Windows XP source code leaked online, on 4chan, out of all places 📦

18    26 Sep 2020 00:54 by u/utter_desperation

> The OS sources were leaked online as a 42.9 GB torrent file on 4chan, an online message board often frequented by trolls and extremist groups. > The content of this torrent file includes source code for several of Microsoft's older operating systems, such as Windows 2000, Embedded (CE 3, CE 4, CE 5, CE, 7), Windows NT (3.5 and 4), XP, and Server 2003. > Many of the files leaked this week have actually leaked years before, and the leak appears to be a collection of previous items. > The only new items that appear to have been leaked this week are the source code for Windows XP, Server 2003, and Windows 2000.

16 comments

7 u/Knighthawks 26 Sep 2020 01:19
I'm uncertain about anything in the list being worth anything. If they got the DirectX and Direct3D libraries, it could potentially allow the community to port them over to Linux and improve the Linux gaming scene.
2 u/None 26 Sep 2020 01:22
Anything good?
8 u/utter_desperation [OP] 26 Sep 2020 01:38
Someone on 4Chan searched the N-word and found 19 results in the XP source code. Lmao.
4 u/WinstonThe9th 26 Sep 2020 01:55
What's wrong with putting the word nice is things?
1 u/None 26 Sep 2020 03:29
Like the article said. This is not new.
1 u/utter_desperation [OP] 26 Sep 2020 15:17
I believe the XP source code is.
1 u/None 26 Sep 2020 21:10
Its not.
1 u/utter_desperation [OP] 26 Sep 2020 22:05
From the article itself: > The only new items that appear to have been leaked this week are the source code for Windows XP, Server 2003, and Windows 2000.
1 u/None 26 Sep 2020 22:24
Also from the article Microsoft has historically provided access to the source code of its operating systems to governments across the world, for the purpose of security audits, and to academic teams, for the purpose of scientific research. The leak is a novelty for the general public, but not a surprise for academics and software developers. "All these files have been out there for ages," wrote a user on the HakerNews aggregator. "Especially the WRK [Windows Research Kernel], which anyone with a .edu [email account] could already download."
1 u/utter_desperation [OP] 27 Sep 2020 00:46
It’s for the public and includes everything. They were discussing compiling it on 4Chan. This is also easier to access. Still noteworthy since Microsoft wouldn’t want this to happen.
1 u/None 27 Sep 2020 02:15
Agreed. Still not sure why the down votes. Maybe my retarded stalker follower
1 u/utter_desperation [OP] 27 Sep 2020 03:31
That's still happening?! I didn't think they'd keep at it for this long =/
1 u/None 27 Sep 2020 16:52
Nice to be loved (obsessed over?) I guess
1 u/doliu 30 Sep 2020 22:49
I don't think that's right. In the torrent itself along with the zip file for the XP source, there's a text file saying the leak itself has been making the rounds for years, the zip is password protected, uploader can't access its contents so can't even verify if it actually is the source for Windows XP but was including it in the upload anyway.
1 u/utter_desperation [OP] 01 Oct 2020 17:55
Someone just compiled it. https://ruqqus.com/post/3onw/windows-xp-leak-confirmed-after-user
2 u/doliu 02 Oct 2020 03:42
Oh wow. That is amazing!