tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.comments2023-02-21T18:27:42.730+05:30XP was my ideaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-77437306615712122702017-12-05T23:26:43.048+05:302017-12-05T23:26:43.048+05:30If you think Windows 8 is bad you ain't see no...If you think Windows 8 is bad you ain't see nothing yet! Wait till you see Windows 10. That's worse, horrible and terrible. Most of the features of Windows gone.<br />Windows 10 is the worst version of Windows ever.<br />That's why I will NEVER use Windows 10.<br />Andrea Borman.Andrea Borman.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03057848683318811661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-56072812971681224422017-11-29T00:58:57.204+05:302017-11-29T00:58:57.204+05:30Thanks for this blog. I wanted to give the electr...Thanks for this blog. I wanted to give the electronics engineers a better XP box and it was the BSOD with AHCI you explained that let me get past that so now, they'll have an i5 instead of a C2DuoGeekGurl2000https://www.blogger.com/profile/11868009640881502400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-8866679232694281582017-06-18T16:35:15.481+05:302017-06-18T16:35:15.481+05:30Sorry but this one is how it should be for all
ht...Sorry but this one is how it should be for all<br /><br />https://www.tenforums.com/attachments/general-support/47198d1447123405-copy-paste-differences-win-7-10-a-newer.jpg<br /><br />if I want to KEEP both files then I should have that option<br /><br />sorry but microcrap has stuffed it againAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-76475375832560246792016-04-07T08:07:28.963+05:302016-04-07T08:07:28.963+05:30Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 is just XPSP3 with ...Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 is just XPSP3 with a different branding and very minor changes. Its security updates can easily be installed on Windows XP Professional SP3. One should use whatever system he prefers. Microsoft should not get to force anything.Gaurav Kalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04620798469170421294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-86147201487372625652016-03-31T23:41:19.142+05:302016-03-31T23:41:19.142+05:30Great article explaining things I never new, and i...Great article explaining things I never new, and in ways I could understand. Great job. <br /><br />I completely agree about the time it takes updates to install in Vista+, but Vista and above are infinitely more secure than XP. I understand the article was written 5 years ago, as of this post, but, while XP was pretty snappy and updated faster, it was a swinging door for malware. Vista had a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-35110164409621477252016-02-11T19:12:29.806+05:302016-02-11T19:12:29.806+05:30darthbreakout, I agree with you. Windows XP is the...darthbreakout, I agree with you. Windows XP is the last Windows I will use. Microsoft really gave XP a big smear campaign. And I hate Windows 7 with a passion. Vista onward sucks. Hope you're right about Firefox. They need to make a Windows XP 2. Keep the same interface and folder hierarchy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-84608966113346252612015-08-13T15:14:26.905+05:302015-08-13T15:14:26.905+05:30Finally, an article that truly describes the POS t...Finally, an article that truly describes the POS that is Windows Update. <br /><br />I should add to that my experience of installing updates on a clean system. Besides having 2 GB of updates to install, Windows Update is leaking gigabytes of memory while installing them. I thought that four gigabytes of memory is enough and didn't have a swap file, and then tried to install 80 security Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-78235889046424832662015-03-30T10:24:33.444+05:302015-03-30T10:24:33.444+05:30Windows 7 looks and behaves like a cheap linux dis...Windows 7 looks and behaves like a cheap linux distro. W10 TP looks (even cheaper) like a new more ugly skin on top of the W8 code base. I will be sticking w XP until the hardware dies. XP is what an OS should be. It be also good that there are browsers that still support XP that (will be) fully html5/http 2.0 compatible (I'm looking at you FireFox). It just means XP still has another darthbreakouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10506181362680602359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-68175332632410140352015-03-24T20:05:01.375+05:302015-03-24T20:05:01.375+05:30Really amazing list Thanks for your hardwork for c...Really amazing list Thanks for your hardwork for combining all this stuffAbjadoonhttp://www.eventsyr.com/get-window-8-serial-key-crack-nulled-softwares/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-39628148645108370972014-12-24T07:11:19.881+05:302014-12-24T07:11:19.881+05:30I would like to know WHY some people refuse to ope...I would like to know WHY some people refuse to open their eyes and try to actually use the ribbon!<br />I started using Office when it first came out with the ribbon. Now when I go back to 2003 it almost drives me crazy. I can get twice as much done with half the clicks in a ribbon interface. The ribbon interface is part of the reason I am thinking about upgrading to Win 8.<br />And in case you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-88535109827381524802014-11-02T11:21:08.731+05:302014-11-02T11:21:08.731+05:30Indeed it is a ploy. One might ask what are Micros...Indeed it is a ploy. One might ask what are Microsoft's incentives to create and promote MSIE that is available for free. There must be profit for Microsoft in it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03054714830679144983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-79929209582822537982014-11-02T11:18:55.688+05:302014-11-02T11:18:55.688+05:30And what you said has come true. Firefox pretty mu...And what you said has come true. Firefox pretty much looks and feels like Google Chrome. Opera is now a rebranded Google Chrome! The settings pages of both browsers have been dumbed down beyond belief, Opera no longer has a content filter.<br /><br />Who cares about Internet Explorer. I like how during the recent "death of XP" campaign, experts sometimes recommended not to use MSIE in Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03054714830679144983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-7000099460015723322014-11-02T11:04:52.076+05:302014-11-02T11:04:52.076+05:30I have managed to restore my Taskbar to XP style w...I have managed to restore my Taskbar to XP style with "7 Taskbar Tweaks". That program should be part of Seven's Control Panel as an applet. The built in customization options that can be accessed by right-clicking on the taskbar are poor.<br /><br />I disabled the Jump List (still accessible by shift-clicking), and the large tooltip that sometimes showed multiple windows and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03054714830679144983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-29337955336743521752014-11-02T09:54:10.624+05:302014-11-02T09:54:10.624+05:30I'm surprised to find so many flaws in what is...I'm surprised to find so many flaws in what is one of the only few functional changes in NT 6.2 and regarded as an improvement by many. But I have to agree with you.<br /><br />A task manager should use the most lightweight GUI possible, to enable to quickly start it in emergencies. I wish they retained both the style and basic UI, just like Sysinternals Process Explorer initially did.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03054714830679144983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-77362602365202979482014-11-02T09:39:26.669+05:302014-11-02T09:39:26.669+05:30When SATA was created, it was said to be programma...When SATA was created, it was said to be programmatically fully compatible with existing ATA. That didn't take a long time to change.<br /><br />Being conservative, I stuck with "legacy" parallel ATA drives at first and had to go via the driver route for 3rd party IDE-RAID controllers that good motherboard makers included to support existing technology, while XP was still state of Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03054714830679144983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-40001236678869202752014-05-29T16:40:27.595+05:302014-05-29T16:40:27.595+05:30I am so glad. I would have never changed my bios t...I am so glad. I would have never changed my bios to IDE. Now there isn't a blue screen when I try to install server 2003. Kudosserver2003clientnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-45042969305593387362014-04-30T01:36:08.521+05:302014-04-30T01:36:08.521+05:30I just hit esc and remember ctrl C, V because I st...I just hit esc and remember ctrl C, V because I still cannot interpret the meaning of this dialog. Very poor design and fluff for nothing.ew0054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-71405052523356189282014-04-29T03:13:49.469+05:302014-04-29T03:13:49.469+05:30I had high hopes for Windows 8 and bought a new PC...I had high hopes for Windows 8 and bought a new PC on it the day it was released. Returned it a couple days later.<br /><br />Thank you for compiling this list, it clearly details a lot of the things that were frustrating for me. The people involved with Windows 8 that Microsoft has since fired (e.g. Sinofsky) should never be allowed to work in IT again.Justin Fullerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07547353951235148738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-91434281241560132662014-04-20T17:04:37.419+05:302014-04-20T17:04:37.419+05:30Wow.. I already love this blog! Only discovered th...Wow.. I already love this blog! Only discovered this few minutes ago.<br />I knew that there was something wrong and disgraceful about the newer OS's and all the sheep customers who bloat on about 'following with the times'. My ass. Windows 7 removed a useful interface and introduced a shitty, minimized search function, and I can't even install my beloved Cubase on it..<br /><br /Thomas A.W.http://www.soundcloud.com/sjakkertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-61674437002206595412014-04-20T13:06:47.663+05:302014-04-20T13:06:47.663+05:30Unfortunately, I don't have an answer to your ...Unfortunately, I don't have an answer to your question as to what OS to use since I am myself struggling to adapt to Microsoft's "improved" systems. I will keep Windows XP around for eternity on at least one of my main PCs. I use a standard user account and install SuRun (http://sourceforge.net/projects/surun/) on XP computers to elevate to admin to install something. Also, Gaurav Kalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04620798469170421294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-74819204851768171662014-04-20T12:29:05.532+05:302014-04-20T12:29:05.532+05:30Thanks for your posts, I've been reading your ...Thanks for your posts, I've been reading your ALL blog posts for weeks and I'm shocked for the features we lost since XP, that's absolutely INCREDIBLE! Without your invaluable help I cannot see the EVIL within M$... OMG! I WAS blind but not now, but clearly M$ WAS and still IS, intentionally or unintentionally. (just look at the latest Windows 8.1 update 1)<br /><br />And I'm a Sherlock Weskerhttp://sherlockwesker.postach.ionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-17014751273490899022014-03-31T12:25:54.758+05:302014-03-31T12:25:54.758+05:30I hate Windows 7 with a passion. But I love Window...I hate Windows 7 with a passion. But I love Windows XP. And I like Windows 98se for games. What they need to do is make a Windows XP Second Edition. Same look and feel as the original XP. Make it play old games and run old software. Give it the latest DirectX, write to dvds. And come in different color themes. Like a subtle black version of Luna. With a slimmer taskbar. And better security. And Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-31241642345407119312014-03-08T06:55:03.281+05:302014-03-08T06:55:03.281+05:30How long before "patching" a new, dumbed...How long before "patching" a new, dumbed down windows OS with 3rd party products is more trouble than using a different OS? Which non-windows OS do you think will step into that role?Harv and Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353966027520283469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-54436599375927615812013-11-20T20:50:50.905+05:302013-11-20T20:50:50.905+05:30Another big issue is that Microsoft forced BIOS ve...Another big issue is that Microsoft forced BIOS vendors to remove all info from startup screens (under threat of withholding Win 8 certification). This means 'modern' BIOSes boot to a completely black screen without any information whatsoever, not even "" or something like that. To find out which key opens the setup you have to hunt down the printed documentation for the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12903202920080768241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-20600200302088506762013-11-04T23:31:45.006+05:302013-11-04T23:31:45.006+05:30Gaurav, while I too find endless annoyances in Win...Gaurav, while I too find endless annoyances in Windows, including but not limited to removal of old features, what Paraoariax said is the way to take it. Also WinXP is far from perfect. It lost or ruined some features in the shift from Win98. I never found Windows Explorer, any version of it, to be a marvel of design or features. And despite the many flaws, NT6 isn't so horrible. It's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com