Folks who -- for whatever reason -- are still running Windows XP on their main computers, are getting increasingly left behind as the technological world moves on. Here's another example, this time for folks running Apple's iTunes for Windows.
If you're using XP and intend to continue, you better get used to this type of thing -- it's only gonna get worse as time goes on.
Suggestion: Upgrade to Windows 7, since from there you can get a free upgrade to Windows 10 when it appears later this year. Windows 7 licenses are pretty inexpensive online if you look around.
In my opinion, avoid Vista and Windows 8.x. Vista is in the dustbin for good reasons. And if you like XP enough that you still run it, you will likely hate Windows 8's "Metro" user interface.
1 posted on
04/23/2015 10:13:10 PM PDT by
dayglored
To: dayglored; Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; Alas Babylon!; amigatec; ...
XP users once again left behind ... PING!
You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: search on keyword "windowspinglist".
2 posted on
04/23/2015 10:14:23 PM PDT by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: dayglored
7 posted on
04/23/2015 11:14:26 PM PDT by
tallyhoe
To: dayglored
Windows 7 offers a very similar experience to XP.
9 posted on
04/23/2015 11:21:57 PM PDT by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: dayglored
For those who inadvertently allowed iTunes to upgrade and got an ugly surprise: I run Win7 and got the same thing when iTunes upgraded from 10 to 11. The FM tuner would not engage unless I went through the iTunes store. I ended up deleting iTunes 11 and
finding a copy of iTunes 10 and reinstalling it, which gave me back my FM tuner. FYI.
15 posted on
04/24/2015 2:42:29 AM PDT by
W.
(Many Disqus sites, Cheezburger.com and [The Internet] Archive.org all censor conservative comment.)
To: dayglored
Another suggestion: if you insist on keeping Windows XP and you have DRM-protected iTunes content, before signing into the store again, burn those titles to CD/DVD and then re-import them from the burned discs. That will eliminate the DRM. (Note: I know this works for music, not sure for movies/TV)
17 posted on
04/24/2015 6:23:00 AM PDT by
kevkrom
(I'm not an unreasonable man... well, actually, I am. But hear me out anyway.)
To: dayglored
Tsk tsk, DG. I’m all for keeping Win 7 around, but Win 8 CAN be configured to look and feel like Win 7, barring a few nuisances.
I contend that the Modern (nee Metro) interface is actually easier to use than the old Start menu, and I’m disappointed that MS capitulated to the market in putting it back.
19 posted on
04/24/2015 7:00:28 AM PDT by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
To: dayglored
Buy Windows 7 Home edition at Ebay for $50
Hundreds of sellers.
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