Reddit user skins Windows 11 to look like Windows XP

[Jan]

Reddit user turns his Windows 11 desktop into a Windows XP experience

A Reddit user has modified his Windows 11 interface to make it look and function like Windows XP.

The user — BowzausarusRex — said he used the third-party apps WindowBlinds, OpenShell, and RetroBar to reskin his Windows 11 into the much-loved operating system, first released in 2001.

 

[Priapus]

Okay? Cool story, bro...

 

[rvZA]

Well done!

 

[RaptorSA]

"First released in 2011, Windows XP was one of Microsoft’s most popular operating systems, reaching 75% of its overall customer base by the time overall mainstream support for the OS reached end-of-life in April 2009."

Correction...


But thanks Jan, for a moment there I didn't feel so damn old.
This actually looks pretty nice....



Would go well with this:

 

[backstreetboy]

 

[RaptorSA]

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The fact that I still remember most of this exact activation key is nuts.

 

[Nephew_]

You could do a gazillion XP activations on a key, right? No online checking, do I remember correctly?

 

[KikzAzz]

Why?? Get yourself Windows XP if you want to stay living in that era.

 

[gregmcc]

Still have XP on VirtualBox

 

[RedViking]

I modified my windows XP to look like Windows 11 and everyone wonders why I don't experience any issue with the latest Windows.

I win!

 

[Priapus]

Windows XP was their best OS to date.

 

[Aghori]

Windows XP was their best OS to date.

I lean toward Win7. It was even more stable than XP, and it's quick as you running after a Benoni whore with a Priapus.

 

[Earthtree]

Windows 10 keeps telling mwah can upgrade to 11. Keep clicking no. Nice to know my hardware can support it. Not yet Bill.

 

[Nike7]

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I found a cd in the garage with this same key written on it, but it was too scratched for the drive to read. Now I know what’s on it!

Is there a story to why everyone had this key?

 

[LazyLion]

I found a cd in the garage with this same key written on it, but it was too scratched for the drive to read. Now I know what’s on it!

Is there a story to why everyone had this key?

It's the one that Microsoft officially released to flood the industry with their operating system...

 

[Nike7]

It's the one that Microsoft officially released to flood the industry with their operating system...

They gave it away for free?

 

[backstreetboy]

I found a cd in the garage with this same key written on it, but it was too scratched for the drive to read. Now I know what’s on it!

Is there a story to why everyone had this key?

AFAIK Dell leaked the key and the rest they say is history.

 

[Virex]

Fok, I used that very same cd key back in the day. I still remember it as well. I haven't used windows for personal use in a very long time. But Windows XP - Pro was pretty great.

 

[Totempole]

You could do a gazillion XP activations on a key, right? No online checking, do I remember correctly?

Not quite, no.

There were activation check killer apps, but every time you did an update, they'd sneak activation checkers in, which would be noted on various forums to avoid.

With XP up to service pack 2, they'd lock you out of your PC 3 days after they bust you. For legal reasons, once SP3 was released you would just get a watermark and your wallpaper disabled.

 

[Aghori]

Not quite, no.

There were activation check killer apps, but every time you did an update, they'd sneak activation checkers in, which would be noted on various forums to avoid.

With XP up to service pack 2, they'd lock you out of your PC 3 days after they bust you. For legal reasons, once SP3 was released you would just get a watermark and your wallpaper disabled.

"This copy of Windows is not genuine", and a blank desktop. Nothing else, so I just carried on using it.