If that's real could we get a download or atleast it's name?
Project: Windows XP Second Edition
Re: Project: Windows XP Second Edition
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Re: Project: Windows XP Second Edition
Holy... Now I am kinda curious. This must be either a VERY good Photoshop, a very heavily modded copy of Windows 7, or there's some real deep stuff going around here...
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Re: Project: Windows XP Second Edition
It's actually just a modified VMware (removing the "- [vm]" from the application name) running on XP 64-bit. It's running two VMs: a Windows 7 and (not in this screenshot) a Windows 10 VM. The Windows 7 VM has an Luna msstyles port on it, the Windows 10 VM has a WindowBlinds theme that resembles XP as closely as possible on it.
So they're not actually running natively, but it's at least immersive.
Interestingly, a heavily modified Windows 7 is also an option, since the Windows XP explorer.exe actually does run on Windows 7 (albeit not perfectly; start menu doesn't work and theming is weird). I guess, with forcing the XP explorer.exe to use XP system files instead of Windows 7 ones, I could get it to work better. But at that point, why not just recreate explorer.exe from scratch anyway to ensure no issues will occur?
As for a download link, I unfortunately cannot provide one (it would very likely count as piracy), but to recreate it:
* Install Windows XP 64-bit
* Install VMware Workstation Pro 10
* Use a hex editor to zero out "- [%s]" in vmwarewui.dll (offset 0x2DAEF2) (removes "- [vm]" from taskbar)
* Set up a Windows 7 or 10 VM
* Apply either this msstyles or this WindowBlinds theme to get the XP borders.
* Put the VM in Unity mode (remove window decorations for more immersion).
So they're not actually running natively, but it's at least immersive.
Interestingly, a heavily modified Windows 7 is also an option, since the Windows XP explorer.exe actually does run on Windows 7 (albeit not perfectly; start menu doesn't work and theming is weird). I guess, with forcing the XP explorer.exe to use XP system files instead of Windows 7 ones, I could get it to work better. But at that point, why not just recreate explorer.exe from scratch anyway to ensure no issues will occur?
As for a download link, I unfortunately cannot provide one (it would very likely count as piracy), but to recreate it:
* Install Windows XP 64-bit
* Install VMware Workstation Pro 10
* Use a hex editor to zero out "- [%s]" in vmwarewui.dll (offset 0x2DAEF2) (removes "- [vm]" from taskbar)
* Set up a Windows 7 or 10 VM
* Apply either this msstyles or this WindowBlinds theme to get the XP borders.
* Put the VM in Unity mode (remove window decorations for more immersion).
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Re: Project: Windows XP Second Edition
What about the desktop icons and WMP12 on the quick launch menu?theundeadwolf0 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 15, 2019 8:06 pmIt's actually just a modified VMware (removing the "- [vm]" from the application name) running on XP 64-bit. It's running two VMs: a Windows 7 and (not in this screenshot) a Windows 10 VM. The Windows 7 VM has an Luna msstyles port on it, the Windows 10 VM has a WindowBlinds theme that resembles XP as closely as possible on it.
So they're not actually running natively, but it's at least immersive.
Interestingly, a heavily modified Windows 7 is also an option, since the Windows XP explorer.exe actually does run on Windows 7 (albeit not perfectly; start menu doesn't work and theming is weird). I guess, with forcing the XP explorer.exe to use XP system files instead of Windows 7 ones, I could get it to work better. But at that point, why not just recreate explorer.exe from scratch anyway to ensure no issues will occur?
As for a download link, I unfortunately cannot provide one (it would very likely count as piracy), but to recreate it:
* Install Windows XP 64-bit
* Install VMware Workstation Pro 10
* Use a hex editor to zero out "- [%s]" in vmwarewui.dll (offset 0x2DAEF2) (removes "- [vm]" from taskbar)
* Set up a Windows 7 or 10 VM
* Apply either this msstyles or this WindowBlinds theme to get the XP borders.
* Put the VM in Unity mode (remove window decorations for more immersion).
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Re: Project: Windows XP Second Edition
Those are both Unity shortcuts (in the Unity start menu, right click on an icon and create a shortcut iirc).NermalCat79 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 15, 2019 10:10 pmWhat about the desktop icons and WMP12 on the quick launch menu?theundeadwolf0 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 15, 2019 8:06 pmIt's actually just a modified VMware (removing the "- [vm]" from the application name) running on XP 64-bit. It's running two VMs: a Windows 7 and (not in this screenshot) a Windows 10 VM. The Windows 7 VM has an Luna msstyles port on it, the Windows 10 VM has a WindowBlinds theme that resembles XP as closely as possible on it.
So they're not actually running natively, but it's at least immersive.
Interestingly, a heavily modified Windows 7 is also an option, since the Windows XP explorer.exe actually does run on Windows 7 (albeit not perfectly; start menu doesn't work and theming is weird). I guess, with forcing the XP explorer.exe to use XP system files instead of Windows 7 ones, I could get it to work better. But at that point, why not just recreate explorer.exe from scratch anyway to ensure no issues will occur?
As for a download link, I unfortunately cannot provide one (it would very likely count as piracy), but to recreate it:
* Install Windows XP 64-bit
* Install VMware Workstation Pro 10
* Use a hex editor to zero out "- [%s]" in vmwarewui.dll (offset 0x2DAEF2) (removes "- [vm]" from taskbar)
* Set up a Windows 7 or 10 VM
* Apply either this msstyles or this WindowBlinds theme to get the XP borders.
* Put the VM in Unity mode (remove window decorations for more immersion).
Re: Project: Windows XP Second Edition
That sounds inconvenient and wouldn't even work for apps that need GPU acceleration.theundeadwolf0 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 15, 2019 8:06 pmIt's actually just a modified VMware (removing the "- [vm]" from the application name) running on XP 64-bit. It's running two VMs: a Windows 7 and (not in this screenshot) a Windows 10 VM. The Windows 7 VM has an Luna msstyles port on it, the Windows 10 VM has a WindowBlinds theme that resembles XP as closely as possible on it.
So they're not actually running natively, but it's at least immersive.
Interestingly, a heavily modified Windows 7 is also an option, since the Windows XP explorer.exe actually does run on Windows 7 (albeit not perfectly; start menu doesn't work and theming is weird). I guess, with forcing the XP explorer.exe to use XP system files instead of Windows 7 ones, I could get it to work better. But at that point, why not just recreate explorer.exe from scratch anyway to ensure no issues will occur?
As for a download link, I unfortunately cannot provide one (it would very likely count as piracy), but to recreate it:
* Install Windows XP 64-bit
* Install VMware Workstation Pro 10
* Use a hex editor to zero out "- [%s]" in vmwarewui.dll (offset 0x2DAEF2) (removes "- [vm]" from taskbar)
* Set up a Windows 7 or 10 VM
* Apply either this msstyles or this WindowBlinds theme to get the XP borders.
* Put the VM in Unity mode (remove window decorations for more immersion).
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Re: Project: Windows XP Second Edition
Exactly, it's just a proof of concept. VMware's 3d acceleration might work though, but it's just really buggy in my experience. I guess it doesn't work well with the already emulated GPU (since XP is also running in a VMware VM).Steve wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2019 12:19 amThat sounds inconvenient and wouldn't even work for apps that need GPU acceleration.theundeadwolf0 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 15, 2019 8:06 pmIt's actually just a modified VMware (removing the "- [vm]" from the application name) running on XP 64-bit. It's running two VMs: a Windows 7 and (not in this screenshot) a Windows 10 VM. The Windows 7 VM has an Luna msstyles port on it, the Windows 10 VM has a WindowBlinds theme that resembles XP as closely as possible on it.
So they're not actually running natively, but it's at least immersive.
Interestingly, a heavily modified Windows 7 is also an option, since the Windows XP explorer.exe actually does run on Windows 7 (albeit not perfectly; start menu doesn't work and theming is weird). I guess, with forcing the XP explorer.exe to use XP system files instead of Windows 7 ones, I could get it to work better. But at that point, why not just recreate explorer.exe from scratch anyway to ensure no issues will occur?
As for a download link, I unfortunately cannot provide one (it would very likely count as piracy), but to recreate it:
* Install Windows XP 64-bit
* Install VMware Workstation Pro 10
* Use a hex editor to zero out "- [%s]" in vmwarewui.dll (offset 0x2DAEF2) (removes "- [vm]" from taskbar)
* Set up a Windows 7 or 10 VM
* Apply either this msstyles or this WindowBlinds theme to get the XP borders.
* Put the VM in Unity mode (remove window decorations for more immersion).
I assume a Wine port to WinNT could work for some apps (i.e. Firefox), but you'd probably be far better off just abandoning NT 5 entirely and using NT 6 at that point.