XP

AppWizard
July 26, 2025
Green Man Gaming has launched its Summer Sale, offering substantial discounts on thousands of PC games until August 8. Joining the GMG XP rewards program allows members to access exclusive discounts and accumulate points for further deals. Featured deals include Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for .59, Red Dead Redemption II: Ultimate Edition, Indiana Jones And the Great Circle, and Alan Wake II. Other notable discounts include Patapon 1+2 Replay for .49, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Deluxe Edition, Stellar Blade, Yakuza: Like A Dragon, Deux Ex Collection for .49, and Marvel's Midnight Suns: Legendary Edition. The sale also includes discounted preorders for titles like Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Borderlands 4, Digimon Time Stranger, and Sonic Racing Crossworlds. All games purchased are delivered as official keys compatible with platforms such as Steam and the Epic Game Store.
Winsage
July 25, 2025
Microsoft announced enhancements to Windows 11 with the optional July update (KB5062660), which includes the new features Windows Recall for EU users and Quick Machine Recovery for repairing boot failures. The company claims Windows 11 24H2 is the most reliable version of Windows yet, citing a 24% reduction in unexpected restart failure rates compared to Windows 10 22H2. However, the reliability of this claim is questioned due to selective telemetry data and reports of disruptions in functionalities such as USB printers, audio output, Bluetooth connections, Windows Update, and Windows Firewall.
Winsage
July 24, 2025
Microsoft's Windows XP, launched in 2001, has a lifespan of over 17 years and has inspired a developer to create a web-based simulation called Win32.run. This project recreates a fictional instance of Windows XP using web technologies, allowing users to explore a simulated file system and interact with embedded programs. The developer originally created the simulation as a tribute to the operating system from his childhood, using the Svelte framework, SvelteKit, and Tailwind CSS. However, the project was halted due to significant breaking changes in SvelteKit that made the codebase difficult for other developers to understand. The simulation operates on a client-side architecture, enabling users to run it locally in their browsers. There are also ongoing efforts to transform various editions of Windows into web applications, with projects ranging from simple browser-based simulations to more complex emulation tools. For a more immersive experience, users can run legacy operating systems like Windows XP in dedicated virtual machines using modern desktop hypervisors such as VMware Workstation.
Winsage
July 23, 2025
Windows XP was launched in 2001 and officially discontinued in 2014. A project by Reddit user ducbao414, unveiled on July 13th to coincide with the 25th anniversary of Windows XP's development, allows users to experience a web-based replica of the operating system. This replica captures the classic interface but does not provide a fully functional version. Users can access familiar applications like Paint, Media Player Classic, Microsoft Word, and Minesweeper, but cannot browse the internet or run external applications. The project is available for free at win32.run.
Winsage
July 21, 2025
A YouTube creator on the MetraByte channel attempted to install seven layers of Windows operating systems nested within each other: Windows 95 inside Windows 98, followed by Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and finally, Windows 10, all encapsulated within Windows 11. The creator initially used Hyper-V but switched to VMware after encountering limitations, allowing for more extensive layering but resulting in significant performance declines as layers increased. For example, Windows 7 took 30 minutes to boot when nested within Windows 8, which was under Windows 10, all running on Windows 11. The attempt to install Windows 95 ultimately failed as Windows 98 struggled to boot. Performance metrics showed that deeper installation layers led to decreased performance, particularly evident while playing Minecraft Classic, where frame rates dropped by over 50% in Windows 10 and 8 compared to Windows 11.
AppWizard
July 20, 2025
After defeating the Ender Dragon in Minecraft, players can engage in the following activities: 1. Explore and loot End cities to obtain an Elytra and gather treasures like enchanted gear and shulker shells. 2. Kill shulkers to collect their shells and craft shulker boxes for enhanced portable storage. 3. Collect the Dragon Egg using a piston or torch trick, which can be displayed or used to respawn the Ender Dragon. 4. Build a base in the End using End stone and purpur blocks for aesthetic structures. 5. Create an Enderman XP farm to harvest experience points and a supply of Ender pearls. 6. Use experience from the Ender Dragon defeat to enchant gear, summon a Wither, and craft a beacon with the Nether Star. 7. Map out all End gateway portals that appear after defeating the Ender Dragon, unlocking access to additional outer End islands.
Winsage
July 20, 2025
Windows XP was launched in 2001 and is known for its user-friendly interface and improved performance. A new project allows users to experience Windows XP in their web browsers through an interactive emulation hosted on win32.run. This version replicates the original boot animation and desktop layout, includes classic games like 3D Pinball Space Cadet, Solitaire, and Minesweeper, and allows navigation of a functional file system. Users can save files, install third-party applications, and use an updated version of Microsoft Word. The emulation also features media content from the original Windows XP launch. Flash games can be played by downloading them and running them within the emulated environment.
Winsage
July 19, 2025
RegScanner is a free utility designed to simplify the process of locating specific registry keys in Windows 11. It offers highly customizable search options, allowing users to find keys based on specific terms, filter by key names or attributes, and refine results by modification date. The tool also supports remote searches and facilitates the creation of backups for registry items, enabling users to select multiple items for backup in REG and TXT formats. RegScanner is portable, available in a ZIP format, and compatible with Windows XP to Windows 11, requiring no administrator privileges for basic searches. It aims to reduce the time and frustration associated with registry management.
AppWizard
July 19, 2025
Minecraft features various mob farms that help players gather essential resources and experience points. Five effective and simple mob farms for early gameplay include: 1. Basic spawner based farm: Requires a mob spawner, building blocks, water buckets, and torches. It generates specific mobs for drops and experience points, with low resource costs and high yields. 2. Simple dark room farm: Requires building blocks, trapdoors, and slabs. It involves creating a dark area for mob spawning, allowing for easy elimination of mobs without spawners, effective in any biome. 3. Pillar based Creeper farm: Requires slabs, cats, and building blocks. It uses cats to guide creepers into a killing chamber, preventing other mobs from spawning, and provides a consistent supply of gunpowder. 4. River based Drowned farm: Requires water sources and slabs. Drowned mobs spawn in rivers, dropping rare items like tridents, copper, and gold, which can be funneled into a collection channel. 5. Blaze spawner XP farm: Requires a blaze spawner from a Nether fortress, building blocks, and water (or lava for Bedrock Edition). It involves enclosing the spawner and directing blazes into a drop chute, yielding blaze rods and experience points.
Search