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XP never forced me to do that
Blog Comment Sorry David, I cannot share your experiences of XP. My Fujitsu Siemens laptop with XP Home has had its battery removed on several occasions to help it out of a software dead end that it has found itself in.
[May 2, 2007, 7:26]
Businesses focus on Windows 7, XP over Vista
News Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system is still playing second fiddle to XP among business users, with more enterprises investigating the unreleased Windows 7 than its predecessor. More than half (58 percent) of businesses using Microsoft...
[October 2, 2008, 7:37]
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 blacks out AMD power management
News Microsoft has quietly fixed a problem with Windows XP that disables the power management functions of AMD's line of mobile processors. The glitch affects users who upgrade AMD notebooks to Windows XP from an earlier version of the OS.
[November 13, 2001, 13:35]
XP flaw allows for DoS attacks
News A newly discovered and as-of-yet unpatched security vulnerability in Windows XP could let an attacker remotely crash computers. Fully patched Windows XP machines - including those with the Service Pack 2 update and the firewall enabled - are...
[July 18, 2005, 9:15]
XP Starter Edition moves on Latin America
News Microsoft said Tuesday that it is expanding its Windows XP Starter Edition to include Mexico, with plans to eventually offer the low-cost operating system throughout Latin America. The software maker said that the Spanish-language Windows XP...
[June 29, 2005, 12:50]
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 Starter Edition reaches Africa
News Microsoft plans to make Windows XP Starter Edition available in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Nigeria from the summer. The announcement comes a week after Microsoft started offering an isiZulu language interface pack for Windows XP - the...
[May 5, 2006, 12:15]
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]
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 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 SP2 wait for bugs to be sorted and it will make your PC safer.
Member Review It shows that your PC becomes safer when you install XP SP2, although buffer over runs are yet to be really solved. I think this article is very helpful.
[August 12, 2004, 10:20]
XP update released, but PC makers wait
News Microsoft on Monday issued the first update, or service pack, for the Windows XP operating system. Some Microsoft customers agreed that XP has fewer problems than previous Windows versions. I've been a Mac user for about 10 years, and I think XP is...
[September 9, 2002, 13:52]
Benchmarks: Windows 7 RTM versus Vista, XP review
Reviews Build 7600.1685 has been chosen for the RTM, and ZDNet used this version test the performance of Windows 7 against Vista and XP on various platforms. Vista takes 18.5 seconds and XP 23.7 seconds. Windows 7 also shuts down quicker than its two...
[July 30, 2009, 7:39]
XP SP2 - at your service?
Talkback Let's start with the opening assertion "It was supposed to solve the gaping holes in Windows XP's defences almost at a stroke". What a stupid and simplistic piece. Says who? Certainly not MSFT. Certainly no one with even a rudimentary understanding...
[August 25, 2004, 17:08]
XP never forced me to do that
Blog Comment don't get me started on vista, i have a fairly high spec acer laptop that ran xp fine, and according to microsoft was vista compatable, after installing vista i've been overwhelmed with various problems, one of them being the fact that if it go's...
[April 8, 2007, 13:52]
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]
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]
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 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]
