Windows XP

since unknown year (earliest usage recorded on this site was 1998)

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mobial

codewritinfool

bkokash

macmichael01

brousch

joe

ellisonleao

iamteem

NX172

gklein

cherimullins

johnthedebs

carljm

MarkofCain

alecperkins

andyrak

r1chardj0n3s

PaulM

nathans

tpherndon

CerealBoy

Junafani

RossP

bitprophet

streetcleaner

tlesher

hexdump42

Bryan

bkonkle

cstejerean

Ben

nsmgr8

morgs

ntoll

jtauber

mikl

davisagli

CaptainSay

leveille

brutasse

pydanny

supakoo

westonruter

alex

jancona

greyfade

Da_Nuke

gnubardt

enki

gregmuellegger

rogerclark

mcrute

adambrenecki

williamcomartin

joalcorn

larry

nimasmi

milouse

eykd

bkmontgomery

bocke

shywolf9982

DataShed

karlstolley

mgrbyte

Indy

Izual

louisr

foomor

stephen_mcd

adamv

xytop

mfandreas

mjhagen

thaostra

Vector

jeffself

gniero

Raisapius

ukazap

mwalling

mgill25

whosaysni

otherchirps

skytreader

jorjun

mobial - 27 years

codewritinfool - 10 years

bkokash - 4 years

macmichael01 - 27 years

brousch - 26 years

joe - 6 years

ellisonleao - 26 years

iamteem - 9 years

NX172 - 26 years

gklein - 25 years

cherimullins - 11 years

johnthedebs - 9 years

carljm - 7 years

MarkofCain - 25 years

alecperkins - 25 years

andyrak - 25 years

r1chardj0n3s - 7 years

PaulM - 25 years

nathans - 24 years

tpherndon - 24 years

CerealBoy - 24 years

Junafani - 24 years

RossP - 24 years

bitprophet - 11 years

streetcleaner - 24 years

tlesher - 12 years

hexdump42 - 8 years

Bryan - 24 years

gg - 6 years

bkonkle - 9 years

cstejerean - 7 years

Ben - 24 years

nsmgr8 - 24 years

morgs - 24 years

ntoll - 24 years

jtauber - 24 years

mikl - 5 years

davisagli - 3 years

CaptainSay - 7 years

leveille - 7 years

brutasse - 4 years

pydanny - 8 years

supakoo - 23 years

westonruter - 23 years

alex - 9 years

jancona - 23 years

greyfade - 1 years

Da_Nuke - 10 years

gnubardt - 6 years

enki - 3 years

gregmuellegger - 23 years

rogerclark - 23 years

mcrute - 23 years

adambrenecki - 5 years

williamcomartin - 7 years

joalcorn - 7 years

larry - 9 years

nimasmi - 12 years

milouse - 4 years

eykd - 22 years

bkmontgomery - 3 years

bocke - 5 years

shywolf9982 - 5 years

DataShed - 6 years

karlstolley - 22 years

mgrbyte - 2 years

Indy - 4 years

Izual - 8 years

louisr - 4 years

foomor - 3 years

stephen_mcd - 6 years

adamv - 21 years

xytop - 7 years

mfandreas - 21 years

mjhagen - 4 years

thaostra - 5 years

Vector - 21 years

jeffself - 5 years

gniero - 20 years

Raisapius - 6 years

ukazap - 8 years

mwalling - 20 years

mgill25 - 7 years

whosaysni - 19 years

otherchirps - 19 years

skytreader - 4 years

jorjun - 16 years

1998–2001

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Got a taste of XP when a roommate at summer camp had "Whistler" installed. Still necessary for some things (hard to believe!).

johnthedebs

2000–2008

I've spent more time on XP than any other OS. Left the Windows world for OS X in 2008, though.

r1chardj0n3s

2000–2006

Just for the games.

carljm

2000–2006

I still have this in a VM "just in case," but hardly ever boot it. Haven't really tried any newer Windows.

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2001–2011

Main OS in the years between ME and my move to Linux full-time; ran my dedicated gaming PCs after I moved to OS X. Kept using it through Vista and into the early Win7 days because, well, why upgrade? Also useful on VMs in environments where one needs Windows software like IE, Exchange or WinOffice.

Bryan

2001–

This was my main OS for the majority of my computing career.

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At work

tpherndon

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cstejerean

2001–2007

streetcleaner

2001–

Existed only on a second partition or as a virtual machine.

ntoll

2001–

Still use it to test websites on IE6.

Ben

2001–

bkonkle

2001–2009

morgs

2001–

Still have it in virtualbox for testing, or for configuring Dell servers via DRAC :-(

davisagli

2001–2003

RossP

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2001–2006

hexdump42

2001–2008

tlesher

2001–2012

RIP.

CaptainSay

2001–2007

Junafani

2001–

alex

2002–2010

My desktop OS for some of these years, and eventually relegated to just games.

pydanny

2002–2009

My work environment for years. In 2007 it became just for games. After 2008 it became just for World of Warcraft. In 2009 I dropped that game and started my life over partly because others did not drop the game.

supakoo

2002–

Still running on an older box w/legacy software for backwards compatibility

brutasse

2002–2005

westonruter

2002–

First introduced on my Dell laptop and have been using it ever since on PCs that I work on, both my desktop at home and at work. Never have had Vista+ installed on any of my machines. XP is a great operating system.

greyfade

2002

Only used XP briefly when my Win2000 installation failed. The Whistler beta struck me as being far superior than the RTM, so I've never used it since.

jancona

2002–

Still using it, but less and less. Now, if I could switch my wife to Ubuntu...

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2002–2011

I've been using this OS for a total of 9 years. First on a new computer I got in 2002, then on a computer I built for me in 2007, then on a netbook I bought in 2008. I currently use Windows 7 on my home computer but I do miss the extreme blazing fucking fast speed of Windows XP...

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2003–2006

Windows XP is the least bad Windows version I have used, and the one I was using for the longest time. It is relatively simple to use, but unsafe and can make your computer slow over time.

Izual

2003–2010

Still using this classic OS here and then, although it's really old now, for some Windows-only applications I need.

shywolf9982

2003–2007

Been the Office-OS for a long time. For a time I had installed on top of it bash, blackbox, and various ports of GNU tools.

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Was my main OS for quite a while. Did a lot of development on it. Stopped using once Linux became viable for full-time use.

Vector

2004–

mfandreas

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adamv

2004–

Finally started using it in 2004 on a new Dell... still using it, along-side Win7.

thaostra

2004–2008

Having an operating system like XP on a family computer made it a nightmare to use, especially when AOL was thrown in the mix. I swear, AOL killed my inner child.

louisr

2004–2007

This was my favorite version of windows. This OS is best for gaming.. if there is any other OS for gaming. Security issues today make it hard to keep an install of Windows clean.

foomor

2004–2006

xytop

2004–2010

Used for long time. Like its stability and user-friendly interface

mjhagen

2004–2007

jeffself

2005–2009

Forced to use this when I took my current job. Hated every minute of it.

Raisapius

2005–2010

This one rocked, for sure. I installed this after getting my old computer back into working order.

gniero

2005–

mwalling

2005–

mgill25

2005–2011

Before falling in love with programming. Games. All day long.

ukazap

2005–2012

The most time I spent learning computer, playing games and breaking things. Usability is ok, security sucks. I had considered moving to Linux but I needed to use Windows apps and WINE didn't cut it.

otherchirps

2006–

whosaysni

2006–

skytreader

2007–2010

Along with my first laptop. 2010, I switched to Linux Ubuntu.

jorjun

2009–

Running on a VM so I can see what Internet Explorer breaks (and so I can redirect and not fix).

micrypt

trey