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Forum: General XP issues or comments November 11th 11, 05:01 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 62
Views: 826
Posted By N. Miller
Will w8 have xp downgrade rights?

On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:14:14 -0800, Todd wrote:

Ask yourself: is Vista/w7 are better, any faster, any more stable,
any easier to use, more compatible than XP?
Again, the answer is why there is...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 11th 11, 04:52 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 62
Views: 826
Posted By N. Miller
Will w8 have xp downgrade rights?

On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:07:31 -0800, Todd wrote:

On 11/10/2011 09:11 AM, N. Miller wrote:

On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:54:02 -0800, Todd wrote:

And half the speed, ten times the instability, and...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 10th 11, 05:11 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 62
Views: 826
Posted By N. Miller
Will w8 have xp downgrade rights?

On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:54:02 -0800, Todd wrote:

And half the speed, ten times the instability, and older non-M$'s
programs still don't work. But, a 100 fold improvement over Vista.

You must...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 10th 11, 05:08 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 62
Views: 826
Posted By N. Miller
Will w8 have xp downgrade rights?

On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:49:11 -0800, Todd wrote:

You make an interesting point. I think it falls down when you
consider that if Ford had a demand for Model T support, they
certainly would be...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 9th 11, 05:18 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 62
Views: 826
Posted By N. Miller
Will w8 have xp downgrade rights?

On Wed, 9 Nov 2011 09:38:28 -0500, Mayayana wrote:

They will force the purchase of their new product in any way they can.

Wouldn't Henry Ford have loved it if he had to continue support for...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support November 8th 11, 04:49 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,alt.windows-xp,alt.os.windows-xp
Replies: 9
Views: 907
Posted By N. Miller
XP can't update ! HELP !!

On Mon, 7 Nov 2011 22:59:05 -0800 (PST), Tua Loh Au wrote:

HELP, I am in trouble !!

I am using a Dell machine, which runs a legal copy of Windows XP.

For years the Windows updates came...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 8th 11, 04:36 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 62
Views: 826
Posted By N. Miller
Will w8 have xp downgrade rights?

On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:41:52 -0600, James D Andrews wrote:

Personally, I think they should keep XP and scrap Vista.

Haven't they already scrapped Vista? Seems they are currently trying to...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 25th 11, 11:52 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 13
Views: 217
Posted By N. Miller
On 10/24/2011 07:44 AM, John Rogers wrote:Are you talking about 16.

On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:00:41 -0400, Yousuf Khan wrote:

No, you're thinking of 3.5" desktop IDE hard disks, not the 2.5" laptop
IDE's. The largest size available for the laptop IDE's is...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 25th 11, 07:00 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 11
Views: 101
Posted By N. Miller
OT - iTunes 10 hijacks MCE and other remote control key codes so they won't work with other programs.

On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:50:01 -0700, Bob F wrote:

I know this is not an XP problem, but my searching has found no info on this
problem. Maybe someone here could point me in the right...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 24th 11, 04:27 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 30
Views: 508
Posted By N. Miller
Covering the desktop with icons

On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:20:33 +0100, Al Sparber wrote:

Yes it slows down the system because the icons needs to be refreshed all
the time at boot time. John John is a pedo ...

As a general rule,...
Forum: Customizing Windows XP October 17th 11, 05:09 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Replies: 4
Views: 1,560
Posted By N. Miller
Networking Problem - test repeat (never appeared first time)

On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 05:37:01 -0400, Frederick wrote:

I have not seen any response to my yesterday repost of this same
request. Of course, I never saw any responses before to this same
problem...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 2nd 11, 01:19 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 26
Views: 425
Posted By N. Miller
SOLVED, was HELP!!, was HELP, was "Arrange Icons by Name" doesn't work on Desktop

On Sat, 1 Oct 2011 09:45:34 -0400, Mayayana wrote:

| For examples, why have what
| should really be two folders been lumped into one: "Documents and
| Settings". Microsoft designers don't seem...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 2nd 11, 12:59 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 26
Views: 425
Posted By N. Miller
SOLVED, was HELP!!, was HELP, was "Arrange Icons by Name" doesn't work on Desktop

On Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:18:27 -0700, Dudley Brooks wrote:

On 10/1/11 1:00 PM, N. Miller wrote:

On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:42:56 -0700, Dudley Brooks wrote:

snip

Yes, I understand. (As...
Forum: General XP issues or comments October 1st 11, 09:00 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 26
Views: 425
Posted By N. Miller
SOLVED, was HELP!!, was HELP, was "Arrange Icons by Name" doesn't work on Desktop

On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:42:56 -0700, Dudley Brooks wrote:

snip

Yes, I understand. (As I said, "It's obvious why this is necessary.")
But the bad design is that, again, they are not...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 30th 11, 05:55 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 26
Views: 425
Posted By N. Miller
SOLVED, was HELP!!, was HELP, was "Arrange Icons by Name" doesn't work on Desktop

On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:49:49 -0700, Dudley Brooks wrote:

On 9/29/11 10:16 PM, Smirnoff wrote:

"Dudley Brooks" wrote in message
...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 19th 11, 04:08 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 61
Views: 659
Posted By N. Miller
Will Old XP Applications Run on Windows7?

On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 22:51:19 -0700, Todd wrote:

Unless you want to start over (upgrade all your software), just
stick with XP. Everything will run twice as fast and it will be
far more...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 19th 11, 05:31 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 61
Views: 659
Posted By N. Miller
Will Old XP Applications Run on Windows7?

On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:17:51 -0700, Todd wrote:

When you get past two weeks, you are out of the woods.

I am approaching two years.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 18th 11, 07:04 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 61
Views: 659
Posted By N. Miller
Will Old XP Applications Run on Windows7?

On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 19:10:08 -0700, Todd wrote:

I work with vista/7 daily on customers computers. I am very
disappointed in its performance and stability. I see it
from a different...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 17th 11, 04:40 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 61
Views: 659
Posted By N. Miller
Will Old XP Applications Run on Windows7?

On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:57:27 -0700, Todd wrote:

On 09/16/2011 12:24 AM, David wrote:

Following multiple crashes, I have had a terrible time trying to rebuild my
XP system. That is history...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 8th 11, 04:59 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 11
Views: 174
Posted By N. Miller
SP3 Broke System Restore?

On Thu, 8 Sep 2011 08:30:35 -0500, BillW50 wrote:

I haven't heard anybody mention this before about SP3 and System
Restore ...
....
....
... Has there been any talk about this at all?

Not...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 28th 11, 07:16 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 25
Views: 235
Posted By N. Miller
XP network source switch questions

On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:56:03 -0600, Ken Springer wrote:

One reason I would do it, I no longer have a reason, is you can use your
computer as a fax machine and *not* have to pay for internet fax...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 28th 11, 07:15 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 25
Views: 235
Posted By N. Miller
XP network source switch questions

On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 00:08:18 -0500, bob urz wrote:

On 8/27/2011 9:49 PM, N. Miller wrote:

On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 10:57:07 -0500, bob urz wrote:

I have a XP SP2 machine i use for internet...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 28th 11, 03:49 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 25
Views: 235
Posted By N. Miller
XP network source switch questions

On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 10:57:07 -0500, bob urz wrote:

I have a XP SP2 machine i use for internet with a cable modem. I
occasionally send Email through a dial up internet connection because
the...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 25th 11, 04:51 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 16
Views: 276
Posted By N. Miller
Simplify XP for single user?

On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:00:25 -0400, Mayayana wrote:

Odd as it may be, this problem is not an accident.
Microsoft is primarily serving corporate needs. In
addition to that there are...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 22nd 11, 06:14 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 7
Views: 158
Posted By N. Miller
MSCONFIG

On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:24:57 -0400, Radiorick wrote:

I know which entries I don't want to start at boot up. What I would like
to do is remove those items from the startup list so that I'm...
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