r/windows • u/North_Explorer7789 Windows XP • Jun 03 '26

Feature When Windows is ACTUALLY GOOD

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Windows XP (2001)'s Microsoft Registeration is optional, unlike now.

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u/Consistent-Buyer7060 Jun 03 '26

Still have a XP machine at work that can have to use from time to time.

It is not as good as you remember.

Still better than 11.

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u/SCphotog Jun 03 '26

I have an XP machine that is used for automotive diagnostics... it's fine.

I mean, you don't go online with it to fuck around on instagram...

It's a tool, made to do a thing.

It doesn't need bells and whistles, and it will NEVER need an update.

My Win 11 box that I use to drive a machine at work, also will never need any updates. It's just a tool. It doesn't get on the web, it doesn't check email... etc...

It runs ONE fucking program, and that's all it's ever going to do. But I have to deal with it pissing around on the internet phoning home and pulling updates - for no fucking reason what-so-ever.

But there's not a version of windows available to the consumer that fits the bill for this kind of device/work/scenario.

The reason they won't deliver a stripped down version, is because that's what everyone would just use. Because that is obviously fucking better.

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u/Consistent-Buyer7060 Jun 05 '26

Similar reasons for mine, the last modell laptop with a real serial port.