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Microsoft updates Windows XP N
News As part of its effort to assuage European authorities, Microsoft has made changes to its Windows XP N -- the slimmed-down version of the operating system it was ordered to offer last year. Microsoft had originally wanted to call the software...
[June 9, 2005, 10:20]
Microsoft updates Windows XP N
Talkback What a farce, but predictable nevertheless. Roll on the European Patents Directive to finish the job.
[June 9, 2005, 17:00]
A Few Minor Windows XP Glitches
Blog As I expect Vista SP1 to be available soon, and XP SP3 not long after that, I suppose I will be playing "disc jokey" with my laptop again before long. These problems are occurring now, with the laptop running XP Professional.
[March 14, 2008, 15:03]
PC vendors snub antitrust altered Windows
News Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo and Fujitsu Siemens all claimed to have no firm plans to install Windows XP N, citing a lack of customer demand. A Dell spokesman said on Tuesday that the company has no plans to install Windows XP N on its computers...
[June 15, 2005, 14:35]
Media player-less Windows finally named
News The product, which Microsoft had wanted to be called Windows XP Reduced Media Edition, will now be known as either Windows XP Home Edition N or Windows XP Professional Edition N. Among other options Microsoft suggested were Windows XP Not...
[March 29, 2005, 8:55]
Still 'no demand' for media-player-free Windows
News Microsoft started offering a version of Windows without a bundled media-player, known as Windows XP N, in June this year, to comply with last year's antitrust ruling by the European Commission. Before Windows XP N was released, the only PC vendor...
[November 18, 2005, 14:30]
Wireless Networking - Linksys WRT350N and Intel 4965AGN
Blog When I am running Windows XP Professional on the laptop, it connects to the Linksys router just fine. What is XP doing that the others are not? The latest Intel drivers are loaded on both XP and Vista
[November 12, 2008, 7:35]
EC awaits Microsoft's full antitrust compliance
News Last week Microsoft agreed to call the unbundled product either Windows XP Home Edition N or Windows XP Professional Edition N, rather than Windows XP Reduced Media Edition - Microsoft's original suggestion.
[April 4, 2005, 17:15]
Lifebook S6510 - Part 3; Networking, Software and Drivers
Blog There is practically nothing on the Fujitsu support web site for it; a BIOS update, which was already installed on mine, and a driver update for Windows XP, which doesn't interest me because I'm running Vista.
[January 3, 2008, 13:43]
2008-01-06 Vista is a downgrade.
Talkback The title bar of every window now looks 1.5 times the height that it was under XP and I can't change it. XP works perfectly totally fine. for some unexplicable reason so that if you need to go back there later you have to reclick that fine print...
[January 6, 2008, 23:41]
Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo Mobile U9200 review
Reviews The system is supplied with Windows Vista Business as standard, but Fujitsu Siemens also includes a Windows XP disc in the box. A preconfigured Windows XP Professional version might have been a more client-friendly option, though.
[October 25, 2007, 13:28]
Linksys WRT350N Wireless-N Gigabit Router with Storage Link
Blog You have to download and install Windows XP update KB917021 to add WPA2 support. I suppose that this might become standard with Windows XP SP3, but I don't know that for sure. It is worth noting that while Windows Vista has WPA2 security included...
[January 18, 2008, 10:04]
Acer TravelMate 6292 review
Reviews However, early shipping models will have Windows XP Professional SP2 installed, with Vista Business making an appearance further down the line. VAT) is the price for the Windows XP Professional configuration.
[May 18, 2007, 15:53]
Norton AntiVirus 2004 review
Reviews NAV 2004 supports Windows 98 through XP and requires a slightly larger amount of drive space than previous versions -- from 85MB to 125MB, depending on the OS version. Symantec has also added an activation process similar to that used by Microsoft...
[September 29, 2003, 9:00]
Pricing scuppers Media Player-free XP
News The European Commission's attempt to increase competition by forcing Microsoft to offer a version of Windows XP without its Media Player looks increasingly forlorn, with many retailers and computer resellers now having indicated they won't sell...
[June 27, 2005, 17:15]
Pricing scuppers Media Player-free XP
Talkback I suppose the EU's legal requirement that MS provide a version of XP without Windows Media Player means that MS is blocked from welding Media Player into the OS. That might be considered a Good Thing in the long run, even if no-one buys XP-N.
[June 27, 2005, 18:45]
Media player-less Windows finally named
Talkback How about Windows XP Home/Pro "-MP" (seems logical really.don't know about "N"!
[March 29, 2005, 10:11]
"Disabling" code is missing the point
Blog Comment One being the 'unlocker application' and the other two being N-lite for XP and V-lite for Vista. Again this won't be a satisfactory answer for the casual user, but with the use of certain applications you can force any windows component off your...
[March 12, 2009, 8:35]
Shop Convert
Downloads It supports Mac OS 8/9 and X as well as Windows 98/Me/2000 and XP. This program was designed for machine shops to convert Fadal programs to other milling machines. Basically, it removes the 'N***' line numbers from the beginning of each...
[January 16, 2003, 7:00]
Ngage Cool!
Downloads Requirements: Windows XP/2000/NT/98. Whether your mobile phone is Nokia S60, Sony Ericsson UIQ, Microsoft Windows Mobile or even haven''t got a handset yet, you can have the fun of N-GAGE. Are you waiting for the next-generation mobile...
[September 26, 2004, 8:00]
