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Can you still use Windows XP in 2026?

(17 March 2026) Windows XP was released almost 25 years ago and is still (kinda) usable in 2026. Numerous retro revival projects exist for it, like OneCore, Supermium and Legacy Update, making an otherwise equally-as-ancient OS as Windows 2000 which only got a few additional years of support usable (to an extent) in 2026. At least when I'm not using it, where it has a mind of its own and will just e x p e r i e n c e c r a s h e s i n e x p l o r e r .


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Software used

- Paint.NET 5.1.11

- Audacity 3.7.7

- DaVinci Resolve 20.3.2


Music (in chronological order)

- QuangerineCream by Noir Et Blanc Vie, YouTube Audio Library

- "Pamgaea" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons-By Attribution 4.0 License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

- Pila Pala Paradise by Rachel K Collier, YouTube Audio Library

- So Long Analog by Noir Et Blanc Vie, YouTube Audio Library

- Peachy by half.cool, YouTube Audio Library


Works Cited

- [1] "Windows Triton", BetaArchive Wiki [Source of featured chart]. Last edited 31 March 2021, accessed 15 February 2026. https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_Triton

- [2] "Windows Neptune", BetaWiki. Last edited 15 February 2026, accessed 15 February 2026. https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_Neptune

- [3] "Windows Odyssey", BetaWiki. Last edited 8 October 2025, accessed 15 February 2026. https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_Odyssey

- [4] "Windows XP build 2197", BetaWiki. Last edited 7 January 2026, accessed 15 February 2026. https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_XP_build_2197

- [5] "October launch for Windows XP", BBC. 9 May 2001, accessed 12 February 2026. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/1321953.stm

- [6] "XP prepares to storm desktops", Mark Ward, BBC. 13 August 2001, accessed 12 February 2026. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1483926.stm

- [7] "Microsoft Windows XP - Professional review", Matt Lake, CNET. 4 September 2001, accessed 12 February 2026. https://www.cnet.com/reviews/microsoft-windows-xp-professional-review/


Media used

- ThinkPad_T43.jpg by Bitmaster Helsinki, CC BY 2.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 - via Wikimedia Commons

- ThinkPad_X200s_(CCFL_and_LED_compared).jpg by Kai Hendry, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons


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