With Windows XP, you could see in the system monitor that about 8 processes were running and they used less than 1% of CPU and disk bandwidth. For windows 10, there are more than 200 processes and they commonly use 30-50% of your CPU and disk IO. Whenever I start drilling down on these processes I can see they are features I never want; Cortana Most people still using Windows XP at home are happy with their PCs and don't want to pay more money, so Microsoft isn't offering this service to normal users. They'd probably just be upset if a request for $200 popped up. Out of Extended Support, Into Custom Support . Related: Windows XP End of Support is on April 8th, 2014: Why Windows is Note: this is not a life-threatening situation. This is more an exercise. Perhaps I could upgrade it to Windows 7 Pro and then use that product key to run Windows 10 Pro in a VM. I still have its Certificate of Authenticity (CoA) seal with the product key. As operating systems go, Windows XP has had a fantastic run since debuting 13 years ago. It can be still found on nearly 28% of the desktops in the world.. It is the second-most installed desktop Microsoft has plans to make both available as downloads after XP hits store shelves. Windows Media Player 8, the destination for most audio and video features in XP, still doesn't let you encode Updated for the RTM release of Windows XP With the inclusion of a new consumer-oriented version of Windows XP, there has been some confusion surrounding the differences between this product, Windows XP Home Edition, and its more upscale sibling, Windows XP Professional Edition. During a visit to Redmond in February where Windows XP Beta 2 and the new Whistler ("Luna") user interface was first Running Windows XP in a Virtual Machine is also an option that may work and make sense, while support is still available for Windows Server 2003. Windows XP Enterprise customers, through the For browsers, for instance, Firefox has an ESR release that still runs fine on Windows XP, and you can also try out Vivaldi 1.0, though feature updates are no longer released for them. Right click on the desktop or in a directory and select "paste as short cut". Right click the shortcut you just created and select properties. Select the "Shortcut" tab. Add -X to the end of the target field. That's a space to separate the parameter from the program name, a dash, and a CAPITAL X. Windows 2000 still can download updates, and is hosted here, so Windows XP could still be activated and updated until the last update provided, and anyway it could be hosted here. The point is that there's no reason to not host XP if it is still update-able and activa-ble. YAZDni.