Desktop screenshot of Google Chrome version 49 web browser running in Windows XP, there's a yellow banner that says This computer will no longer receive Google Chrome updates because Windows XP and Windows Vista are no longer supported.

Not only it's been 12 years since Windows XP ended support in 2014... it's also been 10 years since Google Chrome version 49 released in 2016, the last version to support both Windows XP and Windows Vista.

Web browsing the modern web with Chrome 49 is unusable.

Time flies... 😳

Screenshot showing the directory of the Microsoft Copilot app located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Copilot\Application, it's entirely based off the Microsoft Edge browser that's based off the Google Chromium source.

You may have seen apps built with Electron or Microsoft Edge WebView2.
But... have you seen an app that's just entirely based off the Microsoft Edge Chromium web browser?
That's some crazy work lol.

Wasn't ShareX already able to override the Print Screen key before this?

Date and time flyout in Windows 8.1, it shows a reminder about the upcoming Daylight Saving Time at the bottom.

Instead of Microsoft changing up the start menu in Windows 11 via recent update, they should've changed the date and time flyout back to this.

The Daylight Saving Time reminder is still useful in 2026.

1. Today screen, Start menu and My Programs page

2. Outlook E-mail, MSN Messenger and My Contacts (displaying an MSN notification)

3. Windows Media Player, Pictureboard (media gallery) and File Explorer (showing a music folder)

4. Pocket Internet Explorer, Pocket Word, and Settings (wireless network applet)

Pocket PC Longhorn '02 concept

Did you mean "Longhorn post-reset inspired logon"?

FYI, the 4th image is actually a Windows Vista msstyles for Windows 7 (look at the shut down button and the clock width)

@archive.org Hello, is there anything similar to www.cloudflarestatus.com but for Internet Archive's up and down status?

A change to the release notes for KB5070311, dated January 20, 2026: "Update: These features, originally documented for the December 2025 non‑security update (KB5070311), have been removed from documentation. They are planned for a future release. [Widgets] You can choose a default dashboard in Widget Board settings. When live weather is showing, the Widget Board opens the first dashboard in your navigation bar instead of the most recently used one, making the experience consistent. To set your default dashboard, open the full-page Widgets Settings by selecting Settings in the navigation bar, then move your preferred dashboard to the top. [Widgets] Dashboard icons in the Widget navigation bar now show numbers that correspond to the number of alerts from that dashboard. Navigation bar badges clear automatically when you leave a dashboard, making it easy to track what’s new. "

Challenge: Ship a monthly feature drop WITHOUT having to disable features during RP testing or *after* releasing to stable because they should have never been near stable in the first place.

(Difficulty: Impossible)

How did you reinstall Windows?

Try "reverse search" in quotation

The last UpdatePack 7 / 2008 R2 from Simplix is out.

It includes the last update (KB5073695) released for Windows Server 2008 R2 via Premium Assurance which also installs under Windows 7 unofficially.

Goodbye Windows 7 (and Windows Server 2008/R2), thank you for your service 🫡

A method for installing server updates on direct client counterparts (same codebases) has been closed.

Edited meme of Sandy Chases SpongeBob and Patrick. Satya Nadella as Sandy, Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 as Patrick, and Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 as SpongeBob.

Windows Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2 (unofficially includes Windows Vista and 7) has fully reached end of support as its Grandfathered Premium Assurance finally comes to an end, no more security updates will be released. 🪦

Windows Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2 is next... 💀

Screenshot of macOS's Activity Monitor listing a few processes in the CPU tab, with WindowServer at the top, selected in blue. A red arrow is pointing towards it, with a red circle on the other end containing the Windows Server logo.

Is Apple HIDING something? 😯

Desktop screenshot of Windows Vista, showing the tooltip of the speaker icon showing the volume level is set to 67.

Since Windows Vista, the default volume level is 67%

Just dispute it, saying the audio (or maybe audio sample) was already around before

An ad at the top of YouTube algorithm making a claim about the poor state of the viewer's QR code scanner, with a visibly fake update and skip button - both would send the viewer to a page for unnecessary/suspicious software.

There was a time about 20 years ago where lying, annoying and sometimes dangerous ads like this were only seen much on seedy third-party sites & random blogs, instead of being featured at the top of YouTube app with priority as common practice. The intolerance for this sort of manipulation has gone.

Take a screenshot of what you received

Frutiger Jolly Designs 🎄🎅

#frutigeraero #nostalgia #early2000s #aesthetic #christmas #jolly #aero #holidays #nostalgiacore #nostalgiatrip #2000snostalgia #december

Google icons in 2014

Google icons in 2014

#WebDesignHistory

Screenshot of "Chromium for windows 7", a fork of the Google Chromium web browser running natively under Windows XP.

Screenshot of "Chromium for windows 7", a fork of the Google Chromium web browser running natively under Windows Vista.

Screenshot of "Chromium for windows 7", a fork of the Google Chromium web browser running natively under Windows 7.

Screenshot of "Chromium for windows 7", a fork of the Google Chromium web browser running natively under Windows 8.

A modern Chromium web browser fork that works under Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8.x named "Chromium for windows 7", don't let the name fool you, it works under Windows XP and Vista without mods.
Unlike the other Chromium forks, this is mostly stock Chromium.
github.com/e3kskoy7wqk/...

the IBM ThinkPad logo.

On this day in 2004, IBM announced that it would sell its PC division to Lenovo. The transaction was completed in May of 2005.

Screenshot of the confirmation dialog about using the Microsoft account everywhere on the signed in user account in Windows Server 2025, there's still a mention of the Cortana virtual assistant at the end of the sentence that says "ask Cortana for help".

When signing into a Microsoft Account in Windows 11 (and its Windows Server counterpart, Windows Server 2025), the confirmation dialog still mentions Cortana, despite being discontinued since two years ago. 🙃

today: 2026 is the year of the linux desktop!
1 january 2026, 00:00: 2027 is the year of the linux desktop!

year + 1

Sign in screen

Desktop, with the Start bar at the right displaying the e-mail menu.

Games library

Example of a personalized desktop theme (Xbox theme) A USB disconnect toast can be seen at the top right corner.

Some Blackcomb/MSN Explorer concept thing.

These are from Windows Vista Starter, not Windows 7

Diagram of "All Modern Digital Infrastructure" that looks like a block tower. Featuring Microsoft as an Angry Bird projectile, AI destabilizing the stack. AWS, Cloudflare, and unpaid open source developers, supporting the base, and Linux as the foundation. All teetering on a deep sea undersea cable being attacked by a shark while balancing on the World Turtle.

Windows 11 search box for "defender" showing this new Microsoft Defender app instead of Windows Security, the app I actually want to open.

and because this is named "Microsoft Defender" it now shows up in search results above ya know, the Windows Security app where you go to configure Microsoft Defender.

they even use the same icon for maximum confusion potential

we live in hell!