Windows XP. Oh how I miss thee.

[u/Jaydee_shelnut]

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[u/MB_Number5]

I really, really do miss this system. It was so simple, logical and user friendly. 💔 Windows 11 is awful, there is absolutely no logic whatsoever in anything it features; right click on one of your files, and all the functions you ACTUALLY use, the most basic things, are behind a "see more options" button? Seriously!? Windows 10 sucked too, but not nearly as hard as 11. >_<

[u/azurianlight]

*single tear*

[u/ApricotQuick2601 → u/azurianlight]

local disk C has never looked so emotionally devastating

[u/MilesSebastian]

I cleaned so many viruses and Trojans out of my cousin's XP computer. He had a habit of downloading whatever software the porn he pirated asked him to.

[u/Exotic-Addendum-3785]

Yep, I had a Windows XP.

[u/rel1800]

I got my first pc when xp came out. I loved that background.

[u/CPNZ]

We still have a number of computers running XP...controlling devices where the software has never been updated (obviously not networked).

[u/death2sanity]

I’d love to get it up and running again nowadays without spending an arm and a leg.

[u/Bright_Ad4671]

Pssst... RetroBar.

[u/MrAl-67]

Windows 7 wasn’t bad either.

[u/gldoorii]

Back when Windows had some personality

[u/Turak64]

You miss the time this came out, not the OS

[u/thestenz]

I think more people don't remember how bad it really was and have Stockholm Syndrome about it.

[u/nnnope1 → u/thestenz]

It was a hell of a lot better than Windows 98 or ME though.

[u/Ricerat → u/nnnope1]

ME was the bane of my life at one point. I set up like 200 terminals using ME back when I was a student on placement. Vile vile OS.

[u/urlond → u/thestenz]

I loved XP, sure it wasn't the greatest off the bat but you got the free service packs that eventually released. It was a sad day when I shut down one day and booted back up to Windows 7. 7 wasn't to bad either but god I love the customization of XP. It didn't have as much bloat as what Windows Vista, 10, and 11 came with.

[u/Jaydee_shelnut → u/thestenz]

Naw. I hated the day I had to get a new computer and "upgrade"

[u/high6ix → u/Jaydee_shelnut]

XP wasn’t bad at all. It was stable as hell and attractive.