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Good News for Windows XP Users...
Microsoft decided to release a security update to Windows XP and IE8 users.
Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Window XP (KB2964358) via Automatic Updates SysTray icon... goto Microsoft Update High-priority updates - Microsoft Windows XP Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows XP (KB2964358) Download size: 3.2 MB , less than 1 minute A security issue has been identified in a Microsoft software product that could affect your system. You can help protect your system by installing this update from Microsoft. For a complete listing of the issues that are included in this update, see the associated Microsoft Knowledge Base article. After you install this update, you may have to restart your system. Details... Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Windows XP (KB2964358) Date last published: 5/1/2014 Download size: 3.2 MB A security issue has been identified in a Microsoft software product that could affect your system. You can help protect your system by installing this update from Microsoft. For a complete listing of the issues that are included in this update, see the associated Microsoft Knowledge Base article. After you install this update, you may have to restart your system. System Requirements Recommended CPU: Not specified. Recommended memory: Not specified. Recommended hard disk space: Not specified. How to Uninstall This software update can be removed via Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel. Get help and support http://support.microsoft.com More information http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2964358 -- I AM Bucky Breeder, (*(^; and FYI : If I had just $1 for everytime I got distracted... Boobies! motorboat motorboat... |
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On 02 May 2014 16:06:10 GMT, "Bucky \"OOpsie Update\" Breeder"
wrote: Microsoft decided to release a security update to Windows XP and IE8 users. I still use XP. What's IE ? I take it the "and' is as in && ? []'s -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012 |
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On 02/05/2014 21:42, Shadow wrote:
On 02 May 2014 16:06:10 GMT, "Bucky \"OOpsie Update\" Breeder" wrote: Microsoft decided to release a security update to Windows XP and IE8 users. I still use XP. What's IE ? I take it the "and' is as in && ? []'s IE stands for Internet Explorer - Microsoft's Web browser. |
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Good News for Windows XP Users...
Good Guy posted this:
On 02/05/2014 21:42, Shadow wrote: "Bucky \"OOpsie Update\" Breeder" wrote: Microsoft decided to release a security update to Windows XP and IE8 users. What's IE ? IE stands for Internet Explorer - Microsoft's Web browser. Unless you're "Old McDonald", and suddenly went deslexic... or got really paranoid about NSA and started spelling in code: "O IE IE" HTH. -- I AM Bucky Breeder, (*(^; and FYI : If I had just $1 for everytime I got distracted... Boobies! motorboat motorboat... |
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I have transformed my slow (8 years old) Windows XP notebook into a speedy Linux Mint one, at no costs, including Libre Office. Extra bonus: No virus catchers needed for Linux. Regards, Aka |
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Aka typed: cut I have transformed my slow (8 years old) Windows XP notebook into a speedy Linux Mint one, at no costs, including Libre Office. Extra bonus: No virus catchers needed for Linux. Regards, Aka Yeah I did that too and Linux was a huge downgrade. As all of the good stuff runs under Windows. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Linux -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Kingston 120GB SSD - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2 Centrino Core2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 4GB - Windows XP SP2 |
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BillW50 wrote:
In , Aka typed: cut I have transformed my slow (8 years old) Windows XP notebook into a speedy Linux Mint one, at no costs, including Libre Office. Extra bonus: No virus catchers needed for Linux. Regards, Aka Yeah I did that too and Linux was a huge downgrade. As all of the good stuff runs under Windows. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Linux Some distros are better than others. I prefer Net Runner. Those criticisms, btw, are quite old and no longer true. -- Alias |
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On Mon, 5 May 2014 08:30:57 +0200, Aka wrote:
I have transformed my slow (8 years old) Windows XP notebook into a speedy Linux Mint one, at no costs, including Libre Office. Extra bonus: No virus catchers needed for Linux. Linux Mint was a bit slow for me, so I installed Xubuntu on my brother's old (+8 year) desktop. I copied his Fx and TB profiles. I didn't even need to explain it to him how it all worked. :-) -- s|b |
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s|b typed: On Mon, 5 May 2014 08:30:57 +0200, Aka wrote: I have transformed my slow (8 years old) Windows XP notebook into a speedy Linux Mint one, at no costs, including Libre Office. Extra bonus: No virus catchers needed for Linux. Linux Mint was a bit slow for me, so I installed Xubuntu on my brother's old (+8 year) desktop. I copied his Fx and TB profiles. I didn't even need to explain it to him how it all worked. :-) Sure, but it is that way with all toy OS (Linux, Android, iOS, Windows RT, Palm OS, etc) and applications. Sure they are fun to play with and easy to use, but they are not built for real productive work. I only use those OS for toying around and they not much good for anything else. Although for some, that is all they ever need. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Kingston 120GB SSD - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2 Centrino Core2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 4GB - Windows XP SP2 |
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On Mon, 5 May 2014 17:54:08 -0500
"BillW50" wrote: In , s|b typed: On Mon, 5 May 2014 08:30:57 +0200, Aka wrote: I have transformed my slow (8 years old) Windows XP notebook into a speedy Linux Mint one, at no costs, including Libre Office. Extra bonus: No virus catchers needed for Linux. Linux Mint was a bit slow for me, so I installed Xubuntu on my brother's old (+8 year) desktop. I copied his Fx and TB profiles. I didn't even need to explain it to him how it all worked. :-) Sure, but it is that way with all toy OS (Linux, Android, iOS, Windows RT, Palm OS, etc) and applications. Sure they are fun to play with and easy to use, but they are not built for real productive work. I only use those OS for toying around and they not much good for anything else. Although for some, that is all they ever need. Are you sure that you know what's Linux? -- Click OK to continue... |
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Melzzzzz typed: On Mon, 5 May 2014 17:54:08 -0500 "BillW50" wrote: In , s|b typed: On Mon, 5 May 2014 08:30:57 +0200, Aka wrote: I have transformed my slow (8 years old) Windows XP notebook into a speedy Linux Mint one, at no costs, including Libre Office. Extra bonus: No virus catchers needed for Linux. Linux Mint was a bit slow for me, so I installed Xubuntu on my brother's old (+8 year) desktop. I copied his Fx and TB profiles. I didn't even need to explain it to him how it all worked. :-) Sure, but it is that way with all toy OS (Linux, Android, iOS, Windows RT, Palm OS, etc) and applications. Sure they are fun to play with and easy to use, but they are not built for real productive work. I only use those OS for toying around and they not much good for anything else. Although for some, that is all they ever need. Are you sure that you know what's Linux? Sure, it is the OS that is crazier than a three-ring circus with 306 distros and counting. The Linux community doesn't believe in standardization either. Because there wouldn't be 300+ distros if they did. And it is very tough to write applications that would run on 300+ distros. So you end up with many lame basic applications like Firefox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, VLC, etc. Hell Android, iOS, Windows RT, Palm OS, etc can do that stuff too. So I've never found one killer app for Linux in all of these years. Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Kingston 120GB SSD - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2 Centrino Core2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 4GB - Windows XP SP2 |
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Melzzzzz wrote:
On Mon, 5 May 2014 17:54:08 -0500 "BillW50" wrote: In , s|b typed: On Mon, 5 May 2014 08:30:57 +0200, Aka wrote: I have transformed my slow (8 years old) Windows XP notebook into a speedy Linux Mint one, at no costs, including Libre Office. Extra bonus: No virus catchers needed for Linux. Linux Mint was a bit slow for me, so I installed Xubuntu on my brother's old (+8 year) desktop. I copied his Fx and TB profiles. I didn't even need to explain it to him how it all worked. :-) Sure, but it is that way with all toy OS (Linux, Android, iOS, Windows RT, Palm OS, etc) and applications. Sure they are fun to play with and easy to use, but they are not built for real productive work. I only use those OS for toying around and they not much good for anything else. Although for some, that is all they ever need. Are you sure that you know what's Linux? He doesn't know what's what much less anything about computers or *any* operating system. He's a braggart that gives very bad advice. -- Alias |
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On 05/05/2014 06:54 PM, BillW50 wrote:
In , s|b typed: On Mon, 5 May 2014 08:30:57 +0200, Aka wrote: I have transformed my slow (8 years old) Windows XP notebook into a speedy Linux Mint one, at no costs, including Libre Office. Extra bonus: No virus catchers needed for Linux. Linux Mint was a bit slow for me, so I installed Xubuntu on my brother's old (+8 year) desktop. I copied his Fx and TB profiles. I didn't even need to explain it to him how it all worked. :-) Sure, but it is that way with all toy OS (Linux, Android, iOS, Windows RT, Palm OS, etc) and applications. Sure they are fun to play with and easy to use, but they are not built for real productive work. I only use those OS for toying around and they not much good for anything else. Although for some, that is all they ever need. What work can't you do in Linux? Obviously really haven't really used you Linux for work. Especially lately. -- Caver1 |
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"Caver1" wrote in message ... On 05/05/2014 06:54 PM, BillW50 wrote: In , s|b typed: On Mon, 5 May 2014 08:30:57 +0200, Aka wrote: I have transformed my slow (8 years old) Windows XP notebook into a speedy Linux Mint one, at no costs, including Libre Office. Extra bonus: No virus catchers needed for Linux. Linux Mint was a bit slow for me, so I installed Xubuntu on my brother's old (+8 year) desktop. I copied his Fx and TB profiles. I didn't even need to explain it to him how it all worked. :-) Sure, but it is that way with all toy OS (Linux, Android, iOS, Windows RT, Palm OS, etc) and applications. Sure they are fun to play with and easy to use, but they are not built for real productive work. I only use those OS for toying around and they not much good for anything else. Although for some, that is all they ever need. What work can't you do in Linux? Obviously really haven't really used you Linux for work. Especially lately. Really? There are so many things that I can't do under Linux that I can with Windows. There is an endless of things... 1) Palm support hasn't been updated for about 20 years now. 2) WMV and WMA media files plays terribly under Linux. Most of my files are in these two formats. 3) Windows supports hundreds of media formats out of the box while Linux supports only a small fraction. 4) No support for my AverMedia TV tuners. 5) No support for my Precision Xtra glucose meter. 6) Many games are not available in Linux format. 7) Logitech doesn't support Linux pairing with the Unifying Receiver. Sure you can do it with hacks, although the hacks are unsupported as well. 8) I haven't found one text editor or word processor that supports "text with layout" or the WordStar diamond keyboard shortcuts yet. 9) My favorite browser is Maxthon v3. There is no Linux version, just the Maxthon Cloud Browser for Linux and I am not interested in any cloud based applications. 10) The Linux support for touch screens is often very tedious. While under Windows it works right out of the box. That is just 10, I can keep adding to this list all day for years. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Kingston 120GB SSD - Windows Live Mail 2009 Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 4GB - Windows 8 Pro w/Media Center |
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On 06/05/2014 14:45, Caver1 wrote:
What work can't you do in Linux? Obviously really haven't really used you Linux for work. Especially lately. File my Tax Returns and to do my Accounts. |
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