I have someone from Microsoft who is going to be on site tomorrow I will ask him.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sam Densler Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 11:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] help with computer recovery (lengthy) Do you guys have any good information regarding the end of XP Pro availability? I am being told that as of the end of June, XP Pro will no longer be available and we will be forced to Vista. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Since this will quickly digress outside liveaboard focus, please email me off list at [EMAIL PROTECTED], thanks. Sam Noel Russell wrote: > Walter, > > Live update does not "push" updates on you unless you allow it too. Just > change the settings in the security panel to notify me when there are > updates. Also, they publish articles detailing the changes etc so you > can see if you want to apply them. If what i remember you said happened, > it was a dell machine, and an update issue with a dell setup. Mine went > fine. Though I did not notice a major increase in speed either. The > thing is to check with dell about any issues with the service packs in > particular and to always have a backup. A daily rotating backup works > the best, but a monthly is good too. > > Noel > > N.Y. RUSSELL > > Office Coffee Service > "Java Powered Service" > > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* Walter Knopf > *Sent:* Mon, 19 May 2008 01:57:06 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Liveaboard] help with computer recovery (lengthy) > > Re: [Liveaboard] help with computer recovery (lengthy)MS is not known to be > very forthcoming about potential update problems. > They push the automatic update, which happens without your consent, so you > never get to read what the update is about > I have a love/hate relationship with them. They are very generous > publishing code and making developer tools available, but their > business office seems to distrust all publishers and keeps a very close > reign on potential problems. Also, their EULA and other notices to customers > are so verbose your eyes glaze over before you are finished. > Just a comment from a normal user without a lawyer... > > Walter > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Noel Russell > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 11:03 PM > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] help with computer recovery (lengthy) > > > One should always read the microsoft info before installing any updates. > > Noel > > N.Y. RUSSELL > Office Coffee Service > "Java Powered Service" > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Walter Knopf > Sent: Sun, 18 May 2008 13:16:26 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] help with computer recovery (lengthy) > > Oh my goodness, > > you actually installed SP3 on XP? > I wait at least 3 months (or until the dust settles) to apply > a major upgrade to the OS. I go by the philosophy that if it ain't > broke don't fix it, or as we jokingly say "Quality is job 1.01 at MS". > Some experts tracked down the culprit, apparently HP/Q shipped > all their machines with a driver for the Intel chip that has a problem with > SP3 if your machine has an AMD CPU (there is an AMD driver available). > http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/12/Microsoft-faults-OEMs-for-some -XP-SP3-endless-reboots_1.html > > Walter > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html -- **************************** Sam Densler mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.islandfx.com/lady S/V Lady of the Lake PDQ 36, Hull #15 Melbourne, FL S/V Stories She Could Tell Endeavour 37, Hull #454 Destroyed by Hurricane Frances 2004 Reborn and sailing again in 2007 **************************** "If you ever wonder why you ride the carousel, you do it for the stories you can tell." 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