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A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
You also got the wondrous experience of regular crashes (even on booting up a fresh install) and regular re-installs.

It was all pre-XP windows, pretty rubbish until the NT kernel came into things to make it halfway stable.

I'm a bit of a linux pusher, but I really didn't mind XP. It looked nifty if I switched it from the nausea inducing default colour scheme.
gpt
I have fond memories of fixing every issue with my xp pc when I was 10. 


Nowadays I have to go through a good while of googling just to find the specific setting I am looking for to fix my issue with windows 11. Doesn't help now either that so many search engines are trying to predict what you're wanting, ignoring your specific keyword searches. I don't need 50 fucking how to websites telling me to turn my pc off an on