Microsoft is ending support for XP in April.
Paul Braun
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> On Feb 22, 2014, at 11:05, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Brian, you should just bite the bullet and upgrade to something more modern.
> We all get comfortable with the old pair of shoes, but at some point there
> are holes in them, the soles are falling off etc. Windows XP was a good OS,
> but it is obsolete today. I don't know if Microsoft still provides updates
> for it; if not, then you are very vulnerable (unless the computer is not
> connected to the net, of course).
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> I am a Mac guy, but at work I have Windows 7 (and my wife has it on her
> laptop) and it really is not bad at all.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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>> On Feb 22, 2014, at 3:58 PM, bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>> Chuck advised;
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>> Ah, but what happens to your apps. Your apps are
>> not data in the same
>> sense that your images, email and other documents
>> are. After the OS is
>> reinstalled the old applications must also be
>> reinstalled to rebuild the
>> registry. That requires having the
>> installation media or whatever
>> source provided the installation files
>> in the first place. Make sure
>> you know what you bargained for.
>>
>> Chuck
>> Norcutt
>> //////////////////////////////
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>> On 2/21/2014 4:25 PM,
>> bj@xxxxxxxxxxxx.nzwrote:
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>>> Before I went on holiday nearly a month ago,
>> my computer failed - wouldn't boot at all. I finally, yesterday, took it
>> to a repairman of good repute, who has just reported back that the
>> operating system is corrupt. So he will lift the data off, reformat the
>> HDD, re-install XP, and re-load the data. It will be great to have it
>> back again. Brian
>>
>> /////////////////////////////
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>> I understand ( I
>> think I do). But what alternatives, if any, do I have?.
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>> In most
>> instances I have saved the install file original, so re-installation
>> should be possible. (But I have MANY programs installed :-( )
>>
>> Can you
>> please respond also off-group as well as on; I get this news via the
>> Digest, which incorporates a delay of some hours. The sooner I can get
>> back to the repair-man and discuss, the better.
>>
>> I know he has a major
>> job for a large outfit to get his head around (during the weekend)
>> before he tackles my machine, but nevertheless the sooner I can speak
>> with him the better.
>>
>> Man; will I ever love to get my machine back !!!.
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>> The wretched keyboard of this HP Pavilion dv6 just about drives me
>> nuts.
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>> I DO however like the Windows 7 version of "Free-cell" though.
>>
>>
>> Brian
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