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Yep. I installed XP64 on a high-end 2008 Thinkpad last year, and it was great fun. I wrote it up here:

https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/24/dangerous_pleasures_w...

A key watchword is to not let any MS code access the Internet. Don't use MS email, chat, media players, etc. Use more modern 3rd party ones and you're much much safer.

It's more or less necessary to use IE to get it set up, but you can install IE 8.0.6001 offline before you start updating it, which also saves about half an hour.