> Microsoft will see fit to release an official XP activation tool for posterity.
Free Idea for Microsoft: Windows XP PCs but like those mini consoles[0] that have been released recently. Could be preloaded with games from the era and intended to be used offline so patches don't matter.
I might buy that just for pinball and freecell!
Pinball was decompiled a while back; you can even run it on macOS/Linux[1].
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