Got the Windows XP Pro all installed with the correct drives (thank you Mitch Conner (npub18qt…nsqx) for recommending sdi-tool, as that worked great on Windows XP).
Had to delete a registry entry to keep an unneeded audio service from starting, as that threw an error on login. Other than that, it worked perfectly.
Dell OEM disc sourced from archive.org, so valid license for the Dell Optiplex 760 hardware and don't have to worry about trying to activate a license for Windows XP.
Also installed a few extra open source applications that work on Windows XP: Apache OpenOffice, NotePad++, DOSbox, MyPal web browser (based on an older Firefox version).
I made a disk to disk clone of the finished work, so I can just pop the copied disk in another Optiplex 760 if another client needs a Windows XP machine or this client wants more.
#windowsXP #retro #clonezilla #opensource
matthew - retroedge.tech /
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2023-11-15 18:24:49
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