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Title: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: CJ Jackson on May 13th, 2011, 07:45 PM
Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget,

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=53a27766-0168-4617-b44e-74b2886cec6d&pf=true

Oh, you might want to have a look at the system requirements! What can I say it's a Gadget!  :lol:
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: Arantor on May 13th, 2011, 07:55 PM
Windows Vista... what, the Windows 7 Edition of Vista? :lol:

Seems a bit ironic to me though.
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: Nao on May 13th, 2011, 08:36 PM
I *suspect* they mean this gadget to be made for Win7 professional users who'd like to drop support for XP ASAP, and are waiting for the 'official' MS date to do it. (Of course, IE6 support was dropped long ago but that didn't stop China...)
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: CJ Jackson on May 13th, 2011, 09:32 PM
Hard to be sure really, according to the the overview it's mentions "Looking to get off Windows XP?", I pretty much find the question ambiguous.  It could mean a XP user looking to get off XP or what you said, did you really need to be specific about Win 7 editions?  :D

Even XP Home Edition is still supported to 2014.
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: live627 on May 14th, 2011, 01:39 AM
-facepalm-
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: DoctorMalboro on May 14th, 2011, 03:15 AM
My PC is too old for other windows versions, what do I do? Well, windows fails again...
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: live627 on May 14th, 2011, 03:29 AM
Dive into Linuxland? I'm on Windows right now and it is irritating me to no end... okay so Linux fits me better.
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: DoctorMalboro on May 14th, 2011, 03:52 AM
Too many distros and most of them are the same shitty code with a new wallpaper...
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: live627 on May 14th, 2011, 05:14 AM
but they don't require a hyper-computer like Windows does...
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: CJ Jackson on May 14th, 2011, 11:58 AM
Windows 7 on a dinosaur!

http://forum.thewindowsclub.com/windows-hardware-devices/28053-windows-7-dinosaur.html
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: dorje on May 14th, 2011, 01:50 PM
What is windows?  :niark:
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: Nao on May 14th, 2011, 01:59 PM
The thing you close because it's freezing :niark:
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: dorje on May 14th, 2011, 02:05 PM
 :eheh:
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: CJ Jackson on May 15th, 2011, 12:51 AM
Windows 7 not that bad :lol:
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: Artur on May 15th, 2011, 04:21 PM
I use windows XP :unsure:
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: YogiBear on May 15th, 2011, 04:56 PM
Me too...  :whistle:
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: Arantor on May 15th, 2011, 04:59 PM
Even though recent independent studies show it is still more insecure than Windows 7 (esp. 64 bit installs)?
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: YogiBear on May 15th, 2011, 05:05 PM
For me, older versions of Windows are especially useful for non-internet machines where I want to run other older software even a dos application and if HDD space is limited.

Windows 7 64 bit users can still do that by downloading the freebie DosBox.
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: Arantor on May 15th, 2011, 05:32 PM
For non-net machines, older versions are fine; I have a box in my back room that only has 32MB RAM and Win95, for example. But for my day to day stuff, I wouldn't touch that with a barge pole.
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: CJ Jackson on May 15th, 2011, 10:20 PM
The only problem with Windows 7 is that offline activation relies on ACPI, the very concept criticizes by Linus Torvalds, I hope Linux users feel better now. :D
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: DoctorMalboro on May 15th, 2011, 10:27 PM
"Every OS that's out there is pretty much the same. They are all a piece of shit." - Brian Valentine, Junior Vicepresident of Microsoft.
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: YogiBear on May 16th, 2011, 12:39 PM
I once planned to kidnap Bill Gates and hold him for ransom until I realized I'd have to pay someone to take him back!  :eheh:
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: Arantor on May 16th, 2011, 12:40 PM
Bill isn't really involved with Microsoft any more; really it's Steve Ballmer you need, and he's just too funny not to have around, really...
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: Nao on May 16th, 2011, 03:05 PM
Yeah...
Reminds me of 'Pirates of Silicon Valley', with Jobs, Gates and Ballmer among others. It's a fun movie :P Ballmer's part is priceless. He's played by a famous voice actor. (Bender in Futurama, no less!)
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: CJ Jackson on May 16th, 2011, 04:29 PM
Oh Yeah, "Bender's Humor by Microsoft Joke" :lol:
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: Artur on May 17th, 2011, 11:50 PM
Quote from Arantor on May 15th, 2011, 04:59 PM
Even though recent independent studies show it is still more insecure than Windows 7 (esp. 64 bit installs)?
If you talk about win xp then i just can say taht my laptop doesn't work well with win 7. I don't have any win vista or win 7 drivers or would the ram in it be enough to use it. (But I do have win 7 installation. I bought a family pack :D)
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: Arantor on May 18th, 2011, 01:36 AM
As per links earlier in this thread, Win7 does run on P266 with 96MB RAM... just slowly...
Title: Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
Post by: Artur on May 18th, 2011, 01:38 PM
Quote from Arantor on May 18th, 2011, 01:36 AM
As per links earlier in this thread, Win7 does run on P266 with 96MB RAM... just slowly...
Yeah, I noticed that it works, but I want my to run fast. I'm thinking about putting two 2GB ram sticks into my laptop. Then I can switch over to Win 7 :)