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Forum: General XP issues or comments December 11th 14, 02:19 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 7
Views: 1,369
Posted By XP Guy[_2_]
error code 408-2

Paul wrote:
When trying to play this video...

http://abc.go.com/shows/world-news-tonight-weekend/listing/2014-12/07-wn-127-us-embassies-on-alert-after-the-release-of-top-secret-torture-report

...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 25th 14, 02:33 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 16
Views: 712
Posted By XP Guy[_2_]
XP Updates (yes, XP is still updated and supported until 2019)

Good Guy wrote:

Yes switch off all updates on your obsolete XP machine because there
are no new updates for it except, of course, for Windows defender/MSE

If you are really concerned about...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 18th 14, 03:40 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 1
Views: 246
Posted By XP Guy[_2_]
Connected a drive-bay USB card reader - XP thinks I've connected it to a"slow" port?

I was working on an XP system a few days ago, and while it was running I
unplugged the existing drive-bay multi-card reader from the USB port on
the motherboard.

I then removed the reader, slid a...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 18th 14, 03:29 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 97
Views: 8,751
Posted By XP Guy[_2_]
XP Updates?

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

Your choice, of course, but if you continue to run an obsolete
un-updated operating system, the risk of your becoming infected
with malware grows every day.

The same...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 3rd 14, 03:34 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows-xp
Replies: 46
Views: 1,104
Posted By XP Guy[_2_]
When did Micro$oft stop providing updates for XP-SP2?

Mayayana wrote:

| Where are all the SP2 updates that were being offered between
| June 2006 and July 2010?
|
| I presume there were some.

I don't think you're going to get what you...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 2nd 14, 02:31 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows-xp
Replies: 46
Views: 1,104
Posted By XP Guy[_2_]
When did Micro$oft stop providing updates for XP-SP2?

Bruce Hagen wrote:

SP2 updates ended July 13, 2010.

So why wasn't I offered a ****-load of update choices for SP2?

I should have seen 4 years worth according to you.

No,...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 2nd 14, 03:17 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 46
Views: 1,104
Posted By XP Guy[_2_]
When did Micro$oft stop providing updates for XP-SP2?

Bruce Hagen wrote:

But my main question is - wasn't (or didn't) MS offer updates to SP2 for
some time even after SP3 was released? And have they now withdrawn
those updates?

...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 2nd 14, 01:26 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 46
Views: 1,104
Posted By XP Guy[_2_]
When did Micro$oft stop providing updates for XP-SP2?

I have a cloned image of an XP hard drive that was last updated in June
2006. This is SP2, not SP3.

I recently booted the drive and activated automatic updates.

I was presented with 3 (three)...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 3rd 14, 01:16 PM Posted to alt.windows-xp,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 53
Views: 2,104
Posted By XP Guy[_2_]
keep XP updated until 2019

Zo wrote:

Hey Guy,
just curious - what is the difference between your recommended fix
and the one suggested in this article from betanews?
...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 2nd 14, 03:06 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows-xp,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 53
Views: 2,104
Posted By XP Guy[_2_]
keep XP updated until 2019

Mayayana wrote:

| IE8 is currently just as vulnerable to exploits as IE9, 10 or
| 11 if you apply POS2009 IE updates to your XP system.

You're using IE8 online and justifying it based the...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 2nd 14, 02:01 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows-xp,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 53
Views: 2,104
Posted By XP Guy[_2_]
keep XP updated until 2019

"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote:

What XP Guy says above, I read as meaning MSE doesn't support POS;

From what I've read, MS dropped support for MSE for POS2009 when version
2 of MSE came out. ...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 2nd 14, 01:05 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows-xp,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 53
Views: 2,104
Posted By XP Guy[_2_]
keep XP updated until 2019

Mayayana wrote:

... but security patches? No one should be using IE8 anyway, so
patches there are irrelevant.

Why should no one be using IE8?

IE8 is currently just as vulnerable to exploits...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 1st 14, 03:42 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows-xp,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 1
Views: 204
Posted By XP Guy[_2_]
Windows 8 is the most vulnerable Windows OS - you can thank Adobe Flashfor that

If you are wondering why Windows 8 tops the charts, even though
Microsoft touts the platform as more secure than its predecessors (don't
they always) - the answer is quite simple; Flash. Because...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 1st 14, 06:22 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows-xp,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 53
Views: 2,104
Posted By XP Guy[_2_]
keep XP updated until 2019

wrote:

I hope that also updates Security Essentials. I'm sick of that
thing nagging me that XP is expired.

Apparently, Microsoft dropped support for POS Ready 2009 with...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 1st 14, 04:48 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows-xp,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 53
Views: 2,104
Posted By XP Guy[_2_]
keep XP updated until 2019

wrote:

I'm saving this message for reference. This sounds useful. But I
question whether one can activate this as a private individual.

You did not post a URL to download...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 1st 14, 03:24 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows-xp,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 53
Views: 2,104
Posted By XP Guy[_2_]
keep XP updated until 2019

Ammammata wrote:

(what-ever)

I posted the full details of this hack back on May 22 in a thread with
the subject:

"A few registry key entries will allow XP to update itself via
Windows...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 24th 14, 01:46 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows-xp,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 23
Views: 2,582
Posted By XP Guy[_2_]
A few registry key entries will allow XP to update itself viaWindows Update until the year 2019

Todd wrote:

So M$ actually has the updates, but is withholding
them from the general public.

In the psychopathic mind of Macro$haft, Windows XP-SP3 and POSReady 2009
are two completely...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 23rd 14, 03:24 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows-xp,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 23
Views: 2,582
Posted By XP Guy[_2_]
A few registry key entries will allow XP to update itself via WindowsUpdate until the year 2019

UPDATE [22/5/2014]:

A simple registry tweak is enough for WU to show the latest POSReady
updates on Windows XP. This method has been tested and works on any XP
build.

Add the following registry...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 18th 14, 01:20 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows-xp,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 23
Views: 2,582
Posted By XP Guy[_2_]
POSReady 2009 updates ported to Windows XP SP3 (was: Good News - May13th Updates for Windows XP)

darkrats wrote:

The original untouched updates are available only to customers who
run POSReady 2009 (Windows XP Embedded). If you're not running that
operating system, you will not see those...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 17th 14, 04:42 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 23
Views: 2,582
Posted By XP Guy[_2_]
Good News - May 13th Updates for Windows XP -- NOT FROM MICROSOFT

VanguardLH wrote:

Why would Microsoft updates for Windows XP have to be "ported" to
Windows XP?

They could have been supplied for other versions of Windoze (Vista or 7)
and have been found to...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 17th 14, 02:33 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 23
Views: 2,582
Posted By XP Guy[_2_]
Good News - May 13th Updates for Windows XP

darkrats wrote:

Here are the May 13th security updates, ported to work with
Windows XP.

For those of you running Symantec products, you will have to
completely shut down those products...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 22nd 14, 03:02 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,24hoursupport.helpdesk
Replies: 5
Views: 385
Posted By XP Guy[_2_]
System does not boot when connecting hard drive to SATA card vs on-boardSATA controller

The mother board is GA-8KNXP (Intel 875P MCH chipset).

Originally booted win-2k from IDE hard drive.

SATA drive was added a few months ago, and XP was installed on it in a
dual-boot configuration. ...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 13th 14, 12:39 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment
Replies: 31
Views: 108,053
Posted By XP Guy[_2_]
How long Will WindozeUpdate and license validation function forXPafter April?

XP Guy wrote:

In other words, IE patches aside, WindozeUpdates for XP is largely
irrelavent and has been for the past 2 or 3 years, because the typical
home/soho system is hacked either by...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support April 13th 14, 12:39 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment
Replies: 7
Views: 2,438
Posted By XP Guy[_2_]
How long Will WindozeUpdate and license validation function forXPafter April?

XP Guy wrote:

In other words, IE patches aside, WindozeUpdates for XP is largely
irrelavent and has been for the past 2 or 3 years, because the typical
home/soho system is hacked either by...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support April 13th 14, 12:37 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment
Replies: 7
Views: 2,438
Posted By XP Guy[_2_]
How long Will WindozeUpdate and license validation function forXPafter April?

Good Guy wrote:

any time after May 2014 the XP machines would be a weak-link
anyway because no new updates would be released for it.

Aside from being tricked into clicking on a spam attachment...
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