View Full Version : Windows XP popup alert on 3/8 to warn you your OS is about to die
So you guys don't all freak out and blame the NSA or something:
Windows XP machines that have automatic updates enabled will be sent a pop-up message on March 8 to tell them that Windows XP will lose support on April 8. From the message, XP users will be able to visit the end-of-support website. The message will pop up on the eighth of every month unless users elect to never see it again.
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/03/windows-xp-users-will-be-warned-of-support-ending-with-a-popup/
I will still blame the NSA. and Bush.
I read it somewhere a while ago that it wasn't going to be supported anymore(not here but I believe on the Microsoft site)
So I switched to win.7.
But now I have a question as how can I get some of my older games to work in 7 -meaning my controller was automatically configured to the games and now they have to be manually configured ?
Or is there some kind of program that I can set a profile to?
I will still blame the NSA. and Bush.
It's for the children....
I read it somewhere a while ago that it wasn't going to be supported anymore(not here but I believe on the Microsoft site)
So I switched to win.7.
But now I have a question as how can I get some of my older games to work in 7 -meaning my controller was automatically configured to the games and now they have to be manually configured ?
Or is there some kind of program that I can set a profile to?
What games and what controllers?
It's for the children....
that's why Im okay with it
What games and what controllers?
San Andreas and I have the xbox 360 wireless controller-also can play with it wired.
San Andreas and I have the xbox 360 wireless controller-also can play with it wired.
On Steam, or standalone?
http://steamcommunity.com/app/12120/discussions/0/540734792656942370/
Cool!
Thanks Ridge!![Beer]
USMC_5-Echo
03-08-2014, 00:39
As a computer tech I've been called "lazy" and "incompetent" plus other stuff because XP support is ending. My response has been "Just because Ford quit making the Pinto and parts for it that doesn't mean you can't drive it anymore. Call Microsoft and profess your disgust about them ending support." They usually just walk away at that point.
As a computer tech I've been called "lazy" and "incompetent" plus other stuff because XP support is ending. My response has been "Just because Ford quit making the Pinto and parts for it that doesn't mean you can't drive it anymore. Call Microsoft and profess your disgust about them ending support." They usually just walk away at that point.
they probable walk away because your analogy sucks. Fords break down all the time. They make their money on parts because new vehicles start out as reused parts. Ford takes broken down dodges, slaps on some new sheet metal and a rebuilt motor and sells them off as new vehicles. pure junk I tell ya!
As a computer tech I've been called "lazy" and "incompetent" plus other stuff because XP support is ending. My response has been "Just because Ford quit making the Pinto and parts for it that doesn't mean you can't drive it anymore. Call Microsoft and profess your disgust about them ending support." They usually just walk away at that point.There aren't people all over the world attempting to exploit your car and steal your identity while you're using it.
Microsoft has extended the XP end of support multiple times now. It really does need to be put out to pasture.
You can continue to use it, but every day after 4-8 you're vulnerable to exploits that will not be patched. From what I've been reading, the attacks are ready to be launched beginning 4-9.
Office 2003 also goes out of support on 4-8.
they probable walk away because your analogy sucks. Fords break down all the time. They make their money on parts because new vehicles start out as reused parts. Ford takes broken down dodges, slaps on some new sheet metal and a rebuilt motor and sells them off as new vehicles. pure junk I tell ya!
You could not be more wrong. A Dodge would be nothing but rust.
OtterbatHellcat
03-08-2014, 10:02
I just need to get a new machine....this thing was The Shit...ten years ago.
I heard wn7 Pro will support xp gaming/programs? I don't know sheet about any of it really.
I hate computers.
You could not be more wrong. A Dodge would be nothing but rust.
Lol!
There aren't people all over the world attempting to exploit your car and steal your identity while you're using it.
Microsoft has extended the XP end of support multiple times now. It really does need to be put out to pasture.
You can continue to use it, but every day after 4-8 you're vulnerable to exploits that will not be patched. From what I've been reading, the attacks are ready to be launched beginning 4-9.
Office 2003 also goes out of support on 4-8.
I'm good with M$ ending product support after a reasonable point in time. What I have a problem with is they will never put their older, unsupported software under a public license. DOS as well as many other viable OSs would still be viable platforms if the public was allowed to Open Source them. There are plenty of people around the world who would love to get their hands on the source code for these OSs and that would give us more choices.
They provide enterprise customers with downgrade rights to older operating systems/software and the ability to pay significantly for customized support for it. It's their intellectual property. I'm not going to hold that against them.
ZERO THEORY
03-08-2014, 14:57
Auto updates...LOL. I update my GPU drivers manually through Nvidia software, update plugins to my browser as needed, and update my software at my discretion. But OS auto updates are for sh*t. I haven't updated Windows in quite some time.
I'll be switching my XP machines to one flavor or another of Linux, since I don't do any gaming. If I need XP, I'll run it sandboxed in a VM.
I just need to get a new machine....this thing was The Shit...ten years ago.
I heard wn7 Pro will support xp gaming/programs? I don't know sheet about any of it really.
I hate computers.
Windows 7 is good to go with the vast majority of software.
USMC_5-Echo
03-08-2014, 23:01
I'm good with M$ ending product support after a reasonable point in time. What I have a problem with is they will never put their older, unsupported software under a public license. DOS as well as many other viable OSs would still be viable platforms if the public was allowed to Open Source them. There are plenty of people around the world who would love to get their hands on the source code for these OSs and that would give us more choices.
If you want more options switch to Unix or Linux there are more flavors of that than you could dream of. Nobody really wants to get their hands on it except for hackers since they know that there are tons of people who mindlessly drink the microsoft punch and click away.
If you want more options switch to Unix or Linux there are more flavors of that than you could dream of. Nobody really wants to get their hands on it except for hackers since they know that there are tons of people who mindlessly drink the microsoft punch and click away.
I run a mixed home with several flavors of Linux, MacOS X and even have one WinXP box. If I really need to use a M$ OS I run it in a VM. When I really need to run something bullet proof, it is done off a live distro and run in RAM. Don't trust what you can't source.
USMC_5-Echo
03-09-2014, 21:52
Nice! Yeah I only run M$ at work because I need to. I too have several flavors of Linux and a couple Macs. I quit PC gaming years ago so I quit the need to upgrade my computer every month or so and buy the latest M$ OS. Paying $300 for an OS was just becoming too big of a pill to swallow.
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