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Ask HN: Does Microsoft use Windows to compile Windows?
- raverbashing 4y agoYes, why wouldn't they? Now they probably had NT compiling Windows 9X versions but today the distinction is less accentuated. Probably still on Windows Server
- testDCR 4y agohey use their own “Visual C++” compiler. However, they don't stick to the commercially-available releases
- controversial97 4y agoIn September 2020, most of the source code for windows XP and server 2003 was on a torrent. That leak did not include winlogin and some drivers. A couple of people compiled it. Here is a video of compiling the windows 2003 source code on an XP box. https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/windows-server-2003-full-build-guide:0 https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/windows-server-2003-full-bui...