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    Getting Windows XP updates

    XP patches.zip
    http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Update-Windows-XP-after-End-of-Support-443631.shtml

    Downloaded the reg files and integrated them on my dual boot puter, and lo and behold XP updated...

    Follow linky.
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    Very good. I liked XP a lot, but the last computer came with Seven and this one has Eight. The only thing I can see besides the touch screen on Eight is the OneDrive/OneNote that MS has online. That is very handy but I'm sure it can be done with XP also.
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    XP was their best OS to this date IMHO.

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    Still run dual boot XP pro next to W 7 on this laptop.
    Decided to keep it that way as long it is feasable too, this might help for the ones that have the same idea ;)
    "If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop
    telling the truth about them." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
    “I’m not liberal/conservative, I’m anti-idiotarian.”
    At some point in the last 20 years, the left moved to the center, and the right moved into a mental institution

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    Speaking of software updates—Apple forgot to renew an SSL certificate, which broke their automatic update software completely. Oops.

    Last edited by NQ6U; 05-25-2014 at 01:03 PM.
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.

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    Sh*t happens ;)

    After adding the .reg info, i now have 15 new updates for XP Pro downloaded and installed... ;)
    "If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop
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    “I’m not liberal/conservative, I’m anti-idiotarian.”
    At some point in the last 20 years, the left moved to the center, and the right moved into a mental institution

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    Quote Originally Posted by suddenseer View Post
    XP was their best OS to this date IMHO.
    Nahhhh....


    DOS 6.6 was the shiznit!
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    You mean DOS 6.6a NL was the best....
    "If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop
    telling the truth about them." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
    “I’m not liberal/conservative, I’m anti-idiotarian.”
    At some point in the last 20 years, the left moved to the center, and the right moved into a mental institution

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    CP/M, man.
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.

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