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xperceniol_sal wrote: ↑22 May 2025, 22:33
I love the firsts theme!
Does this come pre-activated?
due to forum rules it does not come with a key and will need to be purchased yourself
Thank you, RebBeam, I'm glad I asked first. In that case I'd better stick with what I have that came pre-activated on my systems from the company. I have recovery CD's for both computers of mine and its XP Pro that the computers were manufactured with. One thing about linux is that you don't need a key. When the day comes that XP is not longer usable (at all) I'll likely go with Linux Mint.
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xperceniol_sal wrote: ↑22 May 2025, 22:33
I love the firsts theme!
Does this come pre-activated?
due to forum rules it does not come with a key and will need to be purchased yourself
Thank you, RebBeam, I'm glad I asked first. In that case I'd better stick with what I have that came pre-activated on my systems from the company. I have recovery CD's for both computers of mine and its XP Pro that the computers were manufactured with. One thing about linux is that you don't need a key. When the day comes that XP is not longer usable (at all) I'll likely go with Linux Mint.
Most likely this is XP x64 Volume, which only needs a key (no activation). I would put a key here but I don't think I'm supposed to, but Google for "xxxxx xp key" will turn up working ones. If however it's based on XP Pro OEM or XP Pro Retail, you can either convert it to volume (just a few files swapped with those from a volume ISO), or you can use my fork of xxxxx's activator which has support for activating XP (although idk if i'd be allowed to send that here)
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due to forum rules it does not come with a key and will need to be purchased yourself
Thank you, RebBeam, I'm glad I asked first. In that case I'd better stick with what I have that came pre-activated on my systems from the company. I have recovery CD's for both computers of mine and its XP Pro that the computers were manufactured with. One thing about linux is that you don't need a key. When the day comes that XP is not longer usable (at all) I'll likely go with Linux Mint.
Most likely this is XP x64 Volume, which only needs a key (no activation). I would put a key here but I don't think I'm supposed to, but Google for "xxxxx xp key" will turn up working ones. If however it's based on XP Pro OEM or XP Pro Retail, you can either convert it to volume (just a few files swapped with those from a volume ISO), or you can use my fork of xxxxx's activator which has support for activating XP (although idk if i'd be allowed to send that here)
please do not mention piracy sites in this thread thanks -RedBeam
xperceniol_sal wrote: ↑23 May 2025, 00:14
Thank you, RebBeam, I'm glad I asked first. In that case I'd better stick with what I have that came pre-activated on my systems from the company. I have recovery CD's for both computers of mine and its XP Pro that the computers were manufactured with. One thing about linux is that you don't need a key. When the day comes that XP is not longer usable (at all) I'll likely go with Linux Mint.
Most likely this is XP x64 Volume, which only needs a key (no activation). I would put a key here but I don't think I'm supposed to, but Google for "xxxxx xp key" will turn up working ones. If however it's based on XP Pro OEM or XP Pro Retail, you can either convert it to volume (just a few files swapped with those from a volume ISO), or you can use my fork of xxxxx's activator which has support for activating XP (although idk if i'd be allowed to send that here)
please do not mention piracy sites in this thread thanks -RedBeam
Yeah, I don't want to see you get banned by posting something you shouldn't. I also hope people don't mention anything form the piracy sites. Don't worry about me - I'll be fine.
"I wish I could tell you it gets better. It doesn't get better. YOU get better." -Joan Rivers
You said that this works for modern hardware. Would ethernet drivers and graphics drivers be supported? I’m pretty sure I’d need onecore api and legacy update right? I want to try running Teamfortress 2 online with this custom OS. This is my setup:
I only tried in a VirtualBox VM and it would not allow me to install's VirtualBox's "3D support" when regular XP x64 does allow the "3D support" to install.
I'll revisit at a later date in case I did something wrong.
But that was my first-run experience with this custom XP x64.
Disregard. I forgot that it has to be installed in "safe mode".
Isolar76 wrote: ↑23 May 2025, 20:23
You said that this works for modern hardware. Would ethernet drivers and graphics drivers be supported? I’m pretty sure I’d need onecore api and legacy update right? I want to try running Teamfortress 2 online with this custom OS. This is my setup:
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7500 CPU @ 3.40GHz
Motherboard
HP - 8298
Graphics Card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
this is only the first beta release so not everything is added yet but the next update plans to add more drivers and functionality in now (one-core-api will have to be manually downloaded as i will not be dealing with microsoft for using modified files)
Alpha XP X64 SP2 1.0 Beta 1 already installed into computer and ready for testing!!!! a really great new and anxious to test the next beta release.
Ill report how computer works in comparison with xmas release... and of course Ill write about fixeable bugs of things that could be improved (If any)
Anyway XPx64 is an increadible efficient OS... the best of all XP family!!
Best regardws.. and thanks so much for your time and the fantastic present that is this new release
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@RedBeam
After 2 days of use.. everything working perfect. Computer stable as the prevous XMAS edition. More drivers installed by default.
Really good job!!!!!
A question.
In the pics above you are using a Ryzen computer with XP. do you have basic drivers (video/sound) for XP? or thats a virtual machine?
kmuland wrote: ↑30 May 2025, 10:46
@RedBeam
After 2 days of use.. everything working perfect. Computer stable as the prevous XMAS edition. More drivers installed by default.
Really good job!!!!!
A question.
In the pics above you are using a Ryzen computer with XP. do you have basic drivers (video/sound) for XP? or thats a virtual machine?
its a virtual machine unfortunetely am4 is to new for xp so drivers dont exist
Ver 1.1 Beta 2 Coming June 12 at most with ethernet drivers cpu and gpu compatibility Ver 1.1 Also Adds 100% Unofficial Driver Support For The Sabertooth X99 Intel MotherBoard For XP x64
------------------- (Announcement) Ver 1.1 Beta 2 Released Today (6/4/2025)! -------------------------
this release features numerous new updates over ver 1.0 with sabertooth x64 xp drivers ethernet updates amd am4 chipset drivers for the first time (these may be unstable not been tested) and many more improvements this release is more stable then the last release a new summer wallpaper is also provided
Planned features In The future Of The Project 1.2-1.7 Beta
-More Themes Being Added in The Future
-SDD Trim Fixes And Workarounds
-integrate updates from server 2003 using the xin.in tutorial
-USB 3.0 Functionality And Drivers Added
-Under The Hood Changes To Services And Speed
-page file and space compression fixes
-add more gpu and apu drivers for compatibility
Wanted to intstall alpha xp x64 1.1, but got that error:
"The device associated with following device driver will not work correctly on this computer: ahcix86.sys
The device driver is not compatible with the x64-based version of Windows your computer is running.
This device driver may be required to complete Windows Setup.
Please contact the device manufacter to obtain drivers compatible with the x64-based version of Windows."
kast_winvistauser wrote: ↑06 Jun 2025, 16:19
Wanted to intstall alpha xp x64 1.1, but got that error:
"The device associated with following device driver will not work correctly on this computer: ahcix86.sys
The device driver is not compatible with the x64-based version of Windows your computer is running.
This device driver may be required to complete Windows Setup.
Please contact the device manufacter to obtain drivers compatible with the x64-based version of Windows."
kast_winvistauser wrote: ↑06 Jun 2025, 16:48
"that's the problem right there is the b550 motherboard the latest board that is even able to run xp is the b450M-A Model"
Actually ty for advice, but ill say that b550m is able to run some xp builds, like OCAPI 4.0.0 XP iso (both x86 and x64) and XP IE
kast_winvistauser wrote: ↑06 Jun 2025, 16:48
"that's the problem right there is the b550 motherboard the latest board that is even able to run xp is the b450M-A Model"
Actually ty for advice, but ill say that b550m is able to run some xp builds, like OCAPI 4.0.0 XP iso (both x86 and x64) and XP IE
of course your free to try it on what you like
for now you should try ver 1.0 and see if that helps any 1.2 will investigate this issue your having
I have recovery CD's for both computers of mine and its XP Pro that the computers were manufactured with. One thing about linux is that you don't need a key. When the day comes that XP is not longer usable (at all) I'll likely go with Linux Mint.
------------------- (Announcement) Ver 1.1 Beta 2 Released Today (6/4/2025)! -------------------------