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In 2026, the only people still installing Windows XP are doing it for one of four reasons. A vintage hardware build (think ThinkPad T42, old IBM tower). An industrial controller running legacy software that will never be ported. A retro gaming rig for games that hate anything newer (Thief 2, Deus Ex, pre-2007 SecuROM titles). … Read more

The last time I counted, I had four bootable USB sticks in my desk drawer: current Windows 11, Windows 11 with TPM bypass, Ubuntu 24.04, and a multi-boot Ventoy stick. They rotate through every PC I touch, and maybe 80% of Windows install jobs start with plugging one in and hitting F12 at boot. The … Read more