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Monday 26 October 2026

Windows XP turns 25, and it still outlives Windows 8

Windows XP went on sale on 25 October 2001 at a Times Square launch. Support ended in 2014, yet 0.09% of users still run it, more than Windows 8.

Quin Halberg Monday 26 October 2026, open calendar5 min read

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Windows XP is 25. It went on sale around the world on 25 October 2001, and a quarter of a century later there are still people switching it on.

A cash machine screen showing a Windows XP Professional dialog box saying Windows is shutting down — Photo: BrayLockBoy / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), cropped

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