How to Safely Use Microsoft Windows XP FOREVER!

Great video! But speaking of browsers, you forgot to mention Supermium which is a Chromium fork and right now it's the most up-to-date web browser for XP

I installed Windows XP Home in a Virtualbox VM in March 2010. That VM survived 2 VBox owners; 3 desktops and 4 CPUs. XP received all the updates till they stopped in 2014. I use the VM weekly to play the wma copies of my CDs and LPs with WoW and TrueBass effects. It could run Firefox 52.9.0 ESR; Format Factory 3.3.5; Rufus 2.14; Google SketchUp 8 and MS-Office 2003 :) I almost never use those programs anymore except Windows Media Player. I use the newest IOBIT software (Advanced System Care; Application Software Updater; Malware Fighter and Uninstaller) to maintain the system.

Also when using an extension to block ads and many websites with filters etc. ublock origin is the best option imo as it includes a ton of filter lists from various developers

I would like to keep using XP, mostly for retro boxes, in which case web traffic would be restricted to locally hosted stuff. If you want to browse the web, setup another computer with a recent copy of Linux. The same goes for email. It would be nice to have some box to filter my network traffic so as to provide a sanitised version fit for XP and other 'ancient' Windows flavours - however I've had no success searching for any help on this front. The activation and update bit is a right pain, so I now don't try doing new installations, I just use saved images that are close enough then just make a few changes as needed. If you have a nice XP setup, grab an image now.

Thanks for taking my suggestion!😊

Windows XP forever nostalgia.

Great bits ... still some XP development done here ... like it. I look forward to checking out your channel. Subscribed. Cheers

Useful as always. Already waiting for Use Vista Forever, specially 32bits 🔥 🔥 🔥

When I first used windows 7 on a laptop, it made me feel like an entrepreneur. Same thing with a time i tried Xp. Both amazing and clean experiences!

A PC can be hacked through many ways, not just being connected to the internet. For example pictures can contain viruses, which are executed during thumbnail generation for `explorer.exe`. That's why you still need a virus scanner to prevent possible data loss or simply make sure to make enough backups of your important data.

A little tip for XP users (of which I am one): If you go where your Network Adapter is, you can right-click on it, and drop a shortcut of it onto your desktop, making the switch easier. Right-clicking on the shortcut will also enable/disable it. I have two adapters in my machine, so I renamed the shortcut for the Internet one "Internet Connection" and the other is for my private domain. That way, when I go on the Internet, I can also disable the LAN one for added protection. Just makes things a whole lot easier. Or even better, make a batch file that enables one and disables the other with a simple double-click. If someone's familiar with XP, chances are they're familiar with Dial-Up internet access. Just think of it as that - dialing out and disconnecting. I am of the school of thought that, since I use internet sparingly on my XP rig, I don't need Antivirus. But I do use Microsoft's own Windows Defender for XP. Less bloat and BS, and with a little know-how, you can manually update the definitions for it using a download of the data file for a 32-bit Win7 version. Of course, until it's discontinued. heh

Windows XP was the best. It was user friendly and very light on resources and you didn't need that much Ram. Windows 7 was decent, but required most people to upgrade their PC's because of the heavy system requirements it required. Windows 10, 11, and beyond is just malware.

how am i supposed to use the internet without getting hacked?

Amazing videos! i love them,you helped me so much to make my windows xp vm working perfectly! Now im moving to windows 98 can you make an update video on windows 98 web browsers

So if you have a win10/xp dual boot setup. If im connected on the WIN10. Can the system still be exploited because xp is sintalled on the system? Or only if im logged into xp and connected to the internet?

Shouldn't this thing be behind a firewall with just about all of the ports locked down?

I absolutly agree ! Very good Video ! Thx 4 the tips !

I use Windows Server 2008 R2 with Microsoft Security Essentials by fully updated (including sha-2 code signing support) to update Microsoft Security Essentials. I use Windows Server 2008 R2 for playing roblox games (like Brookhaven rp, pet simulator 99 etc.)

I installed Hearthstone when was early and could update it with battle net even after support was over. It only required to download extra file that isnt included in update but updated.

My issue is that I want to use windows xp but most software wants a cpu with sse2 and my dual Pentium 3 box doesn't have it.