[access-uk] Re: Support for XP
- From: "Tristram Llewellyn" <tris-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:48:57 +0100
Don't seem to have had as many problems with VISTA as George but I am doing so
in a slightly different context, however mention of copying chimes with my view
that the Windows shell is not as buillet proof as it should be, it will fall
over for example if you try to copy to a non-existant path. Although that is
not easy to do in Window by nature if you happen to be moving your profile to
another drive and forget to create a folder this can happen.
Regards.
Tristram Llewellyn
Sight and Sound Technology
Technical Support
www.sightandsound.co.uk
----- Original Message -----
From: George Bell
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 9:30 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Support for XP
Sound advice, Graham.
But personally speaking XP was a walk in the park compared
to Vista as it now is.
Believe it or not, I am not alone in finding that the only
way to reliably copy folders between XP and Visa is to use a
USB memory stick.
And that was confirmed by a mass of replies on a sighted
users Vista list where others found the same problem.
George.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Graham Page
Sent: 24 April 2007 21:10
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Support for XP
I think the way to think about this is to consider how lon
it took for=20
Windows XP to really gain acceptance. Windows XP SP1 did a
lot to correct=20
initial problems but we really did have to wait for SP2 for
Windows XP to=20
really get its act together.
I don't know too much about this but issues arising from
microsoft's=20
attempts to improve security and reduce piracy look as
though they could be=20
stumbling blocks at this point in time.
When new operating systems come out it is important to keep
an open mind and=20
closely monitor the situation as the operating system is
improved and as=20
manufacturers of hardware and software adapt. Historically
though these are=20
times of particularly difficult decisions about exactly what
to buy. If you=20
don't really need to upgrade now, the ability to wait say 6
months is a=20
luxury well worth having but if you don't need it for work,
the advice to=20
buy the best machine you can afford and stick XP on it seems
to be virtually=20
universally recommended at the moment. of course in 6
months or a year the=20
view of what is best to do may be quite different.
Cheers
graham
----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Douglas Harrison" <harrison1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 8:38 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Support for XP
Sorry, Graham. I was using the term "Support" rather
loosely, when what I
was really concerned about was the continued availability of
critical=20
security
updates etc.
Douglas
On 24 Apr 2007 at 18:59, Graham Page wrote:
> that I would say is wholely untrue. keep in mind that
support for windows
> 98 only stopped in January this year.
>
> according to the windows lifecycle information, support
for Windows XP
> will be available online until at least 2014 and it is
likely that it will
> be longer than that.
>
> If you buy a new PC now, it is likely you will want
another by 2014!
>
> Cheers
>
> Graham
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "Douglas Harrison" <harrison1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 12:26 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Support for XP
>
>
> Thanks for the links, George. I will study the pages
concerned more
> thoroughly later, but my initial impression is that it
would be unwise to
> rely on support for XP Home or Pro much later than 2009,
although
> Microsoft may move the goalposts.
>
>
> Douglas
>
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Douglas Harrison
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