Support is ending for some versions of Windows
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From: Clocky on 28 Feb 2010 17:19 "z1" <z1(a)127.0.0.1> wrote in message news:Btadnegr-t1wkRfWnZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d(a)netspace.net.au... > Clocky wrote: >> "Rob" <mesamine(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:4b89fe7b$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... >>> On 28/02/2010 3:41 PM, z1 wrote: >>>> Support is ending for some versions of Windows >>>> >>>> Support for Windows Vista without any service packs will end on April >>>> 13, 2010. >>>> >>>> Support for Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) will end on July 13, >>>> 2010. >>>> >>>> If you're running one of these versions after support ends, you won't >>>> get security updates for Windows. >>>> >>>> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/help/end-support-windows-xp-sp2-windows-vista-without-service-packs?os=other >>>> >>> >>> And I just installed ME on a laptop ! >> >> ME is shite, 98SE would have been the better option. >> >> >> > > why not a linux lite version ? Because Linux is double-shite.
From: Clocky on 28 Feb 2010 17:22
"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:7uvr7gFob3U1(a)mid.individual.net... > Rob wrote >> Terryc wrote >>> Clocky wrote > >>>> ME is shite, 98SE would have been the better option. > >>> agreed, but it is still no longer supported. > >> Yet I ran ME for sometime and had problems with 98SE, like - shut down >> plus there was something else? Even tried the MS fix. Shutdown didn't work on my ME box back then either. >> I think it may have been dependant on the computer build compatibility. > > Its more that the driver detail changed and some cant work that out. > Most worked out that driver support in ME was nothing like as comprehensive as it was for '98. |