Windows XP source code has leaked

Re:Windows XP source code has leaked by int_19h on Friday September 25, 2020 @07:45AM (#24588779)

Many games did not work so well on 2K, and XP brought some substantial improvements specifically in that department.

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Re:Windows XP source code has leaked by hnlmorg on Saturday September 26, 2020 @05:09PM (#24602140)

I hear that said a lot about Windows 2000 but my experience was that it was only really true of legacy DOS games that didn't work right. Anything written for OpenGL or DirectX worked fine. In some cases even better (for example Quake 3 ran so much smoother on my BP6 board running Windows 2000).

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Re:Windows XP source code has leaked by int_19h on Sunday September 27, 2020 @11:45PM (#24612763)

I remember several of my Win9x games didn't work fine, but not which ones. I think Carmageddon 2 was one?

There were plenty of games for 9x that assumed its lax memory and permissions model, especially for stuff like DRM.

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Re:Windows XP source code has leaked by anthk on Friday September 25, 2020 @08:50AM (#24589139)

W2k had a w98 compatibily mode which could be enabled from the command prompt.

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