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Re: Prank Windows XP simulator

#11

Post by ptr » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 4:15 PM UTC

My immersion was lost when the BSOD didn't hang the music

Re: Prank Windows XP simulator

#12

Post by kaltuer » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 4:27 PM UTC

I love how responsive it is when you drag the windows across the screen. Also, I missed encountering the blue screen of death; it's been so long since I experienced one myself.

Re: Prank Windows XP simulator

#13

Post by 002445 » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 4:27 PM UTC

Anyone else got stuck playing tetris forgetting how you got there?

Re: Prank Windows XP simulator

#14

Post by dm319 » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 4:34 PM UTC

MarkusWandel wrote: post #9

This is great! Even though I skipped the whole Windows XP era by being primarily a Linux user all that time, and know it's all fake, the slight panic at what happens when you try to launch a program is real.

Darn I wish I'd come across Linux before. I was starting university and my Amiga A1200 was just too incompatible with everything. I spent ages weighing up a powerbook with the shiny new OSX or a Thinkpad T40 with XP. In the end I was most impressed with the reliability of the ThinkPad, but those years spent fighting XP when I could have been using Linux - I regret! When I discovered Ubuntu 9.04, I felt like my love of computing had returned.

Re: Prank Windows XP simulator

#15

Post by satya71 » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 4:42 PM UTC

Love the WinAmp

Re: Prank Windows XP simulator

#16

Post by megraf » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 4:45 PM UTC

Nice little surprise in CMD. Well done!

Re: Prank Windows XP simulator

#17

Post by forgotpwd16 » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 4:48 PM UTC

MiddleEndian wrote: post #10

Unfortunately, if you bring your cursor to the top of the screen there's a message (in Firefox) and an X (in Chrome) that inform the user that they are in a full screen webpage.

Run, if Chromium (or Chrome)

    chromium --kiosk

or, similarly for Firefox

    firefox --new-window --kiosk

For Chromium the `--new-window` argument doesn't open in kiosk mode. In order to work no other instance must run.

Re: Prank Windows XP simulator

#18

Post by ooboe » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 4:49 PM UTC

002445 wrote: post #13

Anyone else got stuck playing tetris forgetting how you got there?

I got lost with minesweeper.

Re: Prank Windows XP simulator

#19

Post by moron4hire » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 4:49 PM UTC

It's showing all the resizing chrome for the task bar, but the task bar is not resizable.

Re: Prank Windows XP simulator

#20

Post by janlukacs » Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 4:54 PM UTC

I panicked even at the fake BSOD... so many memories. Winamp still looks good.