

You can't install service packs on 64-bit systems, so you may want to choose the 32-bit option. Sure, that's annoying, but you're not seriously using this for anything serious are you? Note 2: I won't share any keys or recommend where to find them, but you were allowed to use XP for 60 days without activating, so you could probably use any key you find and you'll be good for a couple months. It doesn't work on Windows 10 easily, but there's usually a workaround. Note 1: If you just need to run something in XP with a minimum of fuss, check out the free Windows XP Mode app that runs XP inside of Windows 7. With that in mind, let's check out the best of Windows yesteryear.

it's retro time! Isn't it funny how something brand new comes out and we get excited, then we get annoyed with it's deficiencies, then it's forgotten when something better comes out, and finally after enough time we get all nostalgic and pull it out of mothballs? I just got access to an MSDN account with keys for various versions of Windows and Visual Studio, so.
