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Old April 28th 18, 04:33 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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mechanic on Sat, 28 Apr 2018 13:12:20 +0100
typed in alt.windows7.general the following:
On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 16:31:00 +0000 (UTC), Bob J Jones wrote:

Where to get official copies of Microsoft Windows assuming you
have a license key on the side of your computer (which almost
everyone has).

Paul found this for Windows 7 (in the Windows counterfeit jail
thread). Official download for Windows 7 disc image iso files
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows7

But where is the Windows XP ISO file official download location?


But why would you want it? It's many versions out of date.


It is also stable, there is software which only works on XP, and
it has an interface which doesn't "get in the way".

If I could get XP's interface, I would not care what collection of
"upgrades", "improvements", and innovations are behind the screen.
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Old April 28th 18, 04:36 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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On 04/27/2018 04:48 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Big Al


[snip]

Can you slipstream it to SP1, then 3 - i. e. in two stages?


I know that when you try to install SP3 on a new XP (no service packs),
you get a message that you have to have SP1 or SP2 first. I usually use SP2.

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Old April 28th 18, 04:38 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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On 04/27/2018 05:26 PM, mike wrote:

[snip]

Load whatever you have, install the service packs.
The only reason to slipstream is to save time when you intend multiple
installs.


I might have done multiple installations years ago. Now it's unlikely. I
just have one installation of XP. I want to be able to test older
browsers (mainly FF and older IE that requires a 2-bit system).

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Old April 28th 18, 09:32 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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On 28-4-2018 17:36, Mark Lloyd wrote:
On 04/27/2018 04:48 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Big Al


[snip]

Can you slipstream it to SP1, then 3 - i. e. in two stages?


I know that when you try to install SP3 on a new XP (no service packs),
you get a message that you have to have SP1 or SP2 first. I usually use SP2.

And I found that sp3 would not install if ie was to old.
I had to install ie8 after I installed sp2.
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Old April 29th 18, 12:53 AM posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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In message , Mark Lloyd
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On 04/27/2018 05:26 PM, mike wrote:

[snip]

Load whatever you have, install the service packs.
The only reason to slipstream is to save time when you intend
multiple installs.


I might have done multiple installations years ago. Now it's unlikely.
I just have one installation of XP. I want to be able to test older
browsers (mainly FF and older IE that requires a 2-bit system).

Did that run on the 4004?
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Old April 29th 18, 08:28 AM posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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In message , Paul
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mechanic wrote:
On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 16:31:00 +0000 (UTC), Bob J Jones wrote:






But where is the Windows XP ISO file official download location?

But why would you want it? It's many versions out of date.


If you use that, and use the output of WsusOffline 9.2.1,
you can bring it back up to date.


In my ongoing messing-about with doing a virgin XP installation and
activation, I found that there is now a later version - 9.2.4esr.





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Old April 29th 18, 12:41 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , Paul
writes
mechanic wrote:
On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 16:31:00 +0000 (UTC), Bob J Jones wrote:






But where is the Windows XP ISO file official download location?
But why would you want it? It's many versions out of date.


If you use that, and use the output of WsusOffline 9.2.1,
you can bring it back up to date.


In my ongoing messing-about with doing a virgin XP installation and
activation, I found that there is now a later version - 9.2.4esr.


Weird. I thought they'd given up on WinXP.

Paul
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Old April 29th 18, 01:20 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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In message , Paul
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Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , Paul
writes
mechanic wrote:
On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 16:31:00 +0000 (UTC), Bob J Jones wrote:


But where is the Windows XP ISO file official download location?
But why would you want it? It's many versions out of date.

If you use that, and use the output of WsusOffline 9.2.1,
you can bring it back up to date.

In my ongoing messing-about with doing a virgin XP installation and
activation, I found that there is now a later version - 9.2.4esr.


Weird. I thought they'd given up on WinXP.

Paul


Apparently not quite!
http://bangfriends.net/2602015-wsus-...l-924-esr-port
able.html
It worked OK, although it did give me a desktop logon icon (which I've
never had before when using WSUS), and then it won't let you log on and
get into XP unless you've activated XP. Fortunately, there's a fix that
which lets you open XP, and also sets the activation time to the usual
30 days (phone only).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzTuHuWhdcY
(look in 'Show More').
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Old April 29th 18, 02:09 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , Paul
writes
Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , Paul
writes
mechanic wrote:
On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 16:31:00 +0000 (UTC), Bob J Jones wrote:

But where is the Windows XP ISO file official download location?
But why would you want it? It's many versions out of date.

If you use that, and use the output of WsusOffline 9.2.1,
you can bring it back up to date.
In my ongoing messing-about with doing a virgin XP installation and
activation, I found that there is now a later version - 9.2.4esr.


Weird. I thought they'd given up on WinXP.

Paul


Apparently not quite!
http://bangfriends.net/2602015-wsus-...l-924-esr-port
able.html
It worked OK, although it did give me a desktop logon icon (which I've
never had before when using WSUS), and then it won't let you log on and
get into XP unless you've activated XP. Fortunately, there's a fix that
which lets you open XP, and also sets the activation time to the usual
30 days (phone only).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzTuHuWhdcY
(look in 'Show More').


That command is a "re-arm". The grace period is 3*30 or 90 days.
You can issue the re-arm command twice. There is a different
re-arm command for WinXP than for Win7. Curious that the usage
of WSUS would do that... to an activated copy of the OS. Some
file must be getting deleted.

When you run wsusoffline on a "host" system, the Windows Update
service must be "healthy" on that machine, for wsusoffline to
actually work. If the update window on the host "spins forever"
as some Vista setups do, that would make for a poor host to
run the Wsusoffline WinXP collection one on.

In fact, for some of the other OS versions of Wsusoffline,
they now have a folder of "lets repair WindowsUpdate" files
they like to apply first, to tip WindowsUpdate itself on
the target upright, before running the rest of the updates.

Even though that tool is intended to be used by end-users,
it still requires some understanding and some debugging
skills... when it produces nothing. At times, the process
can be as annoying, as getting Windows Update working
on the target (which for Vista is almost impossible).

And as much as I trust the people on the wsusoffline to
write their collection scripts, I still like to look
through the collection of update files and remove any
ringers that don't belong. I don't want any WGA notification
update shoved in there by accident. There is one WGA entry
that makes WindowsUpdate work (which is mandatory), but the
notification bar one is optional and doesn't belong. Neither
would you expect to install the "end of life" WinXP update,
that puts the "this OS is no longer supported" kind of
message on the WinXP screen. They do edit the update
list a bit, but I still like to skim through the
update numbers for stuff that slips through (that
I wouldn't normally install).

Paul
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Old April 29th 18, 03:39 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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In message , mechanic
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On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 16:31:00 +0000 (UTC), Bob J Jones wrote:

Where to get official copies of Microsoft Windows assuming you
have a license key on the side of your computer (which almost
everyone has).

Paul found this for Windows 7 (in the Windows counterfeit jail
thread). Official download for Windows 7 disc image iso files
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows7

But where is the Windows XP ISO file official download location?


But why would you want it? It's many versions out of date.


Some people are fascinated by things vintage and antique?
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Old April 29th 18, 05:19 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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On 04/28/2018 06:53 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

[snip]

I might have done multiple installations years ago. Now it's unlikely.
I just have one installation of XP. I want to be able to test older
browsers (mainly FF and older IE that requires a 2-bit system).

Did that run on the 4004?


I don't like this keyboard. It had trouble with the '3' key.

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Old April 29th 18, 08:45 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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On Sun, 29 Apr 2018 15:39:26 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:

In message , mechanic
writes
On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 16:31:00 +0000 (UTC), Bob J Jones wrote:

Where to get official copies of Microsoft Windows assuming you
have a license key on the side of your computer (which almost
everyone has).

Paul found this for Windows 7 (in the Windows counterfeit jail
thread). Official download for Windows 7 disc image iso files
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows7

But where is the Windows XP ISO file official download location?


But why would you want it? It's many versions out of date.


Some people are fascinated by things vintage and antique?


Well this is the group for that - Vista, two versions of Win8 and
four of Win10 to go!
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Old April 30th 18, 03:28 AM posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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In , mechanic
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Well this is the group for that - Vista, two versions of Win8 and
four of Win10 to go!


It probably belongs in its own thread, but I'm with those who feel that
WinXP and Win7 are just fine, where I've used them all, including Win10.

Ignoring the inescapable ramifications of the technically arbitrary
marketing decision to drop support, I don't see anything in Windows 10 that
isn't already in Windows 7 and Windows XP.
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Old April 30th 18, 03:47 AM posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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On 4/29/2018 7:28 PM, Bob J Jones wrote:
In , mechanic
wrote:

Well this is the group for that - Vista, two versions of Win8 and
four of Win10 to go!


It probably belongs in its own thread, but I'm with those who feel that
WinXP and Win7 are just fine, where I've used them all, including Win10.

Ignoring the inescapable ramifications of the technically arbitrary
marketing decision to drop support, I don't see anything in Windows 10 that
isn't already in Windows 7 and Windows XP.

The only thing I found wrong with Vista, after all the updates,
was that it only supported two TV tuners. Vista COA stickers are
everywhere...
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Old April 30th 18, 04:27 AM posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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mike wrote:
On 4/29/2018 7:28 PM, Bob J Jones wrote:
In , mechanic
wrote:

Well this is the group for that - Vista, two versions of Win8 and
four of Win10 to go!


It probably belongs in its own thread, but I'm with those who feel that
WinXP and Win7 are just fine, where I've used them all, including Win10.

Ignoring the inescapable ramifications of the technically arbitrary
marketing decision to drop support, I don't see anything in Windows 10
that
isn't already in Windows 7 and Windows XP.

The only thing I found wrong with Vista, after all the updates,
was that it only supported two TV tuners. Vista COA stickers are
everywhere...


Vista is going to be a pig to get updates into.

Microsoft never gave a damn about fixing Windows
Update on Vista. They did make an effort on the
other OSes. The secret there, is finding a certain
folder on the WsusOffline for Vista (last version)
that covers the key items that have to be installed
first.

Vista SP2 may be fine as an OS, but if there's a
key with my name on it out there, you can keep it.
It took me about three tries, at two solid days work
a try, to try and figure out how to get Windows Update
to work. Whereas some MS OSes will spin for finite
periods of time, I couldn't get the Windows Update
window to paint on its own on Vista. But I eventually
defeated it and got it working. Once you succeed at
that, you can install the Optional Updates (time zone
patch, font Ruble and Pound symbol patches maybe). And
you'll have the usual amount of trouble finding the
SMBV1 patches.

Paul
 




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