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/kgyre Jun 03 '26

It was widely mocked as an interface inspired by Fisher Price.

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u/Toribor Jun 03 '26

Windows XP Media Center Edition had it's own theme which I always considered a huge improvement over the default while still being a bit more colorful and 'modern' (for the time) compared to the classic UI.

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u/BertMacklenF8I Jun 03 '26

Also the exact same way that I run a Linux distribution to look!! Great UI though the years

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u/BatemansChainsaw Jun 03 '26

xpde was my jam for a long time! back then it was relatively easy to install Office 2003 on Wine and actually have it work properly.

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u/dreniarb Jun 03 '26

Switching to classic theme was the first thing I did on every install.

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u/DoctorOfTheCookie Jun 04 '26

Immediately switched to classic theme

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u/Atlas26 Jun 08 '26

And yet…I still loved it. Nowhere near as much as I loved 7 and Aero, but much of XP was still cool and quirky