After using several Windows Enterprise trials and Windows 10 Insider, time has come to make decision and purchase something.

As much as I dig Windows 10, price they ask for Windows is absurd, but on my luck, XP is quite cheap these days and it happens I'm actually fully compatible with my current setup with it, so yeah, long story short, I got Windows XP Home Edition for 10 euros, couldn't be more happier with that purchase.

My only concern was about Klanghelm MJUC, but I saw on GS that Tony did another render for a customer who is on XP and it's working flawlessly, awesome.

So yeah, anyone else still rocking good ol' XP?

As a side note, I did find some nice tweaking&optimizing resources, so yeah, just gonna throw them here, so if I missed anything, do tell:
Optimize Your PC for Music Production
Black Viper’s Windows XP x86 (32-bit) Service Pack 3 Service Configurations
TweakHound’s Super XP Tweaking Guide – SP3 Final
Optimizing Windows 2000 and XP for Audio

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Unofficial Windows XP SP4
FX&Instrument Solutions with MAXimum Efficiency
Windows XP Forums

Spoiler: More reg Stuff

More reg stuff

Much of sp3 for security, i read around web they feel sp2 was best. What to do with software which want sp3?

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows]
"CSDVersion"=dword:00000300

You change this and XP think is sp3

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Spoiler: Windows Updates

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\WPA\PosReady]

"Installed"=dword:00000001


Add that to a notepad file and save it as .reg for free MS updates to XP until 2019

Also worth checking out, Legacy DAW technology site

 

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ATM Machines

 

I have my old pc still running on Xp, but a didn't used him for ages

 

Yeah, government institutions and many medical ones too over here, many companies and etc, I know it's still widely used OS, but among here for production/audio/music/DAW

 

I do. Thx for some of those links.

 

xp is old windows 7 is even better, faster and you don't get malware a lot, i'm running windows 10 is not bad, is a really good OS but is good in tracking too.

 

Here is link to add to OP if security is issue

http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/171171-introducing-unofficial-windows-xp-sp4/

 

Well, I don't have money laying around to throw on Microsoft, last time I checked XP wasn't that left behind, nothing worth paying dozens of times more, look here

Malware from what, I'm one of those folks who use fully optimized offline OS only for audio, so I just need it to let me use my hardware and software, I'm using Linux for everything else.

Windows 7 is freaking expensive right now, if you can even score it anywhere legally, any legal path to Windows 10 is too, so yeah, pretty much can't find a reason to spend fortune on newer OS right now when old XP is covering my needs, also from benchmarks difference for audio is not that big to feel bad about it, I understand it's your personal preference, we all got them, hence mine

Awesome, thanks, gonna update the post

Security is not an issue, I'm going offline&optimized, but yeah, somebody else could benefit from it

 

you can download a windows from a a website if you are smart on the web you can find a legit key for free

 

Last edited: Aug 28, 2015

Their EULA is really not that easy to cheat on legal and moral basis, so only if that somebody is going to give me his legally bought unused licence with receipt, I'm afraid it's legal as torrenting it

 

If you have more than 1 xp system you can create audio processing farm for free with FX Teleport.

http://www.fx-max.com/index.html

Click purchase and site give you Out of Business note and serial number.

 

Freaking awesome

 

if your are running windows xp in more computers you have to buy the licence for each computer if is one you can use a torrent

 

Happy you find use with this. Check other 3 products to see if you need these, all are free now.

Backup the installer and serial i do not know how long site will stay.

 

I'm familiar with their EULA and no

Yeah, they really did amazing job with these, good thinking, thanks again

 

Yes but as xsze say you can buy xp for very cheap, only version which is still expensive is 64 because ppl still use.

 

This is biggest place for XP community i know, but is not for DAW only http://www.xpforums.com/

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\WPA\PosReady]

"Installed"=dword:00000001


Add that to a notepad file and save it as .reg for free MS updates to XP until 2019


* Forgot to add. Once saved as a .reg file double click to add to registry (THEN you get free updates)

 

Last edited: Aug 29, 2015

Lovely forum

Really appreciate all this, hope there's few more on our boat who will step out to hang out

 

More reg stuff

Much of sp3 for security, i read around web they feel sp2 was best. What to do with software which want sp3?

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows]
"CSDVersion"=dword:00000300

You change this and XP think is sp3