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   The Running Man to jj4public@outlook.com   
   Re: Windows XP compilation   
   24 Jan 25 15:19:39   
   
   From: running_man@writeable.com   
      
   On 24/01/2025 14:21 JJ  wrote:   
   > On Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:18:12 -0000 (UTC), The Running Man wrote:   
   >> Has anyone been able to compile the Windows XP   
   >> source code that leaked a couple of years ago?   
   >>   
   >> I know some tech-reporter did just that be he didn't   
   >> want to publish how he did it for fear of legal   
   >> repercussion from Microsoft.   
   >   
   > Since you asked that, I could only think that, you haven't actually tried it   
   > yourself.   
   >   
   > Anyone who claimed he/she has compiled the whole leaked Windows XP source   
   > code, is either lying or only compiled part of the whole thing.   
   >   
   > Because the leaked Windows XP source code, is incomplete.   
   > And it's much worse that the leaked Windows 2000.   
   > .   
      
   He claimed the only part he didn't have the source code of   
   was "winlogon.exe". He copied the binary from another Windows   
   XP installation and the compiled system worked.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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