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Windows XP RTM in 2026: Unofficial Guide

1) Install Internet Explorer 6 SP1 first, and then install Legacy Update to install all the Windows XP RTM updates (except the KB904574 update) 2) Replace system files: Restart your computer and boot to the recovery console by using the Windows XP SP1 installation disc to do: 2.1) Press any key to boot from CD. 2.2) At the Welcome to Setup screen, press R to fire up recovery console. 2.3) Press 1 for C:\WINDOWS, and type in D: (root for your CD/DVD drive) and then cd i386. 2.4) Swap the following files: expand advapi32.dl_ C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 expand kernel32.dl_ C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32  expand shell32.dl_ C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 expand shlwapi.dl_ C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 copy ntdll.dll C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 expand ole32.dl_ C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 expand shdoclc.dl_ C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 expand shdocvw.dl_ C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 using Windows XP SP1 files. 2.5) Do not reboot your computer yet, just change the installation disc to the Windows XP SP3 installation disc and swap the following files: expand i...
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Resurrecting Windows XP SP1 unofficially!

Windows XP RTM and SP1 in 2025+: Unofficial Upgradables To: Internet Explorer 6 SP3 + Outlook Express 6 SP3 Windows Media Player 11 Microsoft Office 2007 Virtual PC 2007 SP1 + Rollup Browsers (with using kernelxp.dll wrappers by roytam1) Chrome 49.0.2623.112 Firefox 52.9.0 ESR Mypal 74.1.x Serpent 52 (@roytam1's fork) Windows XP RTM Notes: Replace the ntdll.dll ,  kernel32.dll, advapi32.dll, shell32.dll, shlwapi.dll, and sxs.dll with the ones from XP SP1 to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32, in so you can get certain apps like Mypal 74.1.x and Serpent to work on XP RTM unofficially.
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Chrome on NT: Compatibility by Build - Unofficial Guide

Chrome 6.0.408 Dev / 5.0.375.127 Stable - last unofficial version for Windows 2000 Beta 3 Build 1964 - Windows Whistler Beta 1 Build 2296 Chrome 33.0.1707.0 Dev / 32.0.1700.107 Stable - last unofficial version for Windows 2000 SP4 without Extended Kernel with just wtsapi32.dll, winsta.dll, ws2_32.dll, imm32.dll, and iphlpapi.dll from Windows 2000 Extended Kernel. And its also the last unofficial version for Windows Whistler Late Beta 1 Build 2410 - Windows Whistler Pre-RC 1 Build 2475 with just wtsapi32.dll, winsta.dll, imm32.dll, and iphlpapi.dll from Windows 2000 Extended Kernel. Since chrome_elf.dll was added on Chrome 33.0.1712.2 Dev, Chrome 33.0.1750.xxx-49.0.2623.xxx is unofficially possible with using bwc's wrappers, but it freezes within seconds. Chrome 49.0.2623.112 (and 34.0.1847.137 is the last for no SSE2, ofc) - is the last unofficial version to work on Windows XP build 2481 (but Windows XP build 2517 (5.1.2517.main.010713-1717)/Windows .NET Server Build 3531 (5.1.3531...
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Modern Apps for Legacy Windows!

 The first successful application I managed getting to work is CCleaner 5.64.7577 for Windows XP RTM and earliest as Windows XP Beta 1 (Build 2410). Chrome 33.0.1707.0 Dev / Chrome 32.0.1700.107 Stable - last unofficial versions to work on Windows 2000 without Extended Kernel & Windows Whistler builds 2410-2475, if bwc's kernelxp.dll wrappers are used. June 2025: CCleaner 5.64.7577 (Windows Whistler Post-Beta 1 Build 2410+) Chrome 23.0.1251.2 Dev / Chrome 22.0.1229.94 Stable (Windows 2000 SP4/Windows XP Build 2481) - OUTDATED Chrome 49.0.2623.112 Stable (Windows .NET Server Build 3604 / Windows XP SP1 Beta Build 2600.1055) Firefox 52 (Windows .NET Server Build 3604 / Windows XP SP1 Beta Build 2600.1050) Firefox 48.0.2 / Firefox 45.9.0 ESR (Windows XP Pre-RC 1 Build 2474) New Moon 27.10.0 (Windows XP Pre-RC 1 Build 2474) iTunes 12.1.3.6 (Windows XP Pre-RC 1 Build 2474+) Serpent (Windows .NET Server Build 3604 / Windows XP SP1+) Mypal 68 (Windows .NET Server Build 36?? / Windows ...
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How to transform It's Over (SUBCON.FDS) to Wart Theme (SMB2 NES) with Audacity

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This is a guide of how to transform it's over (from SUBCON.FDS) to Wart Theme (the one from Super Mario Bros. 2 NES) by using Audacity. This is the source of It's Over.ogg from Music & Sounds folder on SUBCON.FDS Version 1.0.7 (Full Version) folder. Drag and Drop the file to Audacity. Press Ctrl+A to Select All. Click on Effects menu, and then click on "Change Pitch". On the Change Pitch dialog box, change the percent change to "8.000", and then click on OK. Click on Effects menu, and then click on "Change Speed".   On the Change Speed dialog box, change the speed multiplier to "4.000", and then click on OK.   Click on Effects menu, and then click on "Reverse". Zoom in (3x) by pressing Ctrl+F1 three times, and then remove the first 1.8-1.9 seconds by selecting the empty part (which has a length for 1.8-1.9 seconds) and then press the Delete key. The result should looks the this in the screenshot. Click on File menu, open the...
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Google Chrome for Windows 98/ME + KernelEx

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   First, install UNICOWS + KernelEx, then extract all files of chrome.7z of Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 with 7-Zip to Chrome-bin to C:\, and then move or copy chrome.exe to 0.2.149.27 folder. I inserted the winhttp.dll from Windows XP SP2 to c:\windows\system, and added --no-sandbox to Chrome shortcut. I tested, Result --> executed chrome.exe and set the KernelEx compatibility mode for chrome.exe and chrome.dll to Windows XP SP2 from the 0.2.149.27 folder, It starts, but it shows an Aw, Snap! error. Probably has to be for Windows NT kernel. Apparently, I feel like I'm accessing the site, but the pages don't seem to load, so I really don't know.    
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Welcome to CLARA Incorporated!

 Welcome to CLARA Incorporated! Uncle Captain here. This is a company that will development software, and create ports of semi-modern applications for classic Windows, and manage getting things to work. BTW, the BGRComputers.co, LTD. blog deleted permanently as of May 18, 2025. My webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/clara-incorporated
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