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Is it really (2020)? This sort of “debloat Windows by disabling random services and tweaking random registry keys” was popular 20 years ago, when spinning rust
by Kwpolska 2y ago
Is it really (2020)? This sort of “debloat Windows by disabling random services and tweaking random registry keys” was popular 20 years ago, when spinning rust was the only option, and it was slow spinning rust, alongside a slow CPU. You risk breaking your system for a minor improvement — minor in 2004, but completely not measurable in 2024.
Many of the suggestions are just weird, wrong, pointless cargo-cult. And hoping that disabling things in XP can make it secure, or that blocking 4500 websites will protect you from malware.
- marttt 2y agoOP here. The author of this guide seems to be using XP in 2024 (Perlmonks is how I stumbled upon his setup in the first place): https://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl/%5C%22/index.htm%5C%22?node_id=1166559 https://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl/%5C%22/index.htm%5C%22?no... "I have been using Windows XP for over 20 years now. In 2024, I switched to Sparky Linux 7.3 LXQT, and I used it for about 3 months, and it was okay. However, I have noticed that I am more productive when I use Windows than Linux, so I went back to using Windows XP." I, too, am not a coder, just a dilettante who likes to use several "outdated" apps simply because they do their one thing better than newer software. This is why I always find people like this interesting. There's a peculiar kind of intellectual freedom or decidedness in sticking with old/underpowered/etc non-mainstream setups. And, I do like how unified e.g. the Win2k user interface felt. The interplay with apps from that era was flawless IMO (or I just don't remember the more annoying moments). FWIW, my own contemporary usage of e.g. WinXP (for audio montage software that a particular studio uses) has always been strictly offline, though.