Bye Bye XP?
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I certainly remember that happening to an XP machine some years ago, at the last company I worked for which ran Windows. However, it's not such a big deal for a home user, as they're probably behind a router firewall and can't be remotely scanned.
Originally Posted by Capetonian
When the time finally comes I will smash it to bits and steal its magnet!!
Originally Posted by BOAC
You could leave it in place and use it for backups?
Well, I had to say good-bye to WinXP on my primary laptop computer this week. Not because I wanted to, but because the dreaded 'Disk Read Error' came up on Sunday, confirmed by Dell to be a hard drive failure....
Fortunately I'd paid for an extended warranty, so the technician called at BEagle Towers on Wednesday and sorted everything out. Plus a new keyboard and touch pad, then installed Win 7 which had been supplied with the laptop, plus sundry drivers. I left the system merrily downloading 4 years of Windows updates whilst I went to an excellent lecture at White Waltham by Rich Graham about his time flying the SR-71.
Yes, Win 7 SP 1 and IE11 are a vast improvement - and cost me nothing. But I no longer have Outlook Express, so have started using Outlook, which is probably more advanced, but lacks the simplicity of OE6....
For some reason, PPRuNe keeps logging me out even though I've clicked 'remember me'. There's also an automatic spell checker which has appeared from somewhere. Is there an 'options' setting tab which I've overlooked?
Fortunately I'd paid for an extended warranty, so the technician called at BEagle Towers on Wednesday and sorted everything out. Plus a new keyboard and touch pad, then installed Win 7 which had been supplied with the laptop, plus sundry drivers. I left the system merrily downloading 4 years of Windows updates whilst I went to an excellent lecture at White Waltham by Rich Graham about his time flying the SR-71.
Yes, Win 7 SP 1 and IE11 are a vast improvement - and cost me nothing. But I no longer have Outlook Express, so have started using Outlook, which is probably more advanced, but lacks the simplicity of OE6....
For some reason, PPRuNe keeps logging me out even though I've clicked 'remember me'. There's also an automatic spell checker which has appeared from somewhere. Is there an 'options' setting tab which I've overlooked?
Beagle,
we have had a few threads on the sad death of Outlook Express. I moved to Outlook, but probably need 1/100th of its capabilities.
It's OK. A steamroller to crack a very small nut.
Although it says it will arrange meetings, it has yet to set me up with Emelia Fox............
we have had a few threads on the sad death of Outlook Express. I moved to Outlook, but probably need 1/100th of its capabilities.
It's OK. A steamroller to crack a very small nut.
Although it says it will arrange meetings, it has yet to set me up with Emelia Fox............
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For those looking for a simpler mail program, Windows Live Mail may do the trick.
Outlook is cool though. I have the "ribbon" minimized and the things I actually need are pinned to the "quick access toolbar", like this:
Outlook is cool though. I have the "ribbon" minimized and the things I actually need are pinned to the "quick access toolbar", like this:
In my opinion, 'Windows Live Mail' sucks more than a sycophantic remora. I tried it and it was awful.....
I will tiddle about with Outlook to tweak settings / defaults, but I really think that Micro$oft dropped a bollock when they binned OE!
I will tiddle about with Outlook to tweak settings / defaults, but I really think that Micro$oft dropped a bollock when they binned OE!
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BOAC refers to OE Classic - Easy to use Outlook Express replacement
Another good one is eM Client - eM Client - the Best Email Client for Windows | eM Client
Another good one is eM Client - eM Client - the Best Email Client for Windows | eM Client
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goeasy, Why don't you just download a genuine article from Digital River (MS's own site) or from here Windows 7 Digital River direct links: Multiple Languages; X86 & X64
They are FREE!
They are FREE!
Seems that Mac is getting quite a bit of business out of this ie more gains than Win7 and 8.
Oh, the cycling desktop wallpaper is really cool.
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I was waiting for this. Registry hack to make Windows Update think that your XP machine is a POSready 2009 machine (support until 2019).
Registry hack enables continued updates for Windows XP | ZDNet
This more-or-less confirms what I suspected - MS are making updates for XP anyway, for POSready 2009 and for schmucks who pay $200/desk/year.
Conclusion: XP is not dead. Your move, Mixture
Registry hack enables continued updates for Windows XP | ZDNet
This more-or-less confirms what I suspected - MS are making updates for XP anyway, for POSready 2009 and for schmucks who pay $200/desk/year.
Conclusion: XP is not dead. Your move, Mixture
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For some reason, PPRuNe keeps logging me out even though I've clicked 'remember me'.
In fact, on both pprune and on some other sites, if I click on the username box, the correct information appears in a drop down window and if I select this, the password then automatically fills in and I am logged in. I always tick 'remember me' though it never does...
Any ideas out there???
jg
