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Forum: General XP issues or comments July 6th 11, 11:56 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 3
Views: 66
Posted By John Wolf
Converting from FAT32 to NTFS

Have any of you ever tried this? If so what was the end result? I have my
Mac Boot Camp partition in the FAT32 format. Unfortunately I cannot move the
partition to a new and larger hard drive without...
Forum: Hardware and Windows XP December 24th 09, 07:44 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Replies: 0
Views: 1,067
Posted By John Wolf
Moving to Windows from a Mac

I have used Macs for years and think the are the best. However what I
dislike is that I am CONSTANTLY having to upgrade my OS just to get the
support of many third party apps. Windows XP is 4 years...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 24th 09, 07:44 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Replies: 4
Views: 162
Posted By John Wolf
Moving to Windows from a Mac

I have used Macs for years and think the are the best. However what I
dislike is that I am CONSTANTLY having to upgrade my OS just to get the
support of many third party apps. Windows XP is 4 years...
Forum: Hardware and Windows XP December 24th 09, 07:44 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Replies: 8
Views: 1,479
Posted By John Wolf
Moving to Windows from a Mac

I have used Macs for years and think the are the best. However what I
dislike is that I am CONSTANTLY having to upgrade my OS just to get the
support of many third party apps. Windows XP is 4 years...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support December 24th 09, 07:44 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Replies: 4
Views: 645
Posted By John Wolf
Moving to Windows from a Mac

I have used Macs for years and think the are the best. However what I
dislike is that I am CONSTANTLY having to upgrade my OS just to get the
support of many third party apps. Windows XP is 4 years...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support September 27th 09, 06:44 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 2
Views: 524
Posted By John Wolf
Migrating XP Drive to new computer

My folks may get a Mac desktop, but have been using the same XP based PC for
5 years. Hard drive was upgraded and the old files were copied over using
certain software I cant think of right now...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 27th 09, 06:44 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 2
Views: 159
Posted By John Wolf
Migrating XP Drive to new computer

My folks may get a Mac desktop, but have been using the same XP based PC for
5 years. Hard drive was upgraded and the old files were copied over using
certain software I cant think of right now...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 21st 09, 02:55 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 6
Views: 203
Posted By John Wolf
Windows XP Service pack 3 performing Cleanup

Not possible in my house. However I force quit the install app, rebooted,
and went to administrator mode. XP opened some DOS Windows and after I
clicked on my computer and it claims service pack 3 is...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support September 21st 09, 02:55 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 6
Views: 446
Posted By John Wolf
Windows XP Service pack 3 performing Cleanup

Not possible in my house. However I force quit the install app, rebooted,
and went to administrator mode. XP opened some DOS Windows and after I
clicked on my computer and it claims service pack 3 is...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support September 21st 09, 02:54 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 6
Views: 446
Posted By John Wolf
Windows XP Service pack 3 performing Cleanup

Right clicking on My Computer it says service pack 3 is installed.


On 9/20/09 7:54 PM, in article , "PA
Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

Took well...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 21st 09, 02:54 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 6
Views: 203
Posted By John Wolf
Windows XP Service pack 3 performing Cleanup

Right clicking on My Computer it says service pack 3 is installed.


On 9/20/09 7:54 PM, in article , "PA
Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

Took well...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 21st 09, 02:53 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 10
Views: 141
Posted By John Wolf
Windows XP Service Pack 3 INSTALL

The service pack finished and it was installed.

I just try and encourage my folks to buy a USB external and do this. What
software can they use? They need something user friendly.

I use a Mac and...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support September 21st 09, 02:53 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 10
Views: 377
Posted By John Wolf
Windows XP Service Pack 3 INSTALL

The service pack finished and it was installed.

I just try and encourage my folks to buy a USB external and do this. What
software can they use? They need something user friendly.

I use a Mac and...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 21st 09, 12:05 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 6
Views: 203
Posted By John Wolf
Windows XP Service pack 3 performing Cleanup

How long does this process take? The install seems to have finished and all
virus software has been disabled, but this performing Cleanup screen is
taking forever. Is this normal?


John

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To...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support September 21st 09, 12:05 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 6
Views: 446
Posted By John Wolf
Windows XP Service pack 3 performing Cleanup

How long does this process take? The install seems to have finished and all
virus software has been disabled, but this performing Cleanup screen is
taking forever. Is this normal?


John

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To...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 20th 09, 11:57 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 10
Views: 141
Posted By John Wolf
Windows XP Service Pack 3 INSTALL

On 9/20/09 6:51 PM, in article ,
"Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:


"John Wolf" wrote in message
...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support September 20th 09, 11:57 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 10
Views: 377
Posted By John Wolf
Windows XP Service Pack 3 INSTALL

On 9/20/09 6:51 PM, in article ,
"Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:


"John Wolf" wrote in message
...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 20th 09, 11:44 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 10
Views: 141
Posted By John Wolf
Windows XP Service Pack 3 INSTALL

But not built into the OS. Not sure if there are any spybot apps or
antivirus apps. All I did was go to the installer mode and a window popped
up saying it was ready to install the service pack. It...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support September 20th 09, 11:44 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 10
Views: 377
Posted By John Wolf
Windows XP Service Pack 3 INSTALL

But not built into the OS. Not sure if there are any spybot apps or
antivirus apps. All I did was go to the installer mode and a window popped
up saying it was ready to install the service pack. It...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support September 20th 09, 11:26 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 10
Views: 377
Posted By John Wolf
Windows XP Service Pack 3 INSTALL

Right know its inspecting the current configuration this is going to take 5
years, can I stop it without affecting my system? We have no backups and
unlike the Mac (Leopard) there is no Time Machine...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 20th 09, 11:26 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 10
Views: 141
Posted By John Wolf
Windows XP Service Pack 3 INSTALL

Right know its inspecting the current configuration this is going to take 5
years, can I stop it without affecting my system? We have no backups and
unlike the Mac (Leopard) there is no Time Machine...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 20th 09, 11:22 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 13
Views: 166
Posted By John Wolf
Ram to run Windows XP

On 9/20/09 6:07 PM, in article , "JS"
@ wrote:


"John Wolf" wrote in message
...
My folks...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support September 20th 09, 11:22 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 13
Views: 400
Posted By John Wolf
Ram to run Windows XP

On 9/20/09 6:07 PM, in article , "JS"
@ wrote:


"John Wolf" wrote in message
...
My folks...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 20th 09, 10:27 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 13
Views: 166
Posted By John Wolf
Ram to run Windows XP

My folks PC only has 512MB of RAM. This seems okay, but for faster speed
would you encourage more?

John


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To drink or not to...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support September 20th 09, 10:27 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 13
Views: 400
Posted By John Wolf
Ram to run Windows XP

My folks PC only has 512MB of RAM. This seems okay, but for faster speed
would you encourage more?

John


--
To drink or not to...
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