Questions tagged [windows-xp]
For questions specific to Windows XP. Use [windows] instead for questions involving Windows in general.
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Changing password for Veracrypt container in Windows Xp
I created Veracrypt container and added files to it. It was made in windows 10. I used latest version of the software. Can I change password for the container in Windows Xp? Veracrypt 1.25.9 or older ...
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boot.ini, boot from primary partitions after extended partition
Is there a (Win NT) rule that MBR primary partitions must come before extended partitions?
Active partition is on rdisk(0)
I've got a secondary drive with 4/5 partitions (depending on how you count it)...
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Why can some HKLM entries be read on 64-bit PCs but some cannot from VB6
So our software is used by one of our customers on legacy Windows versions because they're in an industrial,air-gaped setting and they have Windows XP and a bunch of old servers that are the only ...
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Use SMB2 or SMB3 in Windows XP?
i have multiple PC's and the one is on Windows XP and the other ones are on Windows 7 & 10. I wanted to ask if there is any way to use SMB2 or 3 on the Windows XP PC? A upgrade isn't possible ...
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Strange Ethernet adapter reproducible malfunction that impacts across dual boot Windows setup
The behavior is pretty confusing. The story is about my Ethernet adapter on my retro computing ASUS laptop (2011 model). It currently has Windows 7 and Windows XP on two HDDs respectively. The ...
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How do you use Windows Remote Desktop to connect to Remmina?
I have a Chromebook with a Linux Virtual Environment that is a Debian 12 Bookworm.
I installed Remmina after looking to RDP to my Windows XP OS. I know that I can connect to my Windows OS from Linux ...
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Audio Driver has 'Location: Unknown' and isn't working even though windows xp says it functions fine
I have a dell latitude d830 with windows XP professional. I'm using the built-in speakers. It's definitely not a hardware problem as when I switch my HDDs and boot into Windows 7 the audio works fine. ...
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how can I install and operate printers etc that must run on win xp 32bit, on win7 ult 64bit laptop?
can it be done with or without VM? and if need VM can I include Linux Deb 12 as 3rd OS option? I have newer laptop to merge all on. all 3 laptops are Lenovo Thinkpads. winxp 32bit on a T61, win7 64bit ...
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Windows XP "Base System Device"
I've got an old Acer Aspire One 531h laptop my friend gave me. I'm trying to make some use out of it, so I did a fresh install of Windows XP. All my devices and hardware (as far as I know) work. Yet ...
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Install Windows XP to an USB [duplicate]
Not like "Windows Setup" in that USB, I meant the live OS as I need a live recovery environment to fix my PC when it leads to trouble
https://archive.org/details/super-nano-xp
Here's the ...
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Run software intended for Windows XP on Windows 10 - Software requires GPIB card
I am trying to run old software that is intended to run on Windows XP on Windows 10 instead. This software requires a General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB) card which connects a mechanical machine. The ...
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Why cant windows xp installer, either 32 or 64 but, detect my IDE drives. No SATA
Windows XP installers can't find hard drive to install to. The available drives are both IDE. All answers I've found just ignore this when mentioned in the question, and instead focus on SATA driver ...
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Wifes old XPSP3 Dell LT died
Dell/Toshiba brand 40Gb HDD she's been using for past 15 years good but, it refuses to bootup in any mode on any of the many, older x86-era Dell, HP, IBM, Sony, Gateway or Toshiba LT that I tried.
I ...
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Multiple instances for multiple sessions in RDP
I recently created a VMWARE ESXI Server for the sole purpose of splitting the software's I need into their required operating systems, but there's an issue, The software's that need to be run are ...
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need to replace my old Dell Vostro l/top with a S/H one, older software I run will only work on Windows XPSP3 - will the newer I5 processors run XP [closed]
I need to replace my old Dell Vostro l/top with a S/H one, The older software I run will only work on Windows XP-SP3 - will the newer I5 processors run XP
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Win XP HDD's ownership rights were ruined after using "Take Ownership" from another computer [closed]
An old friend of mine recently found an old 80gb HDD and he gave it to me and said he asked if I could copy his old data from it.
So I got home, plugged in the drive and started copying from the drive....
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How to disable TCP SACK in Windows XP?
Device 1 Windows XP. 192.168.101.173, I have access to the application code, but it is massive.
Device 2 Embedded device. 192.168.101.205. I don’t have access to the code or even to logs from this ...
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I have an error when opening an old video game on Virtual Machine. Error says 'Unable to initialize display. Width: 800, Height: 600, Depth: 32'
I want to play an old game through virtual machine, but when I click 'open', it comes up with an error saying, 'Unable to initialize display. Width: 800, Height: 600, Depth: 32'
I'm using Windows XP, ...
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Recovering a Windows XP machine broken by trying to install pcANYWHERE 8.0
I tried installing pcANYWHERE 8.0 on a Windows XP machine, ignoring the compatibility warning dialog, on the assumption that the client would still be usable for connecting to Windows 9x machines and ...
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USB passthrough doesn't work in VirtualBox
I can't get USB passtrough to work in VirtualBox. Help would be appreciated.
Host system is Ubuntu 23.04. Guest VM is Windows XP SP3.
VirtualBox is version 7.10 ( newest ATM ), extension pack is also ...
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Can Windows XP be run on an SSD as a VMWare guest OS?
I know similar has been asked before, there is a lot of information around pertaining to Windows XP being installed on a SSD.
I can understand that Windows XP was not made for SSD, OK it was released ...
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How is Windows XP still vulnerable behind a NAT + firewall?
Everyone knows that Windows XP is highly insecure these days. However, here is an example situation:
Windows XP box is connected to a LAN.
This means the router's firewall is between the XP box and ...
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QEMU: passing usb devices running fullspeed to vm with ehci usb controller running lowspeed
I have Windows XP VM with GPU passthrough and would like also to pass usb keyboard and mouse to it.
I am doing the usb passthrough with:
-device usb-host,vendorid=0x1e7d,productid=0xafca \
-device usb-...
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Migrating Old Windows XP and 7 machines to VMs to improve security
I work for a manufacturing company which has all kinds of equipment that runs older operating systems. Some have computers that run full blown Windows XP and Windows 7, while others run embedded ...
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Windows XP checks disk twice and then gets a MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION
I am trying to safe my dads laptop. He tried to install a printer with a CD and since then the laptop wont boot. He tried to install drivers and utilities, the cd does not mention windows XP ...
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