Windows XP Second Edition
That day remains etched in my memory... April 8th, 2014. The day when Microsoft pulled support for my favourite operating System, Windows XP. I loved that operating system. I owned a copy of it when it came out in 2001, in fact I was in the first line for it when it was released in London for the first time ever, aged only five and piggybacking atop my father's shoulders. I used the operating system right up until that day.
For days after they pulled the plug, I wept. I ran to my room, and I cried. I wished and wished and wished that there was something I could do.
After days on end of constant rage and sorrow, I had an idea. If Microsoft wasn't going to update Windows XP, I would do so myself.
Lots of people make pirated versions of Windows, called Black Editions...I studied long and hard on how to make one, and then I got to work. I opened my C++ Editor, and began coding in the changes. I then added a new bootscreen, Microsoft Office 2010, WindowBlinds and various other things.
When it was ready, I christened it as Windows XP Second Edition. I was so proud of my lovely operating system. I had even installed the Update Hack from POSReady 2009. I was ready to go!
After a day of working on assignments and fine-tuning the operating system, I went to sleep, looking forward to using my OS again.
How wrong I was...
When I booted up the computer the following day, something was wrong. The bootscreen I made now looked like it had been made in Paint. The text was in Comic Sans, and the Windows Logo looked like it had been made by a child who was using a laptop touchpad.
Angered, I thought someone had modified my OS, so I checked everythng when the system booted up. Nothing was different.
I decided to shut my computer off, and leave it alone for the rest of the day.
Oh... what a mistake I made.
To be continued...
