http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/xp/ en-us Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:06:56 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413311/posts There is this older Toshiba laptop running Windows XP. It loads but I can not log in. It says it is loading the settings but then it logs off, the desktop never loads. I tried safemode but AVG is hard to use in safe mode. There may be a virus but why would it do this? I think AVG may have quarantined a file the computer actually needs or something. Does anyone have a clue? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413311/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:06:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2394888/posts Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2 (KB973688)Size: 5.4 MB Install this update to prevent applications from sending too many HTTP requests while a well-known Document Type Definition (DTD) is included. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer. Once you have installed this item, it cannot be removed. Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2394888/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:58:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2386424/posts I am running Windows XP tablet edition and cannot connect to my wireless network. I have been to help and support and it tells me to go to Open Network Connections, Click the wireless network connection icon, and then, under Network Tasks, click View available wireless networks. The problem is I don't have a "Wireless Network Connection Icon" in the Network Connection area. I had to format my hard drive and load everything back onto it with the setup disks and after getting everything back on this is the only problem I am having. I can connect to the wireless... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2386424/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:37:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2369510/posts Yes, Windows 7 didn't even hit the market until Thursday. But that hasn't stopped a fog of myths from enveloping the newest version of the much loved--and much hated--PC operating system from Microsoft. [Slide Show: The Best of What's New in Windows 7.] The software giant hoped that wide exposure to Windows 7 would help smooth its entry. Microsoft let millions of consumers and professionals download test versions of the operating system. And by a wide margin, testers have found the new system to be the best yet from Microsoft. Version 7 is leaner, more useful, and prettier than past... Yahoo! Finance http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2369510/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:42:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2367627/posts When Windows 7 is released on Thursday, many who'll rush out to buy it will be users of Windows XP. Unfortunately, Microsoft has not made it easy for XP users to move to Win7. You won't be able to run the upgrade disk and have the newer operating system install on top of XP, leaving your data and programs in place. Instead, you have two options: 1. You can do a Clean install, in which you wipe the hard drive clean and install a virgin copy of Windows 7, then reinstall your software and copy your data back to the... Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2367627/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:13:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365929/posts XP's long reign over the hearts and minds of corporates will end on October 22 when Windows 7 is launched, predicts analysts Forester. Soothsayers in Forester's tarot reading division have pulled the Death card for Windows XP on the corporate desktop. Forrester’s Benjamin Gray said that businesses needed refresh aging IT infrastructure. There was also a predicted end to XP support and getting copies of the operating system was becoming trickier. Windows 7 had an XP mode which means that most of the software that businesses have will run on the new operating system. This will improve the OS's chance... Fudzilla http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365929/posts#comment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:45:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285237/posts Need some techie help pls . fellow Freepers. I have an XP Media HP laptop 2006 1.6 GB 2006. The laptop keeps attempting to boot up, the power is on but it wont just go to the XP /os start up,,,(the past 20 minutes now) the solution pls especially how to access the laptop drive because it looks like I will have to reboot this laptop completely with the recovery disks BUT I dont want to unless neccessary. And there's some info that I need to get to especially the hard drive. Expert and intermediate suggestions and solutions pls.. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285237/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 02:59:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2279722/posts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNqPTOb31S8 "and the last thing Bernard saw was not the BLUE sea but the Bl..." Youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2279722/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:52:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242745/posts   Windows 7 might be getting all the attention lately, but Windows XP is having a quiet little renaissance of its own -- not only have sales of the venerable OS been extended until 2010, Microsoft is selling an ultra-secure version to the Air Force. The custom build ships with over 600 settings bolted down, and a security patch turnaround of just 72 hours compared to the standard edition's 57 days -- all because Steve Ballmer personally stepped in and approved the project at the Air Force's request. The effort's to standardize and preconfigure the OS has paid off:... Engadget http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242745/posts#comment Sat, 2 May 2009 16:23:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2237828/posts April 25, 2009 (Computerworld) Microsoft Corp. will unveil an add-on to Windows 7 that lets users run applications designed for Windows XP in a virtual machine, the company confirmed Friday -- the first time Microsoft has relied on virtualization to provide backward compatibility. computerWorld http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2237828/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:40:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228492/posts New data shows that the vast majority of corporate IT departments won't touch Microsoft's next OS until at least 2011. Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) may need to keep its Windows XP operating system around a little longer -- at least for its deep-pocketed corporate customers.... The survey, of more than 1,100 IT professionals, is one of the first extensive looks at Windows 7's early sales prospects. It found that a whopping 83% of enterprises plan to skip the OS in its first year. While the business market typically tends toward caution when it comes to new products, the figure is nonetheless... Information Week http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228492/posts#comment Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:00:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2224010/posts After a flurry of blog activity over the weekend, leading into today, concerning the extended availability of Windows XP, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed to Betanews early this evening that general Windows 7 users will be given the option of downgrading right over Vista to Windows XP. Beta News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2224010/posts#comment Tue, 7 Apr 2009 13:01:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2204065/posts For fun, I repair and upgrade old arcade machines using donated computer hardware, and it has finally happened...people are starting to give me XP machines to be recycled. I have always used Win98SE, so I am learning a lot. My own brainpan http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2204065/posts#comment Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:21:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2201560/posts About two weeks ago, it seems after a windows update, my internet download speed slowed to a crawl. Speakeasy speed tests show me only in the 100-150 kbs download speed range although upload speeds are generally 2000-3000 kbs - high-speed cable connection. When I'm not on the web, just doing spreadsheet work or disk burning, for example, I'm fine but web browsing is like purgatory. I've tried everything I can think of including going back and forth between IE 6 and IE 7, reformating and reloading my hard drive, deleting and repeating windows updates, but nothing seems to work. My... Shameless Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2201560/posts#comment Sat, 7 Mar 2009 21:33:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2176764/posts The software maker is warning customers that tools designed to prevent automatic installation of service packs are nearing expiration. Microsoft wants users of its Windows operating systems to move to upgraded versions of the software, so it's killing a tool that prevents upgrades from automatically self-installing. "I have some important information for those of you who have installed the Service Pack Blocker Tool for Windows XP or Windows Vista," wrote Brandon LeBlanc, Microsoft's in-house Windows blogger, in a Friday post. "The Service Pack Blocker Tool temporarily prevents the installation of a service pack through Windows Update, typically for one year... Information Week http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2176764/posts#comment Mon, 2 Feb 2009 17:29:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2152742/posts Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is extending the deadline for making its supposedly retired Windows XP operating system available to custom PC builders. Under the plan, system builders will be allowed to take delivery of XP licenses and media through May 30. Previously, Microsoft had announced a Jan. 31 XP cutoff date for system builders, which are typically smaller, build-to-order vendors. The news was first reported Friday by InformationWeek.com sister site ChannelWeb. InformationWeek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2152742/posts#comment Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:22:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054307/posts Many have said they’re not interested in Windows Vista, that Windows XP is just fine for them. And in fact, you could go so far as to say some of them actually hate the OS. Still, a new OS, Mojave, may just be the key to a new marketing campaign. Last week Microsoft told a focus group in San Francisco they were being shown a new version of Windows, codenamed Mojave. Feedback was quite positive; more than 90% gave positive feedback. Afterwards they were told that Mojave was actually Windows Vista. RealTechNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054307/posts#comment Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:30:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2053803/posts Business PC buyers are still overwhelmingly opting for XP, computer giant HP has revealed. HP's revelation, made at the launch of a new range of business notebooks, flies in the face of Microsoft's persistent PR claims that Vista has sold tens of millions of copies — and is selling at a faster rate than XP ever did. However, HP explained how Microsoft is coming up with these "Vista" sales figures. "From the 30th of June, we have no longer been able to ship a PC with a XP licence," said Jane Bradburn, Market Development Manager, Commercial Notebooks for HP Australia.... APC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2053803/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:26:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2049898/posts When you buy a new PC today, unless you hunt down a Linux system or you buy a Mac, you're pretty much stuck with Vista. Sad, but true. So, when I had to get a new PC in a hurry, after one of my PCs went to the big bit-ranch in the sky with a fried motherboard, the one I bought, a Dell Inspiron 530S from my local Best Buy came pre-infected with Vista Home Premium. Big deal. It took me less than an hour to install Linux Mint 5 Elyssa R1 on it. As expected, everything on this 2.4GHz... Practical Technology for practical people http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2049898/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:54:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2048999/posts The solution to what is apparently a common problem ("Wizard Was Interrupted Before [program name] could be installed") seems to involve "Impersonate a client after authentication" The following worked for us, although we are not computer professionals and results are not guaranteed. You need ntrights.exe (downloadable from Microsoft as part of the Windows tools resource kit). ntrights.exe -u ADMINISTRATOR +r SeImpersonatePrivilege ntrights.exe -u ADMINISTRATORS +r SeImpersonatePrivilege ntrights.exe -u Everyone +r SeImpersonatePrivilege You must restart your computer for the changes to take effect. Then the installation should work. (We don’t know which of the above three did it, we enabled all... The Husaria: For Our Freedom and Yours http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2048999/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:34:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2043045/posts We are investigating the issue with the MS update KB951748. For the time being we suggest you uninstall KB951748 until the issue has been resolved. We will post when we have more information Best regards, Forum Moderator ZoneAlarm forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2043045/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 19:29:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2037550/posts Excerpt - Redmond, WA (AHN) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is pulling the XP operating system from its product line come Monday. The move comes 18 months after the company launched the Vista operating system. Although Microsoft will not sell the XP program any longer, they will still generate revenue from providing support for the software as it will no longer be free. Microsoft will offer extended support packages for XP until at least 2014. ~ snip ~ AllHeadlineNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2037550/posts#comment Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:03:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036450/posts Et Tu, Intel? Chip Giant Won’t Embrace Microsoft’s Windows Vista By Steve Lohr Intel, the giant chip maker and longtime partner of Microsoft, has decided against upgrading the computers of its own 80,000 employees to Microsoft’s Vista operating system, a person with direct knowledge of the company’s plans said. The person, who has been briefed on the situation but requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of Intel’s relationship with Microsoft, said the company made its decision after a lengthy analysis by its internal technology staff of the costs and potential benefits of moving to Windows Vista, which has drawn fire... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036450/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:51:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025845/posts Microsoft has given another lease of life to Windows XP only days before PC makers have to stop selling it. Windows XP reaches its end of life on 30 June but Microsoft has now said it can continue being sold until June 2010 but only on cheap desktops. The decision follows one made in April to extend the life of XP on low cost laptops until the same date. It comes as Dell, HP and Lenovo exploit loopholes in Microsoft's licensing terms to keep putting XP on machines. Growing market In an announcement at the Computex trade show in... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025845/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:01:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006776/posts Comments by Steve Ballmer at a press conference in Europe today have led to speculation that Microsoft is reconsidering its June 30 deadline to stop selling most new Windows XP licenses. A spokeswoman from Microsoft's public relations firm said Thursday that there is no plan for a change in deadline, however. "Our plan for Windows XP availability is unchanged. We're confident that's the right thing to do based on the feedback we've heard from our customers and partners," the spokeswoman said, reading from a Microsoft statement. Ballmer's comments at a press conference at Louvain-la-Neuve University in Belgium led to a... PC World http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006776/posts#comment Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:09:13 GMT