I don't know much about this. But microsoft is supporting XP for a few more years. My question is: people that are having problems with Windows 7, is it from you have upgraded to windows 7, or if you buy a newmachine with windows 7? I would bet that those that are having problems are those that upgraded but I could be wrong. I don't pland to upgrade my home computer but if I buy a new one, I would get it with windows 7. But I don't know which version sinceI think they have several.
Sandra Fouts Phone Counselor Arkansas Attorney General's Office 323 Center Street, Ste 200 Little Rock, AR 501-371-2303 Fax 501-682-8118 -----Original Message----- From: Keith Hinton [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 11:49 AM To: Pat Ferguson Cc: Michael Massey; [email protected] Subject: Re: Windows 7 First, I believe that calling me an idiot or insisting that you all are idiots for using XP, is totally uncalled for. Am I suggesting that you are wrong in your judgment? The answer is a resounding Yes! WindowsXP is for those older generations of people who dair I insist, cannot, give up the gost of the old. I will make a point to mention this. If GW Micro, Doug and everyone including Aaron Smith stayed on XP all there lives, No one would benifit. Window-Eyes would not be supporting the 64-bit versions of Windows. And No matter what you say about Windows Seven, I think that the claims of if it is unstable are all a part of old computer hardware. Face it all your XP users out there. You must, upgrade. Not complying will only be yoru downfall. Once your corperate servers and machines are slammed with over 1000000 trogens and worms you will be forever locked in an operating system that will be the domain of hackers. As for Internet Explorer 9 wich will not be for XP, check out the Serotalk blog. But I do not think that Microsoft will be doing make believe cut-off points. When an operating system is deemed as being in extended support, it is indeed just that. Window-Eyes itself, must not be tested on 32-bit platforms. 32-bit itself will dye one of these days. I happily will predict in the next several years the death of the X86 32-bit platform entirely. Or at least for those cmoptuers that do not have 4GB plus of RAM. It will not be long until operating system minimal requirements will be at a 4GB plus minimal amount of RAM, wich means that all computer users who wish to not be in the stone ages of XP and 2000, wich has already lost support, I might point out to those who are not going to admit this publicly, and on the archives of GW Info as such, technology is not waiting for any man or woman to make decisions on computer hardware! Face it! Xp, is already dead. All that keeps it alive are the rusty users who cling to it as blind fools! Yes, each and every one of you Window-Eyes users who refuse to upgrade your computers are blinded fools indeed! Do you think Microsoft cares about making Windows XP an existing target for those who absolutely cannot live without it? No! Microsoft has it right, GW Micro has it right. Move on with the new, forget the passed. Leave it behind, I say! Drop the DCM drivers. What is the piont GW Micro, or anyone else for that matter, of continuing to support an old, screwd up interface, that wasn't even worth the time to design it in the first place? DCM is old. Face it. Admit it. Accept it and move on with your lives. If none of you on this list can accept that for better or wworse XP the last cludge of an operating system with old technology DCM drivers and all the wonderful lovely applications you love, is dying already and has been for years, well then I'm really sorry to watch you folks sit there and moan like little kids. Do you believe my opinion is worth so little? Then I ask you. Who is right? Who is wrong? Let GW Micro dictate that. Let there continuation of Windows 64-bit support prove my very words on this thread today in front of everyone of you! Open your eyes and see the light, you XP dye hards! If you folks do not upgrade sooner or later, you will regret it. I can prove that to each and every one of you who have something against me. And if you do, take it off list to me directly. Thanks! The one who just posted before me is right ot support me on this! I'll see if I can get Aaron to back my points up with proveable facts regarding Window-Eyes development, and the movnig on of technology and leaving XP behind is something that GW Micro soon will have to do. They will be forced, if they wish to remain in business supporting future operaing systems. Aaron, Doug, what do you folks think? XP is dying. Accept, or deny it. No chioce exists for anyone at all, no matter what they may state beyond what I have said. Prove me wrong, black and blue, otherwise if you can. I doubt you will be able to convince me otherwise. And I extend this challenge to every single one of you GW Micro staff members to back me up, or to dny what I have pointed out. And do not discount what I have taken the time to write. I do not appreciate that. Thank you. On 8/19/10, Pat Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Mike, > > I sure agree with everything you are saying here. > > I'm using Windows Seven Home Premium 32 Bit with very few problems, > and I don't lock up any more than I did with XP. I love Windows Seven. > > I wouldn't go back to XP now. > > Even though Window-Eyes does go away some times, I still love it, and > always will. > > I hated Vista, and I'm loving Windows Seven with the loving Window-Eyes. > > We're slowly upgrading all our nine machines here, but it will be an > expensive one, since we have to buy a copy for each computer, just > like we did XP. <smile> > > That's just life, and I'mnot going to complain. > > We have so much to be thankful for. Just think, where would we be > without all this cool technology? > > Blessings, > > Pat Ferguson > > At 10:45 AM 8/19/2010, you wrote: >>Hi. I am either going insane, or I will reach that point concerning >>this thread. I didn't start using Window-eyes until version 3.0 came >>out and had Windows 98 at that time. Operating systems come and go >>and we have to try our best to go with the flow. Maybe I am getting >>the wrong impression, but some folks are coming across like they will >>be lost without XP. While XP has established itself as a mature and >>stable operating system, it will, unfortunately, for those who have >>gotten used to it, die just as Windows 98, 95, 3.1, well, you get the >>idea, did. >> >>I upgraded a computer I hadfrom Windows M E to XP, and one of the >>people I knew loved his computer games. When the games would not work >>with XP, the person acted like he was going to go into spasms. In >>other words, how dare I do such a thing! >> >>For those who like Windows XP, make the best of it, enjoy it while you can. >>Yeah, Vista was indeed a bomb as Chris Hill said, but where would we >>be in the days of Windows 3.1 now. I suspect we would be in nowhere land. >> >>Keith, you are so-o right indeed. Windows 7 is going to replace Vista >>and XP. And, you're already commenting on Internet Explorer 9 and Windows 8? >> I >>must not be reading the right publications or I'm missing certain >>technology >>news, smile. My brother still uses a dial up connection. Nobody could >> pay >>me enough to use a dial up connection. I can't wait to get rid of my >>clunky cassette machine. The newer digital technology has been a >>blessing. >> >>Don't get me wrong; I liked XP when I had it. Window-eyes works very >>well with XP. The worst experience I have had was upgrading from >>Vista to 7 because Window-eyes just would not work very well with >>Windows 7. A reformat of my desktop hard drive fixed a lot of problems. >>Thanks. >> >>Mike M. . >> >> >>If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original >>sender only. 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