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XP uptake 'too slow' - Microsoft
Talkback I have an XP, And i am having trouble with it to, is there somthing that i can do to get it to work better,I also have DSL, so it has to be my Microsft.thank you for any information you can give me. to whom it may concern
[April 14, 2004, 5:05]
XP without the CDs
Blog I have just returned from an architects practice who ordered on my advice, a Dell Vostro 200 Desktop with XP Pro pre-installed. Microsoft hates XP these days and wants it to go away. Like other manufacturers, Dell use a loophole in the Vista...
[September 26, 2008, 12:03]
S6510: XP Faster, More Stable than Vista
Blog I loaded the Vista Home Premium on that (I had gone back to the original XP Pro on the 6120). I want Vista to be "better" than XP. That all went very smoothly, with one exception - XP couldn't find a driver for a "PCI Memory Controller".
[January 13, 2008, 20:44]
Vista vs. XP: The Final Retreat
Blog So, I spent the morning putting back in the disk with XP Pro, which I had swapped out at the beginning of this month when I got Vista SP1 to install. XP. My Fujitsu Lifebook S6510 is running Windows XP Professional again, and I have no intention of...
[April 24, 2008, 20:19]
XP never forced me to do that
Blog Well, I've installed Vista now, and the hell of having to reinstall XP and then its successor is fading from memory. Panicking, I did the only thing I could - something I've never had to do with XP, in no circumstances.
[March 29, 2007, 9:22]
XP SP3 out on general release
Blog The third service pack for Windows XP has been released to Windows Update for voluntary dowload. The service pack, which has been available to manufacturers and volume licence customers since 21 April, mostly seems to be a round-up of previous...
[April 29, 2008, 17:10]
XP music feature raises antitrust concern
News Federal and state regulators have voiced concern that a feature in Windows XP that involves online music purchasing may violate the terms of Microsoft's antitrust settlement. We believe that the use of Internet Explorer by the Shop for Music Online...
[October 21, 2003, 10:45]
XP SP3 is Sick Puppy 3, Stupid Patchwork 3, Stupendous Pain-in-the-A__ 3
Blog To build the image we will deploy into the rental fleet, we'll take our XP SP1 volume license image with the slip-streamed SP2 files on it and update that with the required 99+ "security patches". Checked on Sick Puppy and he had a security update...
[June 21, 2008, 13:54]
XP security support will continue until 2014
Talkback I'm not sure where people are getting the idea that security support for XP will end shortly. According to the MS lifecycle, XP will be in mainstream support until April 2009 (probably within a year of the release of Vista's successor), and in...
[November 19, 2007, 18:32]
XP SP3 release candidate, er, released
Blog Season's greetings from Microsoft, in the shape of a release candidate for Windows XP service pack 3. Available to download here, this is the first non-beta version of XP SP3 released to the public. However, testing of the beta version of XP SP3...
[December 19, 2007, 10:35]
XP TCP/IP Repair
Downloads If you answered yes to any of the questions above, then XP TCP/IP Repair may help fix your internet connection and possibly even protect your privacy. XP TCP/IP Repair is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for commands in Windows XP that repair your...
[May 29, 2009, 16:21]
Tech Talk - XP to Vista, the Problem Details
Blog I have been running the laptop with XP Professional installed for a week now, and this has not happened a single time. After my post about finally giving up on Vista and going back to XP Professional, I have had several requests for a more complete...
[November 30, 2007, 9:58]
XP Office volume customers get upgrade discount
News Microsoft will allow customers using Office 95 who buy Office XP software in bulk to apply for an upgrade price for the product, the company said this week. Individuals who still use Office 95 will still have to pay the full price of they want to...
[April 19, 2001, 11:51]
XP Smoker
Downloads You can also stop and disable useless services in Windows XP. XP Smoker is perfect for game enthusiasts, heavy surfers, and PC users on a budget. XP Smoker also includes a powerful Internet Optimizer that runs a series of tests to improve your...
[June 12, 2009, 8:22]
XP Starter Edition: Don't just dismiss it
Talkback Windows XP Starter Edition may find the places in some Asian countries. I can agree with the author. I'll keep watching this experiment.
[September 16, 2004, 22:51]
XP Registered Name Changer
Downloads XP Registered Name Changer 1.0.0.7 is a utility to change the registered owner name and organization that appears in the Windows XP OS. You can find the current registered name and organization in the about box of Explorer or in the properties of...
[October 9, 2006, 11:09]
XP for eXcluded People?
Blog Comment And not XP either it would seem. Can't use Vista or Linux? Nice paperweight you've got there, Rupert ;-) !
[July 17, 2007, 19:04]
XP for eXcluded People?
Blog Comment It's OK, by now I've managed to assemble a fair imitation of a proper OEM XP distro. The final touch was doing a body swerve around the misspelled link to the only copy of the webcam driver in existence - and remembering the old "FTP into a web...
[July 17, 2007, 20:28]
XP Nerd Trick 2
Blog You could set the "XP appliance" system up to be a printer server for other computers in the office. The old XP computer becomes your dedicated printer management tool. This could be a way to use an old XP Pro license on a slow system that can't...
[September 7, 2009, 17:29]
XP for eXcluded People?
Blog Comment XP & 2K3 will load in drivers from a USB floppy usually (Maplins 9.99ish IIRC but don't forget the floppy disks) but with the exception of one elderly laptop all of the current machines at home don't have a floppy drive.
[July 19, 2007, 11:24]
