TODO - I have shitloads of notes in my backlog.

Operating Systems > Windows >

(on Wikipedia)

An incredibly popular operating system, and a benchmark from to many other applications and newer operating systems are compared.

I used it, and although it needed heavy modification, I did love it. It's still in my toolkit just in case I need a complete operating system to use software in my archives.

Released 2001-10-25

Startup

Startup

An update with no name.

An update with no name.

• Windows XP configuration
• Windows XP console utilities
• Windows XP DRM removal

• Windows XP tricks and tips

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• Raw Computing: Windows XP

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• (date not recorded) After this, I used Windows Legacy.

• (notes not specifically taken) I was simultaneously using various Linux distributions.

  • I was also using Wine on Linux.
• I was tinkering with VMWare.
• (notes not specifically taken) I was simultaneously using a Commodore 64 (and 128).

• (date not recorded) Before this, I used Windows 9x

Notes ∞

• Security How-to Resources
• How to secure Windows2000 / XP
• Encrypting File System in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003

• TinyXP

  • (old torrent archive, unchecked)
• https://web.archive.org/web/20131130123942/http://apcmag.com/pirated_windows_more_impressive_than_the_real_thing.htm
• XP Lite

• Release time

  • I have an old bookmark to an HTML file which I cannot find xp-dhcp-1hr-release-time-intentional.
  • From what I can discern, Windows XP will disregard renew times/leases and keep renewing the lease every hour.

• Launch Windows Explorer with administrative privileges on Windows XP Pro

  • (archive)
• Turn Off The XP Welcome Screen

• Boot Windows XP in non-GUI mode

  1. Start > Run > msconfig > boot.ini
  2. Select your Operating System, in case you are using multiple OS' on a single system.
  3. [x] /NOGUIBOOT, [Apply], Reboot
• Troubleshooting IEEE 802.11 Wireless Access with Microsoft Windows

• Power Management in Windows XP

  • (archive)
  • https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/desktop/ms704147(v=vs.85) [ 1 ]

Software which I never tried ∞

Slapped here for no good reason. These are probably only for XP.

• Wez's Evil Shell

  • A replacement for the default Windows®XP and Windows Server 2003 graphical shell (taskbar, start menu and "tray").
  • 2019-12-29 -- Abandoned, and not listed on the author's website. I found it here: https://en.freedownloadmanager.org/Windows-PC/Wez-s-Evil-Shell-Desktop-FREE.html (but haven't downloaded it)

• Microsoft PowerToys > Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP

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