10-05-2004, 17:11
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Re: XP Service Pack 2 - Nice move M$!
Beta - its not out yet.
I have installed it on my parents machine so that they have extra protection and locked them out from being admins.
Didnt have any problems, except it wouldnt recognise Norton AV 2003's status.
A worthy move making it available to everyone, people would only have to wait a couple of days before the SP was cracked anyhoo.
XP Pro costs a lot of money anyway, more than i can afford. Great OS though.
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10-05-2004, 18:18
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Re: XP Service Pack 2 - Nice move M$!
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Beta - its not out yet.
I have installed it on my parents machine so that they have extra protection and locked them out from being admins.
Didnt have any problems, except it wouldnt recognise Norton AV 2003's status.
A worthy move making it available to everyone, people would only have to wait a couple of days before the SP was cracked anyhoo.
XP Pro costs a lot of money anyway, more than i can afford. Great OS though.
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OEM XP pro is only about £90 now. Thats not too unreasonable for an OS, though I do think its extortionate how much they charge for OS's these days in general.
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10-05-2004, 19:21
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Re: XP Service Pack 2 - Nice move M$!
it neither beta or full release as yet the one that you can get is a release candidate which for all intents and purposes is the last stage before it becomes full product
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10-05-2004, 19:56
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Re: XP Service Pack 2 - Nice move M$!
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They wont admit it but they know Windows Me was a bad mistake. Thats why they gave more life to Windows 98  |
So why have they extended the support for ME until 2006?But dropped 98 from support?
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10-05-2004, 20:12
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Re: XP Service Pack 2 - Nice move M$!
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So why have they extended the support for ME until 2006?But dropped 98 from support?
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Do some searching on the net Incognitas about windows me and you wont be asking that 
Windows 98 is older than windows me yes but its still better
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10-05-2004, 20:33
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Re: XP Service Pack 2 - Nice move M$!
Maybe but my daughter has much more issues with XP than I do with ME.
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10-05-2004, 20:34
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Re: XP Service Pack 2 - Nice move M$!
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Maybe but my daughter has much more issues with XP than I do with ME.
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Maybe you shouldn't take my word for it no. Ask some other people who work within IT
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10-05-2004, 20:41
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Re: XP Service Pack 2 - Nice move M$!
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Maybe but my daughter has much more issues with XP than I do with ME.
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then she is doing something wrong and I dont work in IT
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10-05-2004, 20:43
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Re: XP Service Pack 2 - Nice move M$!
I have ME on my laptop, I've not had a single problem, and I've "worked in IT" as everything from a mainframe operator, a network technician, a systems manager to a web developer for the last 16 years. Then, I (like plenty of other people) don't use it for anything more challenging than browing the internet, sending emails etc, it's certainly a lot faster than Mandrake/Redhat running KDE or Gnome.
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10-05-2004, 21:03
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Re: XP Service Pack 2 - Nice move M$!
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I have ME on my laptop, I've not had a single problem, and I've "worked in IT" as everything from a mainframe operator, a network technician, a systems manager to a web developer for the last 16 years. Then, I (like plenty of other people) don't use it for anything more challenging than browing the internet, sending emails etc, it's certainly a lot faster than Mandrake/Redhat running KDE or Gnome.
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Well thats nice to know you like it or worrying whatever way people think of it. However I'm sure there are plenty of people on here that deal with different operating systems everyday and they have a different story
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10-05-2004, 21:19
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Re: XP Service Pack 2 - Nice move M$!
I've used XP for a LOOONG time now after using 98, and one thing i do remember was that it was such a leap on and it just felt right.
XP is in a different league IMO.
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10-05-2004, 21:24
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Re: XP Service Pack 2 - Nice move M$!
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I've used XP for a LOOONG time now after using 98, and one thing i do remember was that it was such a leap on and it just felt right.
XP is in a different league IMO.
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I agree 100% I just dont like the way it use's up so much resource's. 2k runs just as well, well Xp use's the 2k engine so I dont see why it needs so much. We wont an operating system not a hungrey game
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10-05-2004, 22:03
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Re: XP Service Pack 2 - Nice move M$!
The best operating system I have come across is Win 2k pro using XP driver's
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10-05-2004, 22:06
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Re: XP Service Pack 2 - Nice move M$!
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The best operating system I have come across is Win 2k pro using XP driver's
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I'd still be using that if it wasn't for for XP having the network bridge
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10-05-2004, 22:59
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Re: XP Service Pack 2 - Nice move M$!
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OEM XP pro is only about £90 now. Thats not too unreasonable for an OS, though I do think its extortionate how much they charge for OS's these days in general.
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Yes I was going to say I got my full version of XP Pro from Ebay for only £95. Very Happy with it. Needless to say is this SP2 actually worth it, if your system is running happily and merrily along. You know what they say, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"
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