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Warning: Microsoft has discontinued all update servers for Windows XP, meaning that it is no longer safe to use Windows XP online. If you use XP as your main computer upgrade to Windows 10 as soon as possible.

Welcome to XPforever, a community support wiki for Windows XP. Started in June 2020. Microsoft doesn't support Windows XP anymore, but we (the users) do. XP forever is a guide that aims to keep Windows XP going for decades to come. By encouraging writing new software and drivers for it. As XP is out of support be sure to read about precautions for using Windows XP.

Rules

 * No links to pirated versrions of Windows. If you want a free alternative, check out ReactOS
 * Visitors are welcome to edit this wiki to add more information about Windows XP. It is intended to be a community knowledge base providing self support to the userbase of Windows XP.
 * This wiki is about Windows XP/Server 2003 and its derivatives only (not including Longhorn).
 * Windows 7 and Vista have their own wiki.
 * Anyone with a Miraheze account (or unregistered) can contribute here, the userbox template is available for user pages.

Hardware
Driver challenges – SATA – USB – UEFI – NVME – SSE2 – x64 – VirtualBox – QEMU – PCem and 86box – Internet Access

Software
Software challenges

Gaming
Gaming Challenges – Steam – Origin  – Epic Games Store – Games included with Windows XP

Communication
Communication challenges – Discord – Zoom  – Slack – IRC – Email

Supports XP
Mypal – 360 Extreme Explorer – New Moon – Arctic Fox – TS Browser – K-meleon – Otter Browser – Centaury – Serpent – 2345 Explorer –More

No longer supports XP
Internet Explorer – Firefox – Safari – Chrome – Opera – More

Browser help
User agent spoofing

Updates and security
POSReady – SP4  – Backups – Windows Update (shut down)

XP culture
Why we use XP – 20th Anniversary – Bliss – Yes you can – Like Humans Do – Setup Music – Rover (dog) – Luna – Usage of Windows XP

Events
(Copied directly from the XPforever old page)
 * August 3, 2020. Microsoft discontinued the update servers for Windows XP, Vista and 2000. Meaning it is no longer safe to use online.
 * October 25, 2021. 20th Anniversary. Possible retro revival and interest at this time. (Like Windows 98 20th Anniversary).
 * January 10, 2023. Windows 8.1 end of life. End of paid extended support updates for Windows 7.
 * 19 January 2038 End of 32-bit Unix/Linux time.
 * 31st December 2099. End of BIOS time. Will XP still run in any form by then?

XP Forever is 100% Possible
You Can Do This Today.