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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