Whichever Oriental Operating System, make sure you don't lose your Qi.
Yes Master :ph34r:
The XP saga is beginning to become extremely boring.
The best OS that MS have ever produced will still be running on merrily in 10 years time. Half the world use XP with China a dominant player. If you look after your PC with the proper security and caution, it will plonk on for years without any trouble. Many users still operate Windows programs going back over 12 years with little trouble. I stopped all those beastly MS updates last year from adding GB`s of wasted space to my hard disk. Deleted 1 GB of them without with a single key stroke.
Who needs MS security updates with a virtual system ?
I use XP and will be doing for a very long time regardless of what the scaremongers spout. I use Sandboxie, which effectively creates a virtual hard drive, where all the bugs fly around in confinement and are killed off at browser closure. So am I am not dependent on constantly outdated data bases from which all other AV programs suffer from. The Sandboxie management confirm that they have no intention of withdrawing support from XP.
There is always Returnil and an excellent little program called Toolwiz Timefreeze that also create a virtual system. You can run either one of them in combination with Sandboxie. Toolwiz Timefreeze works fine as a catcher, providing you understand its precise function.
So in harmony with half the world, I will be a happy chappy for years to come and can forget MS`s profit paranoia and their Win 7 and 8. The only prospect of me upgrading is if my ancient PC finally goes PLOP !
Windows 3.0 RTM May 22, 1990
Microsoft maintained support for Windows 3.x until the end of 2001, and it has lived on as an embedded operating system until 1 November 2008.
So that makes it what 18 years ?
Link for some interesting reading
XP will not go down easily as it's only 13 years old. RTM August 24, 2001
Oddly enough, MS are still updating XP. My latest check showed an update to their Malicious Software Removal Tool, two months after the they lynched it.
MSRT ? About as useful to me as headless hammer. I accepted it, but it has never done anything to make the headlines.
Oddly enough, MS are still updating XP. My latest check showed an update to their Malicious Software Removal Tool, two months after the they lynched it.
MSRT ? About as useful to me as headless hammer. I accepted it, but it has never done anything to make the headlines.
See conversation about this in this thread
See conversation about this in this thread
Thanks, I did have a quick look at the thread. Never enhanced my knowledge much.
MSRT is rather like using a toothbrush to sweep the yard.