32 took some trial and error, and some luck.

FREEDOS 1.1 FDISK, set up the entire disk as a Primary/Active partition.

Win98se format gave an "out of memory" error when used;
FreeDOS 1.1 Format was able to format the drive, but copying files to it resulted in "File Creation Error".
then went back to Win98SE Format, booted from a thumb drive, used,
Format c:/s

Win98se Format worked the second time, disk booted into DOS- then did the XP install.

The drive has been stable, and WinXP loaded up on it after using nLite to add the SATA drivers.

The result- Dual boot XP and run DOS and PharLap Extended Mode DOS on the same machine.

 

[BurgerandChips66]

https://youtu.be/KNcc6KVM3TE

'Windows XP can be Bullet Proof in 2016'

 

[alth0triplemadang]

https://youtu.be/KNcc6KVM3TE

'Windows XP can be Bullet Proof in 2016'

yeah. i agree with this video.
running it unplugged from the internet doubles the security 😛

 

[jeffredo]

Unofficial Service Pack 4. Keeps it up to date and about as "secure" as it was before 2014. MSFN forums are a great resource too.

http://www.msfn.org/board/forum/34-windows-xp/

 

[alth0triplemadang]

Unofficial Service Pack 4. Keeps it up to date and about as "secure" as it was before 2014. MSFN forums are a great resource too.

http://www.msfn.org/board/forum/34-windows-xp/

thanks for the info my friends!
I'm start searching for important updates, software tweak, and some needed stuff to make my XP as solid as rock for today and future!

 

[KiL3MaNjAr0W]

I still also use 56k dial up and aol 6.0

 

[Kyle_1984]

Slightly off-topic, but I recently heard that French Air Traffic Control still uses Windows NT 3.1 for certain critical elements of their systems.

The mind boggles!

No wonder they are always on strike. (I'm resident in France btw.)

That was Cool, I didn't believe that!
Oh yes and in my country, there are lots of cashier computer running MS DOS and Win 1.0 😀

What P4 model do you use on your old Dell pc?
a LGA 775 or PGA 478 ones

Its the very old PGA 478.... with a whopping 768 Mb of RAM! An Optiplex GX240, running XP Pro.

It even dual-boots with Puppy Linux, which gives me better performamance as it doesn't require any additional AV software and runs entirely in RAM.

I sort of collect old PCs. I also have a faster AMD Athlon XP 2400+ in the garage which has XP Home edition on it. There is also a PIII 450 MHz with XP Pro and a couple of PIII Dell Laptops with XP Pro. Even an HP Vectra 486DX4 with Win 98SE. But only the Dell Optiplex desktop is still used in any way nowadays.

Very Funny! I have a Dell GX240 also. I run a non HT 2.8ghz Northwood 400fsb/512, 2GB PC133 RAM, and a 160GB HD with XP Home.

You might want to pick up a 2.8 on ebay for $3.99 and a 512 stick for another $4 bucks to get you to 1GB and another 1100 megahertz. For just under $10 you can get that old XP machine to move even faster.

 

[alth0triplemadang]

Slightly off-topic, but I recently heard that French Air Traffic Control still uses Windows NT 3.1 for certain critical elements of their systems.

The mind boggles!

No wonder they are always on strike. (I'm resident in France btw.)

That was Cool, I didn't believe that!
Oh yes and in my country, there are lots of cashier computer running MS DOS and Win 1.0 😀

What P4 model do you use on your old Dell pc?
a LGA 775 or PGA 478 ones

Its the very old PGA 478.... with a whopping 768 Mb of RAM! An Optiplex GX240, running XP Pro.

It even dual-boots with Puppy Linux, which gives me better performamance as it doesn't require any additional AV software and runs entirely in RAM.

I sort of collect old PCs. I also have a faster AMD Athlon XP 2400+ in the garage which has XP Home edition on it. There is also a PIII 450 MHz with XP Pro and a couple of PIII Dell Laptops with XP Pro. Even an HP Vectra 486DX4 with Win 98SE. But only the Dell Optiplex desktop is still used in any way nowadays.

Very Funny! I have a Dell GX240 also. I run a non HT 2.8ghz Northwood 400fsb/512, 2GB PC133 RAM, and a 160GB HD with XP Home.

You might want to pick up a 2.8 on ebay for $3.99 and a 512 stick for another $4 bucks to get you to 1GB and another 1100 megahertz. For just under $10 you can get that old XP machine to move even faster.

and i just rebulided my old XP machine that also my first custom bulit PC in 2006. it has 1GB DDR2 ram, core2duo e5400, IDE 80GB HDD, nvidia 7600gt 256mb and some nostalgic stuff like a 3.5 floppy disk. and, i still keep my old PII laptop the Toshiba Tecra 8000 running XP Pro.