Loft Computing

My loft is now officially the place that things to to break. As part of the “digital back kissing frogs project” today I had a need for a computer running Windows XP. “No problem” I thought. “I’ve got one in the loft”. Well, that was true - sort of. I have a computer up there which I last used around 20 years ago. Unfortunately it doesn’t work. I set it up in the loft and got the result you see above.

Once it got as far as the Windows XP loading screen before collapsing with the blue screen of death. So it is now staying in the loft pending a trip to the tip. This is probably a blessing in disguise though, as I’m not completely sure I remember the login password……