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Published: 2014-04-08 16:34:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 7854; Favourites: 51; Downloads: 200
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Description Chaaaange approaches.
An end .

In just 7 hours from the time of this post, Microsoft will end support for Windows XP and Office 2003: www.microsoft.com/en-gb/window…

Let's take the time to remember the great moments we shared with this operating system. 

It was released on the 25th of August, 2001. Even though some pirates would beg to differ. Almost 13 years it has been now. Technology certainly changed a lot during those years, we went from phones with monochrome displays to smartphones that can play Crysis, TVs have gotten thinner , storage capacity increased exponentially, the internet has penetrated almost every aspect of our lives, not to mention countless breakthroughs in medicine, science and other industries. 

As the world around us changed, we also have. For there is nothing constant in this world except for change. 
So here we are, all these years later. Remembering what it was like to use Windows XP.

I remember how much fun it was to customize it.
Here are some of my desktop screenshots from the early days:

           

How did Windows XP affect your life personally? 
Did you love it? Did you hate it? Was it meaningful to you in any way?


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Comments: 34

3URESNAME [2024-07-02 13:51:41 +0000 UTC]

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Meztli72 [2024-04-05 12:31:04 +0000 UTC]

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kuli99 [2020-05-06 01:13:28 +0000 UTC]

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ComputerPerson745755 [2017-05-11 00:13:25 +0000 UTC]

I still use Windows XP in 2017

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NHKom [2015-08-13 09:38:14 +0000 UTC]

I'm now talking from Windows xp emulated in vbox inside Windows 10 

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fediaFedia In reply to NHKom [2015-08-13 09:54:17 +0000 UTC]

good job

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NewInfinitePro [2015-04-21 10:46:02 +0000 UTC]

im using windows xp form 2010 to present (today).... until now i work on all software except antivirus program like mse (Microsoft security essentials) but the popular antivirus work on my pc like avast...

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RivenRoth740 [2014-10-29 00:06:14 +0000 UTC]

im using windows XP as i write this.
lol u mad?

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NIKmikrus [2014-08-03 14:55:52 +0000 UTC]

Ах ты ж русский проказник! :3

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Pikachu297 [2014-06-23 16:46:05 +0000 UTC]

Windows XP led to me finding your work on deviantArt as a 12 year old.

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SkippyStudios [2014-06-20 19:36:01 +0000 UTC]

You are all acting like just because it is no longer supported by Microsoft it is completely dead! That isn't the case at all, just this year I was running Windows 2000, and all of the antiviruses and programs I needed where running up to date! Windows XP isn't dead just because Microsoft no longer updates it.

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OsmosisChing [2014-05-09 07:28:01 +0000 UTC]

Window Xp the best operating system ever, why vista, 7 and 8 not being outstanding than this predecessor.

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Farand [2014-04-17 03:38:08 +0000 UTC]

Windows XP is the operating system I used the most often, I have to say, and I've fond memories of it. I'm sorry to see it go

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PacManix [2014-04-15 12:28:13 +0000 UTC]

For some reason, and maybe also due to the many possibilities of customization, XP always make me feel "at home" and "warm" and somehow "used to"... Vista also gave me a warm feeling even though more clean and "empty" - when everything became cold in Windows 7 (just blueish) and boring (Windows 8).

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GrandCoz13 [2014-04-13 11:43:21 +0000 UTC]

I'm trying to not cry, so sad .

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witchhunttress [2014-04-12 17:33:58 +0000 UTC]

I'm still using it on my laptop I will always love it,it's the best windows ever

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Benguy12 [2014-04-12 03:22:26 +0000 UTC]

My first time using a windows computer was with an NEC from the 90's that ran Windows 95. After that, I used Windows XP for the majority of all my computer needs- In school we had XP, and just when we upgraded to 7 I bought a computer for home use that ran/runs windows XP. Only last April did I upgrade to Windows 7, on the same computer that had run XP previously. I've made so much with XP and learned so much about computers from dealing with it and its many flaws. I thank thee and may you rest in peace, old fellow XP.

I still have the original hard drive that had XP on it inside my computer. Maybe I should boot it up sometime, for old times sake.

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MrRainForce [2014-04-11 18:27:25 +0000 UTC]

One of the best operating systems. One of my first computers had Windows XP

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Pikachu297 In reply to MrRainForce [2014-06-23 16:47:32 +0000 UTC]

Me too!

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Wreck-ItRalph [2014-04-11 11:37:05 +0000 UTC]

It's time to prey for Windows XP. (2001-2014)

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CirnoTheFrosty [2014-04-11 00:47:28 +0000 UTC]

Actually, wait, it was 9 years, not 8...

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CirnoTheFrosty [2014-04-11 00:36:00 +0000 UTC]

RIP Windows XP, the OS I used for literally 8 years straight before getting a new PC running Windows 8...

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ZuaroOS [2014-04-10 16:28:23 +0000 UTC]

I loved xp so much.



zuaroos.deviantart.com/journal…
zuaroos.deviantart.com/art/Win…

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Darka22 [2014-04-10 13:16:53 +0000 UTC]

Does that stop you from using it? No.

XP is so old, i mean, what did you really expected? I had to die one day.

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CoolHandDude [2014-04-10 02:34:21 +0000 UTC]

I remember beta testing Windows XP and then beta testing the service pack for the first ever security apps for Windows....Wow those were the days!

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matsw007 [2014-04-09 14:23:55 +0000 UTC]

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WHchaz1027i [2014-04-09 06:03:49 +0000 UTC]

the reason why I register to DA, 'cause that was the time where customization rock started! (go back there, tear!)  XP...

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hamedsp [2014-04-09 03:37:32 +0000 UTC]

i miss your win xp customize, good days

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IKariDing [2014-04-09 00:53:22 +0000 UTC]

I still remember that day when I sad bye bye to old win 98 and embraced my new computer with XP ...

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Allucard9 [2014-04-08 18:36:40 +0000 UTC]

WinXP maybe the best OS of MS... me have made some good shotz with XP (i think so...)

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AGiLE-EaGLE1994 [2014-04-08 17:09:00 +0000 UTC]

It was a great OS, rather stable and fun to tinker with.
I did love trying out different themes, sidebars, icon packs, sound packs, logon screens, and so on that were available for it, including many of yours.
Oddly enough though I find Vista to be more stable

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MaskedJudas [2014-04-08 16:46:39 +0000 UTC]

Good times, those were the golden times of customization and Windows UI innovations. I remember, when I got into the Beta of XP during my work at a PC shop, it was amazing. Oh well, nostalgia.

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Spriteclad [2014-04-08 16:45:32 +0000 UTC]

in the aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarms ooooooooooooooooooof an aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaangel

(also my bro just updated his computer to Windows 7 which means we don't have any XP computers in the house anymore so yeah)

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elaeris [2014-04-08 16:37:18 +0000 UTC]

It was working great. Great OS. i'll still use it on not connected computer.

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