Computer Finally Crashed

On 8/15/2014 11:03 AM, wrote:
If he just wants to throw it away, I will send him a prepaid "click
and ship" label and he can throw it this way ;-)

There are tons of machines out there like on eBay that you can buy for
practically just the cost of shipping. Like I purchased one Motion
Computing LE1700 Windows tablet for 20 bucks and it looked virtually
brand new.

Sure somebody robbed the battery, hard drive, AC adapter, and stylus
from it. That didn't bother me since I had this stuff in spare parts
anyway. Somebody also tried to plug something into one of the two USB
ports and ruined it.

My guess is when it was new, it was assigned to somebody and they broke
the USB port right away. And it probably sat in a stockroom or something
and they later had taken some other parts from it over the years until
the lease was up.

I thought about repairing that USB port, but my dock adds three more USB
ports so it isn't a very high priority. And most Windows tablets today
only has one USB port anyway. And it will run XP, Vista, 7, or 8 just fine.

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Kingston 120GB SSD - Thunderbird v24.4.0
Centrino Core2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 4GB - Windows XP SP2

On 8/15/2014 10:17 AM, Stef wrote:
BillW50 wrote:

On 8/14/2014 1:04 PM, Stef wrote:
tonita wrote:

I have a Dell Insprion 600m running xp since brand new. It finally died.
I have all the original disks that came with the computer and wonder
if I can fix it.

Pretty old. 8+ years or so? Things do wear out.

Are you sure? My first two laptops (a Epson PX-8 and a Sharp PC4501) I
ever owned from the 80's are still running just like new. The batteries
are long dead, but they run fine from the AC.

No, I'm not. That's why in the next paragraph which you snipped I asked
the OP to qualify what he meant by "finally died."

I know and I clipped it because I saw it as being irrelevant to the
belief that electronics do wear out.

But, in general, yes. things do wear out, or fail, for one reason or
another. And two examples of very old laptops that haven't, doesn't
mean they won't eventually, or that many others haven't already.

The whole idea behind solid state components is there are no moving
parts and thus never wear out. Of course they still can have failures
due to one reason or another. But I think you will be surprised how long
some of this stuff will last. I wouldn't be surprised if some will last
hundreds if not thousands of years from now. :-)

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Kingston 120GB SSD - Thunderbird v24.4.0
Centrino Core2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 4GB - Windows XP SP2

In message ,
writes:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 07:41:27 -0400, "David H. Lipman"
wrote:

Buy a new computer with Windows 7.

That machine is probably not big enough to run 7 effectively.

What part of "Buy a new computer" didn't you understand? (Though in this
case I think it's an over-drastic response to what is probably just a
corrupted file.)
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

A good pun is its own reword.

In message ,
writes:
On Sat, 16 Aug 2014 02:06:22 +0100, Good Guy
wrote:

On 14/08/2014 11:52, tonita wrote:
I have a Dell Insprion 600m running xp since brand new. It finally
died. I have all the original disks that came with the computer and
wonder if I can fix it.

I and getting a message that windows/system32/config/system is
missing or corrupt.

I have tried to start if with the disc in but I get that message. Is
there anything I can do?

Thanks

Take it this to be a very good news because you can now buy a brand new
DELL Inspiron preloaded with Windows 8.1 for a very special price. The
desktop prices are tumbling and go and grab it.

The old machine can't be fixed and most probably you might have to pay
somebody to take it away unless you can dump it somewhere without being
noticed.

Windows 8.1 is the current version and you want to be on current
operating system. Why remain behind when the current version is
available for somebody like you.


The Dell salesman has spammed us

More a troll than a Dell salesman, I think. Posting the above in this
newsgroup can't be anything other than trolling (I'm almost surprised it
didn't get maliciously cross-posted, too).
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

A good pun is its own reword.

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

snip

What part of "Buy a new computer" didn't you understand? (Though in this
case I think it's an over-drastic response to what is probably just a
corrupted file.)

Maybe but since it isn't a new platform and WinXP is a dead OS, it is a good
impetus to move on to Win 7.


--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

On 8/16/2014 1:24 PM, David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)"

snip

What part of "Buy a new computer" didn't you understand? (Though in
this case I think it's an over-drastic response to what is probably
just a corrupted file.)

Maybe but since it isn't a new platform and WinXP is a dead OS, it is a
good impetus to move on to Win 7.

XP is dead? It still works like it always did. Oh you mean by Microsoft
stopped providing updates? That doesn't mean anything, this one hasn't
had any updates for 8 years now. Firefox still updates, Thunderbird
still updates, and Avast is still updating definitions. And all of my
applications still works. So how is that dead?

By the way I also have Windows 7, 8, and 8.1U1 machines and XP is still
my favorite. Trust me, it is far from being dead.

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Kingston 120GB SSD - Thunderbird v24.4.0
Centrino Core2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 4GB - Windows XP SP2

| Maybe but since it isn't a new platform and WinXP is a dead OS, it is a
good
| impetus to move on to Win 7.
|

That's two people in one thread who think that XP is
dead. I thought this was an XP group. Have I mistakenly
stumbled into microsoft.marketing.obsolescence?

In ,
Mayayana typed:
Maybe but since it isn't a new platform and WinXP is a dead OS, it
is a good impetus to move on to Win 7.

That's two people in one thread who think that XP is
dead. I thought this was an XP group. Have I mistakenly
stumbled into microsoft.marketing.obsolescence?

I think they believe every word that Microsoft mutters. :-(

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Kingston 120GB SSD - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2
Centrino Core2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 4GB - Windows XP SP2

On Sat, 16 Aug 2014 15:34:37 -0400, "Mayayana"
wrote:

| Maybe but since it isn't a new platform and WinXP is a dead OS, it is a
good
| impetus to move on to Win 7.
|

That's two people in one thread who think that XP is
dead. I thought this was an XP group. Have I mistakenly
stumbled into microsoft.marketing.obsolescence?


As far as I'm concerned, it's obsolescent, but not quite obsolete yet.

From: "BillW50"

On 8/16/2014 1:24 PM, David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)"

snip

What part of "Buy a new computer" didn't you understand? (Though in
this case I think it's an over-drastic response to what is probably
just a corrupted file.)

Maybe but since it isn't a new platform and WinXP is a dead OS, it is a
good impetus to move on to Win 7.

XP is dead? It still works like it always did. Oh you mean by Microsoft
stopped providing updates? That doesn't mean anything, this one hasn't had
any updates for 8 years now. Firefox still updates, Thunderbird still
updates, and Avast is still updating definitions. And all of my
applications still works. So how is that dead?

By the way I also have Windows 7, 8, and 8.1U1 machines and XP is still my
favorite. Trust me, it is far from being dead.


A 1956 Chevy isn't "dead" either but it's not the car one would commute to
work with.

Like NT 3.51,NT4, Win2K, Win9x/ME - they have gone by the wayside, XP is
there now as well.

If one expects to use modern software and connect to the Internet, WinXP is
now contraindicated and well might as well get used to that fact. If one
uses a XP pltform for a dedicated software such as running Quicken for DOS
v8 and it is not connected to the Internet then go ahead, continue to use
XP.

--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

From: "Mayayana"

| Maybe but since it isn't a new platform and WinXP is a dead OS, it is a
good
| impetus to move on to Win 7.
|

That's two people in one thread who think that XP is
dead. I thought this was an XP group. Have I mistakenly
stumbled into microsoft.marketing.obsolescence?


Eventually everything becomes obsolete. It some cases it is planned
obsolescence.

--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

| If one expects to use modern software and connect to the Internet, WinXP
is
| now contraindicated and well might as well get used to that fact.

I use this link so much lately I should probably keep it on
my Desktop:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonke...ays-microsoft/

The URL describes the topic.
Safety online is mainly about what you use to connect
and how it's set up. If you don't use IE I don't know
of any disadvantages with XP. You can even run it in
restricted lackey mode if you like, just like Vista/7.
And so far, aside from Microsoft slop like IE, I haven't
come across any software that doesn't support XP.

I'm guessing you probably allow script in your browser?
Maybe even Flash? If so, going online is contraindicated
and you might as well get used to that fact. But if all you
want to do is view your family picture album offline then
your Win7/8 computer is probably OK to use.

On Sat, 16 Aug 2014 17:03:39 -0400, "David H. Lipman"
wrote:

From: "BillW50"


By the way I also have Windows 7, 8, and 8.1U1 machines and XP is still my
favorite. Trust me, it is far from being dead.


A 1956 Chevy isn't "dead" either but it's not the car one would commute to
work with.


LOL! Right!

David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "BillW50"

On 8/16/2014 1:24 PM, David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)"

snip

What part of "Buy a new computer" didn't you understand? (Though in
this case I think it's an over-drastic response to what is probably
just a corrupted file.)

Maybe but since it isn't a new platform and WinXP is a dead OS, it is a
good impetus to move on to Win 7.

XP is dead? It still works like it always did. Oh you mean by Microsoft
stopped providing updates? That doesn't mean anything, this one hasn't
had
any updates for 8 years now. Firefox still updates, Thunderbird still
updates, and Avast is still updating definitions. And all of my
applications still works. So how is that dead?

By the way I also have Windows 7, 8, and 8.1U1 machines and XP is still
my favorite. Trust me, it is far from being dead.


A 1956 Chevy isn't "dead" either but it's not the car one would commute to
work with.

Why not? It's a classic. The only downside is the gas mileage. I'm
still driving a 1988 Nissan, and wouldn't mind considering a 1956 Chevy!

On 8/16/2014 4:03 PM, David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "BillW50"

On 8/16/2014 1:24 PM, David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)"

snip

What part of "Buy a new computer" didn't you understand? (Though in
this case I think it's an over-drastic response to what is probably
just a corrupted file.)

Maybe but since it isn't a new platform and WinXP is a dead OS, it is a
good impetus to move on to Win 7.

XP is dead? It still works like it always did. Oh you mean by
Microsoft stopped providing updates? That doesn't mean anything, this
one hasn't had any updates for 8 years now. Firefox still updates,
Thunderbird still updates, and Avast is still updating definitions.
And all of my applications still works. So how is that dead?

By the way I also have Windows 7, 8, and 8.1U1 machines and XP is
still my favorite. Trust me, it is far from being dead.

A 1956 Chevy isn't "dead" either but it's not the car one would commute
to work with.

Odd! I see one in the parking lot on nice sunny days as well as a '66
Mustang convertible. And dang that Mustang usually has the top down
unless a storm cloud out of nowhere shows up and I see a girl running
out to put the top up. Both are super nice while I am still driving
around in a stupid SUV. I do sometimes ride my '95 Honda 1100cc Shadow
though (looks like a Harley but ain't). I know, nothing as cool, but
that is what I got.

Like NT 3.51,NT4, Win2K, Win9x/ME - they have gone by the wayside, XP
is there now as well.

If one expects to use modern software and connect to the Internet, WinXP
is now contraindicated and well might as well get used to that fact. If
one uses a XP pltform for a dedicated software such as running Quicken
for DOS v8 and it is not connected to the Internet then go ahead,
continue to use XP.

Totally different! I see trouble if you can't get updated browsers and
updated AV software. So as long as third party support is there I don't
see a problem. I think Microsoft screwed up big time with XP. It was
around too long and they ended up creating it too perfect. It is now the
standard that everything gets measured against and so far nothing else
comes close.


--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Kingston 120GB SSD - Thunderbird v24.4.0
Centrino Core2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 4GB - Windows XP SP2