Posted on 04/08/2015 5:05:37 PM PDT by Utilizer
Even though the deadline for any type of support for Windows XP was up last April, many organisations are still using the venerable operating system to power their PCs and the applications that run on them.
But XP was never a truly secure OS to begin with and despite numerous patches over the years, new vulnerabilities have been found. Of course, since April 2014, no more updates have been provided by Microsoft on general release and this has left anyone still running XP very much exposed to hacking and security breaches.
According to figures from IT security firm Secunia taken from scans by its Personal Software Inspector, around 15.17% of computers around the world are still using Windows XP. Nearly 18% of users are still running with an old version of Internet Explorer.
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I ain’t green around the gills, chief. Probably been using computers since before you were wearing diapers, I’ll bet.
Naw you’re just nube around here. Thanx for the response. We try to help each other and take it private if necessary to avoid involving the rest of the forum when defending ourselves. If you have expertise to offer please do so, if you’re going to be publicly critical then offer some enlightenment. Please.
I was in a local Korean grocery store the other day. I wanted to check a price, but the bar code scanner was down. I noticed its wall wart was loose, so I shoved it in. Took forever to boot up, using some version of Windows Embedded, but it eventually worked. It escapes me why anyone would use Windows for a bar code scanner.
Ok, you want help? Try this...
We have an old saying. Don’t play badminton with Hong Kong night walkers without wearing a raincoat.
Windows 7 is just a newer better XP. Pony up the measly $299 and get yourself a newer faster computer. Putting XP on a new machine is like putting a 6 grand paint job on a rusty bucket Lincoln.
Even an ole coot like me gets it.
Later
I hope it has a safe mode. :-\
What the heck is that anyway?
Safe? Ha.
I met my first formal computer in the late 60s.. IBM .. Punch cards.. Fortran. Hated it. HP had a neat gadget out about than too. It printed to foil paper..OOooo..
Also, avoid Adobe Reader. Use Foxit instead.
Ooops, thanx for that!
Fortran. I hated that during my masters program. Was an engineer who started with a slide rule in the late 50’s. Then management want me to learn punched tape to program milling machines in the mid 60’s. G code? No thanks. Then onto VAX. Etc.
Not sure why I was tasked with that crap, as I was never good at programming anything. But I got the job done anyway.
I lucked out and ran into all kinds of mini and mainframes over the years..
From paper bootstrap loaders to togkle switch minis.. To today’s wristwatch which has more power than an old HP flight computer on a shuttle.
I hated slide rules.. But I loved the bomb . ;-)
My first was from Radio Shack. You had to write your own code in basic, if, then, goto. I used it to set up an inventory management system for my a/c and electrical business. Inventory levels for rough-in and trim-out materials were critical as balanced against cash flow.
That primitive little machine was a huge time saver. It generated a reorder list, indicated troublesome back orders, tracked usage and took me a bunch of time with inputs. Bar code scanners, what a concept. The leaps forward are mind blowing in my lifetime!
Later. :)
General George S. Patton
I liked XP, and for that matter W2K. A year ago I upgraded to W7 and discovered all my software still works. I’m talking a TurboCad program from the 90’s, Office 2000, a 2003 photo editing program, and others. W7 has a feature where older programs will run in the XP Mode. W7 can also be customized to look just like XP,even the icons.
I picked up a brand new shop built computer today with W7. I asked what’s the most popular op system they install, and the answer was an overwhelming Windows 7.
Free Republic! This place rocks! Lets go send some bucks to our host, come on do the right thing.
Anderson or Pella? Double hung?
Which version of TurboCad? I can not get some of the earlier versions to work and am not looking forward to converting all the earlier CAD files to a later version so I can continue to work on them. :(
I’m not reading a single comment in this thread. I sincerely hope all FReepers are smart enough to NOT have an XP-powered PC or laptop connected to the internet.
Neither did I click on the link; the premise of such a question is truly idiocy from a technical standpoint.
For those that don’t yet understand that, after reading this thread and not following through on a responsible action begs the same label (sadly).
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