Windows Whistler RC 2

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Windows Whistler RC 2

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SULIMAN DIB

New Serial for Microsoft Windows XP (''Whistler'' 5.1.2535.0 Professional RC2)
DW3CF-D7KYR-KMR6C-3X7FX-T8CVM

MacInTosh

I think the theme of regular Whistler releases is better. Whistler Version: 2410.

AlexThe444thMaker

@BF10 said:

@basic86 said:
Just a ran across a post that I've found a while ago about the status of XP - "Windows XP SP3 was released on April 21, 2008. Therefore, it does not meet the 10-year-old requirement. As was stated above, it won't be abandonware until April 21, 2018." - It's the 9th of May 2018 today, lemme guess, it's well and truly abandonware now right ? I know POSready 2009 is in extended support till 2019, but it's Windows Embedded, which is"cosmetically" a different branch of Windows. Are you guys still firmly against putting Final XP copies as of today ? Buying XP on ebay today is like buying floppies of Windows 3.1 on ebay. They're both ancient products. Sorry, not being a prick, just been waiting this long to finally see it become abandonware, and can't contain the excitement

It still is not going to be added because there are still incarnations still supported. POSReady is based on XP SP3. 4.36% of computers still use Windows XP, so it's still not in danger of being rare. It's not going to be abandonware for a while, period.

Schools like "Muse" and "South Central" still use it, so it is not abandonware until schools stop using it.

AlexThe444thMaker

Also, since 2481 added the XP sounds and themes, RC2 and RC1 and builds higher than 2481 and 2481 itself is basically RTM.

win32

Yes, it does look like the Windows XP we all know and love.

So does Windows 98SE with Revolutions Pack 9.7 installed and the Luna theme selected.

Conversely, you can enable the Windows Classic visual style and make it look similar to 9x/2000.

cocoelpro

@win32 said:
Yes, it does look like the Windows XP we all know and love.

So does Windows 98SE with Revolutions Pack 9.7 installed and the Luna theme selected.

Conversely, you can enable the Windows Classic visual style and make it look similar to 9x/2000.

Yes.

helloworld123

Serial for whistler 5.1.2542.0 Professional RC2 , see https://forum.winworldpc.com/discussion/6244/whistler-product-key

Videogamer555

Anybody know a hack that will allow you to activate Whistler RC2? Microsoft seems to have deactivated all of their XP era activation servers, and all XP activation hacks I have read about don't seem to work on Whistler RC2. So I'm limited to a 30 day period, after which I need to either reinstall it, or use a snapshot in my virtual machine to return it to its "just installed" state. Of course then if I do that then I lose any files I've saved on the virtual machine. So I'm hoping someone here has an activation hack that will work with Whistler RC2.

ThereIsNoName555

@Videogamer555 said:
Anybody know a hack that will allow you to activate Whistler RC2? Microsoft seems to have deactivated all of their XP era activation servers, and all XP activation hacks I have read about don't seem to work on Whistler RC2. So I'm limited to a 30 day period, after which I need to either reinstall it, or use a snapshot in my virtual machine to return it to its "just installed" state. Of course then if I do that then I lose any files I've saved on the virtual machine. So I'm hoping someone here has an activation hack that will work with Whistler RC2.

@Videogamer555
Hello, yes there is a hack to activate RC2, its called Tweak NT, you can kill the Windows Whistler RC2 timebomb and product key with it, i will leave a download here.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/b55tu8k5tc7jtpj/TwakNT_Disk.iso/file

Yuds2003

The two builds here are actually Pre-RTM builds.

Cesare Vesdani

Are there any more Windows Whistler RC2 builds available to upload here?

Millennium Edition

Have you not updated your lists? 2526 is the official RC2 build, and 2535/2542 are Pre-RTMs, with the "Bliss" wallpaper shown.

Caerula

Do these require product keys? (I have not tried yet)

Elmo452

Build 2542 Serial: BX6HT-MDJKW-H2J4X-BX67W-TVVFG

WinMS98DOS

I need one for Windows Whistler 5.1.2542.0 Professional RC2

BlueLithium

Closest were getting to Final. (Not asking for XP)

Riley1210eeeee

why is the website link or whatever called windows-xp? shouldn't it be windows-whistler?

Marri

[why is the website link or whatever called windows-xp? shouldn't it be windows-whistler?]

Because Windows XP is the name of the final product that Whistler turned into. There are going to be times when you'd think it should use one name but then see the other.

Redist2001

@Marri
WinWorld used to host windows XP RTM Originally, but Microsoft didn't like this since they copyrighted Office 2000 and windows XP and newer versions (Except longhorn).
This technically means when WinWorld hosted RTM XP, They were violating copyright, so when the final/RTM Section was still here, they decided to name it XP and not whistler. But now they only host build 2452 and earlier and changing it to windows-whistler could cause server issues/connection issues. I Mean nobody looks at that URL anyway, right?

pankoza

Why does the RTM/Final tab link to ebay if they sell physical CD's, not ISO files?

SomeGuy

Ha, ha, ha, ha, very funny. At least I hope that was meant to be funny. You do know you can create an ISO from a physical CD, right? Besides, why would someone not want something shiny?

pankoza

Actually I do remember some person selling custom MS-DOS + Windows 3.1 combo ISOs on ebay back in 2020, but he got eventually banned for selling p1r@ted software for money I think and that was 3.1, not XP