If I am looking for something important on the system for work, I reboot into Windows XP and use Windows XP's Search Engine because Windows 7/8 Search Engine is more difficult to use and is not as reliable as Windows XP Search Engine.

So if you need to group files/folders on the screen for work (for easier sorting) - there is no alternative but to reboot into Windows XP. Registry edits which force Auto-arrange to be turned off cannot be used reliably because they break other Windows 7/8 features. Windows 7/8 has no option to turn Auto-Arrange off.

Windows XP allows you to group files or folders on different parts of the screen whereas in Windows 7/8, you can *only* do this on the Desktop and nowhere else.

Windows XP is perfect for multi-boots (not BCD dependent) and I still reboot from Windows 8 into Windows XP to use it for work. The first question I'll ask before making any future motherboard purchase is: can Windows XP be installed on it? We already know how to make a custom ISO to include Service Pack 3, but how do we include all the updates released after SP3 for Windows XP to make a final all-inclusive Windows XP ISO? There will be no official Service Pack 4 for Windows XP - so why don't we try to figure out how to make an all inclusive Windows XP installation ISO?

Final set of Windows XP Security updates is coming up on Tuesday, April 8, 2014.

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