Unless they changed something radically, you should still get updates. I keep a copy of WinXP in VMware to run the odd Windoze thing and it still gets updates from time to time. The few times I've installed it from scratch, it has spent the next three or four days installing updates from ancient times and rebooting.
It's almost as much fun as watching old Three Stooges reruns. When I see those old Windows dialogues and the hokey graphics I hear the sound effects of Larry poking Moe in the eyes. Poink-poink-poink! Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk. Sproingggg! On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 5:47 PM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, May 30, 2017, at 04:24 AM, mike wilson wrote: >> You'll not be updating a Vista laptop any more. You missed the deadline >> by >> about a month. >> > > > Doesn't that mean no future updates? I'd assumed I could still apply > past updates if I could just get Windows Update to cooperate. > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > >> > On 28 May 2017 at 22:44 Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > I might have to try that. >> > >> > My old Vista laptop hasn't been updated for about a year because the >> > Update just stayed on 0% downloaded for hours. I'll try the overnight >> > thing. >> > >> > >> > Cheers >> > >> > Brian >> > >> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> > Brian Walters >> > Western Sydney Australia >> > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ >> > >> > >> > On Mon, May 29, 2017, at 05:39 AM, John wrote: >> > > 1. I finally got Windoze Update working on the Toshiba. >> > > >> > > Based on something I read on a Microsoft forum, I left it running >> > > overnight searching for updates. There were 18 updates available when I >> > > got out of bed this morning. Apparently the Update Client has to update >> > > itself before it will find updates. I'm installing them in small batches >> > > based on release date, oldest first. So far, I've only had one to fail. >> > > I'll try that one again after I've installed all the others. >> > > >> > > 2. Egghead finally coughed up a page full of refurbished laptops with >> > > Windows 7 Professional 64bit installed. >> > > >> > > If I still end up having to replace the Toshiba, my NEW plan is to get >> > > one of these. Linux can wait until I can no longer get Windows 7. >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. >> > > Religion - Answers we must never question. >> > > >> > > -- >> > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > > [email protected] >> > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> > > follow the directions. >> > >> > >> > -- >> > -- >> > >> > -- >> > http://www.fastmail.com - Access your email from home and the web >> > >> > >> > -- >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > [email protected] >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> > follow >> > the directions. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > -- > > -- > http://www.fastmail.com - Does exactly what it says on the tin > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
