Is it still acceptable to use Windows XP

  • SparkMod
    6th Apr 2020 Member 1 Permalink

    Unironically im typing this thread on a vm running windows xp and I was wondering what other peoples thoughts were on the matter of using windows xp after its end of support almost 6 years ago.

  • moonheart08
    6th Apr 2020 Member 0 Permalink

    Anyone still on XP ought to move to linux if possible, it's equally lightweight on your computer, supports equally old hardware, and has far better security.

  • INFINITY-BOI
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  • jacob1
    7th Apr 2020 Developer 0 Permalink
    It's not acceptable. Definitely use a Linux VM instead.

    TPT only supports Windows XP because of a checkbox I checked when installing visual studio. Microsoft doesn't want me to support it either. I'm also fairly sure the latest version has no online functionality in XP anymore.
  • QuanTech
    7th Apr 2020 Member 0 Permalink
    Absolutely unacceptable, illegal, and ban worthy.
    /s
    Edited once by QuanTech. Last: 7th Apr 2020
  • stargate38
    11th Apr 2020 Member 0 Permalink

    How is it illegal to use XP in a VM? That doesn't make sense, especially if they obtained the product key legally. I'm sure there's still a way to do that, through authorized resellers or some other legal manner.

    Edited once by stargate38. Last: 11th Apr 2020
  • jacob1
    11th Apr 2020 Developer 0 Permalink
    @stargate38 (View Post)
    /s means sarcasm. It was just a joke.

    But my "not acceptable" comment still stands. Don't use XP for anything more than experimentation, and be cautious of what you download since you will have virtually no protection from viruses.
  • MiningMarsh
    13th Apr 2020 Member 0 Permalink

    If you need to run XP, XP point of sale edition was updated up to a few months ago when it finally EOL'ed. Its by far the most up to date security wise of the XPs.

  • Supercrafter
    13th Apr 2020 Member 0 Permalink

    No. Running tpt on windows XP is deadly, banworthy, earth-destruction worthy, unacceptable, illegal and every hitman in the world will try to shoot you.

     

    /s

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