--- title: syncguy/go-legacy-winxp at winxp-compat | daily.dev description: A fork of the Go programming language that maintains support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, along with the deprecated `go get` behavior. The project... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/syncguy-go-legacy-winxp-at-winxp-compat-t4qsajrgl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: syncguy/go-legacy-winxp at winxp-compat | daily.dev og:description: A fork of the Go programming language that maintains support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, along with the deprecated `go get` behavior. The project... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/syncguy-go-legacy-winxp-at-winxp-compat-t4qsajrgl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/t4QSajrgl.png og:image:alt: syncguy/go-legacy-winxp at winxp-compat og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # syncguy/go-legacy-winxp at winxp-compat **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A fork of the Go programming language that maintains support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, along with the deprecated `go get` behavior. The project reverts several upstream commits that broke compatibility with legacy Windows systems, including changes to RtlGenRandom, LoadLibraryA fallback, socket syscalls, console handle workarounds, and process wait behavior. 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