Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-05-01 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: ambro86
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Hi, Ive read that Microsoft corrected the Internet Explorer problem also in Windows XP, and it will install as automatic update. So, nostalgic people, you can continue for now! URL:

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-28 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Oh, dear. This use-after-free vulnerability affects IE6, too. And doesnt require Flash …Dump IE. It doesnt matter if you dont like Firefox, just do it. There wont be a fix for this in XP, even if theres no fix available for any of the

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-28 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Oh, dear. This use-after-free vulnerability affects IE6, too. And doesnt require Flash …Dump IE. It doesnt matter if you dont like Firefox, just do it. There wont be a fix for this in XP, even if theres no fix available for any of the

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-28 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: ambro86
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Guys, my hint is to go out from Windows xp, from now on there will come a lots of exploits. After one year to be safe and use Windows xp you will not use internet at all.!URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=173521#p173521

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-28 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: ambro86
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Guys, my hint is to go out from Windows xp, from now on there will come a lots of exploits. After one year to be safe and use Windows xp you will not use internet at all. Windows 7 and 8 are great and more stable and safe than xp.URL:

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-23 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. @Gellman: Thanks a lot mate. It all checks out. This will save me a lot of time. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=173084#p173084 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-22 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: gellman
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. @SebbyThere is a PM for you.I delete this message after you have confirmed you have read it.Moderators, please implement popup notification for unread private messages.It should not be difficult to code.URL:

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-22 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. @Gellman: check your PMs. You may notify me of follow-ups by email.I may be a Mac user, but I still have BitTorrent. On the contrary I do not have Java. Please refrain from any suggestion that require it. We may be pirates, but we are not

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-22 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: gellman
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. @SebbyYes, got your PM.I dont often check my Yahoo mail, so now its Hushmail time.if others are interested in the WSUS offline ISO just mail me.Sorry for even hinting that you might install java.But in my stupid country, java is required

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-21 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: gellman
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. @SebbyNo need to start from scratch; if you are interested, I can provide you with offline isos of all Windows XP updates for offline installation.I have used WSUS to generate isos for Windows XP, 7, Vista, 7 and 8 and 8.1..Tell me if you

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-21 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. @gellman: I was just going to ask. Yes, both the XP and 7 offline installers would be very helpful. Thanks a lot!URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172745#p172745 ___

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-21 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. @gellman: I was just going to ask. Yes, both the XP and 7 offline installers would be very helpful. Thanks a lot!Edit: Cannot find this Driver Forge of which you speak.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172745#p172745

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-21 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. @gellman: I was just going to ask. Yes, both the XP and 7 offline installers would be very helpful. Thanks a lot!Edit: Cannot find this Driver Forge of which you speak.Edit2: yes I can, if I remove the space that Siri inserts. Ta. URL:

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-21 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: gellman
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. @SebbyThere is a PM for you.I delete this message after you have confirmed you have read it.Moderators, please implement popup notification for unread private messages.It should not be difficult to code.URL:

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-20 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: gellman
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. @twardInteresting story.I think that a lot of the morning over Windows XP is due to the perception that XP was the first stable Windows with the best accessibility possibilities for blind users.I must confess that I dont like Win7 or 8 and

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-20 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: gellman
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. @twardInteresting story.I think that a lot of the morning over Windows XP is due to the perception that XP was the first stable Windows with the best accessibility and least bloated user interface..I must confess that I dont like Win7 or 8

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-20 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. @gellman: nope, this is just my retail install.Thanks for reference to DriverPacks, that looks totally awesome and I expect Ill be using that fairly soon.Win2K updates are still available as of now. Ill definitely get the XP updates at

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-20 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. @gellman: nope, this is just my retail install.Thanks for reference to DriverPacks, that looks totally awesome and I expect Ill be using that fairly soon.Win2K updates are still available as of now. Ill definitely get the XP updates at

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-19 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Confirmed that a fresh VM can obtain all the patches.I wouldnt bother with Security Essentials, even if you can get it installed. It nags you to death about the OS no longer getting patches, and moreover recently completely broke XP if you

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-13 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: gellman
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. @SebbyFor reference on how to freeze time in a virtual machine read:Timekeeping in VMware Virtual MachinesFor reference on how to simulate a vmware OEM BIOS and activate Windows XP on virtual hardware read:Painless HP OEMBIOS and VMWare

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-13 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: gellman
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. @SebbyFor reference on how to freeze time in a virtual machine read:Timekeeping in VMware Virtual MachinesFor reference on how to simulate a vmware OEM BIOS and activate Windows XP on virtual hardware read:Painless HP OEMBIOS and VMWare

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-13 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Thanks Gellman; got it.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172017#p172017 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-13 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Thanks Gellman; got it.The VMWare article was especially useful, but thanks for the BIOS; I will be trying it with my next clean install.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172017#p172017

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-12 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Yeah, its possible, and Ill have that reference on freezing the date and time and configuring the BIOS machine description strings in various products if you have them, thanks.The question is why. TechNet used to offer (my sub just

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-11 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: gellman
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. @SebbyActivation of Windows XP is not necessary in order to use the OS in a virtual machine.Its possible to reset the time and date of the VM to the first day of the month within which you have to register and use Windows XP forever in

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-11 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: gellman
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. @SebbyActivation of Windows XP is not necessary in order to use the OS in a virtual machine.Its possible to reset the time and date of the VM to the first day of the month within which you have to register and use Windows XP forever in

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-10 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: connor142
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. good bye xp!: : : just found something on twitter where someone plays a piano toon over the windows sounds, as kind of a reminder or something. its perfectly in synk.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=171750#p171750

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-10 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Heres an article about using the Windows XP mode image as your XP installation. It might be an option, although its frought with some treachery, namely that switching hypervisors causes freezes. And you need another key, because the VPC

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-09 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Well, of course, its quite unlikely that your latest computer runs XP though. Its OK. XP runs really, really nicely in a VM on this SSD. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=171588#p171588

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-09 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: arqmeister
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Im with you on the memories. Ran xp on a acer netbook for a few years. While it wasnt the fastest machine, i could play a ton of audio games on it. I remember all the entombed alphas, and audio quake, lol. I also used to play dos games on

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-09 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Indeed, XP seems to have been the gaming OS for a lot of us. Now, why is that? Sure, it emerged at about the right time for the exploding audio games market, even though the initial versions were crazily revolutionary, much as Vista was. I

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-09 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: KG4RDF
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. 16 Gb of ram? Jesus! What the hell do you need 16 GB of ram for? Unless it makes that much of a difference in, say, converting video files to audio, audio files from one format to another or video files from one format to another.

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-09 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: tward
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. [[wow]]. Just reading a few of these posts makes me realize how old I am compared to a lot of you, and how many members of this forum are pretty young. I think one reason I am not as emotional over the demise of XP is that for me it was

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-08 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Well, thats it.XP is now at end of life, or dead for short. It died at 15:00 in your local time zone. You can see this for yourself at AmIRunningXP.com. Long live XP. Youll be missed.Meanwhile, our government, being a typically incompetent

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-08 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Omar Alvarado
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Damn. Xp is the first OS I learned to use.Kinda sad to see them pull the plug on it. OH well, I guess.Last question, before they did, did microsoft release any updates before? I want to make sure Im absolutely up to date.Lets share

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-08 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Chris
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Hi.Well, indeed it is sad.My first experience with a computer was a Windows XP computer that I used to play the alphas of Entombed.So yeah, I think XP will always be special to me since it was the first and probably only Windows operating

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-08 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Omar Alvarado
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. I did get to play with windows 98, but Im far too young to remember that.I do believe it had a few programs which were:Talking typing teacherJaws for windowsWord, full versionThat being said, I am far too young to remember that.OH and,

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-07 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: tward
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Im more than ready. In fact, I am getting ready to celebrate when Windows XP dies. I havent been running that pile of trash in more than five years anyway, and as a developer I have been wanting to let go of some of its deprecated

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-07 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Chris
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Hi.Well, this is weird.This website says my macbook Air running Mavericks is running Windows 8.1?That is not true, not at all.As for XP, well Im really sad.XP was and probably is the only good operating System Microcrap ever crapped

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-07 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Theres just enough software out there requiring Win7 minimum that Vista isnt an option in spite of the attractive old look. Also, Micros~1 have intentionally deprecated Vista in favour of Win7 for core components like IE and .net.People

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-07 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: tward
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Chris, I am pretty sure Microsoft wont relent on the Metro look and feel no matter how much you and others whish they might reject it in favor of a classic Windows look and feel. While I would certainly prefer the classic user interface

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-07 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Why Windows XPs Demise Is Bad for Linux and Open SourceMight as well get a bit more mourning in while the goings good, eh? BANG! A whole bunch of Windows XP machines just spontaneously burst into flames! URL:

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-06 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Well, here we are. Its April 7. Tomorrow, XP reaches end of life, and unspoken evil will sweep across the land.Are you ready for this? Have you prepared for the long descent into insanity?URL:

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-06 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Omar Alvarado
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. 6 saved windows updates archived.5 systems applied with updates.4 backup disks.3 Different copies on different hard drives.2 In use at the moment.1 Waiting to be updated.That good enough?URL:

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-06 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Any system changes for deep-freezing, or is this virtual?URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=171415#p171415 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-04-06 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Any system changes for deep-freezing, or is this virtual?And according to Which Windows operating system am I running?, the site Microshaft offers to its terrified customers, this iMac with OS X 10.8.5 is running Windows 8.1. Well, I guess

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-03-31 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Socheat
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. But however, I still love XP though. because it is support many applications.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=170860#p170860 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-03-31 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: connor142
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. well we know microcrap,and most lickly Support for something will run out on xp, forcing developpers of programs to update to the newer libraries which consiquently dont work on Windows xp, and microcraps own applications like Internet

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-03-31 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. This wont help, but heres a (slightly JAWS-centric, but still usable) guide to the Windows 7 start menu, task bar and system tray. You can run Win7 if you intend to stick with Windows, but on newer hardware that XP doesnt support. Then you

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-03-25 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Dark
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Well Ive still not had a good reason to upgrade, and no, because microsoft wants people to stop using it is a very bad reason .Maybe touch screens will give me a reason, well see.URL:

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-03-24 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: gellman
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Well, I have done some experimentation with the time limited Windows XP virtual machines downloadable from modern.ie.And if it is of interest to anyone, here is what I have found so far.The virtual machines are available for different

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-03-24 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: gellman
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Well, I have done some experimentation with the time limited Windows XP virtual machines downloadable from modern.ie.And if it is of interest to anyone, here is what I have found so far.The virtual machines are available for different

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-03-23 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Reports that ATM machine operators are thinking about moving from XP to Linux. Microsoft is moving people off XP all right--just not to where they were hoping. For Americans and Canadians, Microsoft will sell you a new Windows 8 PC (visit

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-03-23 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Chris
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Hi.Well good. No one wants that piece of garbage known as Windows 8.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=169899#p169899 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-03-10 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Because to Microsoft its more important that you use pirated Windows than Linux, so that theyve still got you. I agree though: if XP is such an old dog, let it go. Give it away and free it from Windows Genuine Disadvantage. Then people who

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-03-09 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Well this is amusing. It seems that Microsofts attempt to get its users to upgrade from XP to Windows 8 is not going down quite as well as they might have hoped. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=168057#p168057

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-03-09 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: arqmeister
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. What would be even more amusing, is if they extended support yet again. Probably wont happen but, still, just thinking aloud.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=168072#p168072 ___

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-03-09 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Probably not. I recognise that Microsoft has a right to discontinue Windows XP, but the way that they are going about it now is completely irresponsible.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=168075#p168075

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-03-09 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: connor142
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. hi, putting my personal thoughts on here, and I dont want to start any drama but, there isnt that ultra hyper megga much difference from xp to 7 or 8. you have a desktop, you have foldres, files, games, a start menu, e-mail and a writing

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-03-09 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. For all the flaws of XP, the interface is holding me back. Why? Because basically the only way to go on 7 and up appears to be Classic Shell. Windows 8 is nice from a productivity point of view but IMHO just run services.msc or look at

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-03-09 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: arqmeister
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. I think what still kind of bugs me is why does modern windows require at least 2 gigs of ram to run? Sure, hardware has evolved, but who really cares about the arrow graphics of 7, or the modern UI of 8? While I can use it just fine, I

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-03-05 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Were getting close now. You can just smell the fear, cant you? Heres the latest. On 5 March, Micros~1 will have Windows XP systems updated using Windows Update display a warning of the users impending doom (blog post here) with a link to

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-03-05 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Chris
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Hi.Well, I have one thing to say.Thank you, Microcrap, for ruining Windows.I dont know if well see anything like XP or even Windows 7 again.Oh well.This end of support thing is not really a big issue for a few reasons.1. I have a virtual

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-03-05 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: arqmeister
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. I will still keep XP around. Most likely off the internet, however, if I feel the need, just get a security 2014 product like bitdefender. Otherwise, I do have a 8.1 machine if I feel the desire for the modern feel. I just want my xp box

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-03-05 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: gellman
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. I have five machines - one Windows 7, one Windows 8 -- and two Windows XP with Servicepack3 and an upgraded Macbook Pro.I must admit that I dont like the user experience in versions of Win$ more recent than XP, and this OS is advanced

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2014-02-25 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. I think Longhorn is a future project, already pushed back a few times. Theres no telling. I havent heard the sounds though.I remember NTs startup sound. It was kinda techno. Quite cool. A shame Microsloth kept coming back to piano. Like,

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2014-01-27 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: FamilyMario
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Yeah, I agree with you, Chris. Sam is not a good voice for screen readers, but hes fun to play around with and mess with his soi soi soi soi soi and his crows nest, and all sorts of little things here and there. I wish there was a way to

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2014-01-27 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Ah, Windows 2000. Now that was a real gem; arguably Microsofts best work.Will XP be remembered as fondly? Even as it was superior to 2000, it at least had stuff going for it, even if you did have to mess about with it to get it working

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2014-01-27 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Chris
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Hi.Well, since were talking about other Windows, what was Windows Longhorn like?I found a bunch of sounds from Longhorn that sound really cool.I have no idea why microsoft decided to ditch those sounds in favor of the crappy Windows

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2014-01-25 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Chris
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Hi.Yep, I agree with you family Mario.Sam is great lol.Not as a voice to be used for screen reading purposes but hes really funny along with his sapi 4 counterpart.That and Ive just found XP and older Windows seem more user friendly than

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2014-01-25 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Chris
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Hi.Yep, I agree with you family Mario.Sam is great lol.Not as a voice to be used for screen reading purposes but hes really funny along with his sapi 4 counterpart.That and Ive just found XP and older Windows seem more user friendly than

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2014-01-25 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. They say that the activation servers stay alive after April 8. You should be fine. Your VM scenario probably wont be an issue at all going forward, but like I said, just be careful. Between now and the time XP is officially vintage, theres

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2014-01-24 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Just a quick update. In case you havent heard, MSRT will stay on for another year after XPs end of support. No word yet on how itll be delivered (whether, for instance, through Windows/Microsoft Update), but its good news--and about the

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2014-01-24 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: arqmeister
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Thats good to hear. May still play around with XP from time to time. Its great for those with it as the main OS.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=162966#p162966 ___

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2014-01-24 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: FamilyMario
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Im keeping XP! The reason is because it has Microsoft Sam. Sure, he has his flaws, like the infamous soi soi soi (which Im a fan of and learned to imitate), and Anna is okay (not the best) but okay, but I am sticking to XP because of Sam

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2013-12-09 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: connor142
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. whaat! does that mean I cant use any Software that Comes out after April 8th?URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=157931#p157931 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list

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2013-12-09 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Socheat
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Hi,Yeah, Xp is runs good and faster cant wait to see microsoft stop care about XP.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=158027#p158027 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list

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2013-12-08 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: joshknnd1982
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. I have linux, vinux4 on another hard drive. windows7 is on this one and to get linux on I just swap hard drives out and in. But anyway linux whether it be vinux4, ubuntu fedora or sonar 13.10 are all good mac alternatives. but if you set

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2013-12-08 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: joshknnd1982
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. you can in sonar13.10 use speech hub which lets you use pico and mary tts natural voices.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=157870#p157870 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list

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2013-12-08 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: joshknnd1982
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. my vb6 games work fine in windows7. I had to tell them to go into the program files x86 folder other than that its fine. do 16bit dos games work? no. but for that a virtual windows xp solves the problem and they run with nvda in a command

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2013-12-08 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Sebby
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Somehow I find the possibility of MickeySoft actually renewing XP contracts, even in China, pretty remote. But I guess theres still hope, and given the hostility felt towards Windows 8 there might just be a concession on the cards. 37%

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2013-12-06 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Dark
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Interesting, though given how little microsoft pays their own workers in China I cant see them taking too much notice of the country. Its also not surprising the chinese engage in piracy, heck since most of microsofts hardware

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2013-12-06 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Dark
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Interesting, though given how little microsoft pays their own workers in China I cant see them taking too much notice of the country. Its also not surprising the chinese engage in piracy, heck since most of microsofts hardware

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2013-12-06 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: tward
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Dark, well, you are not alone. I figure a lot of people are going to have to get use to running XP inside a virtual machine along side their current operating system because like it or not after April of next year it will be discontinued.

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2013-12-06 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Dark
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Its not just dos 16 bit applications, for all I do disagree with you that microsoft should spend the money, to import them into this so called superior new hardware (though if it is so superior why doesnt it do anything better).Ever since

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2013-12-05 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: prince animeshh
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. hi all must read this http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/04 … ing_china/URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=157582#p157582 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list

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2013-12-04 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: SLJ
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Thank you Thom.Im sorry if this has been mentioned before, but whats the difference between Sonar and Vinux? Or where can I read more about Sonar? That reminds me about Sonar, the music composer program, lol.URL:

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2013-12-04 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: KG4RDF
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. I find this amusing. Ever since the release of Windows Vista, there have been continuous roomers with each new OS released that XP support will be dropped on such and such date. I run XP in a virtual machine on my Mac and I can tell you

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2013-12-04 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: arqmeister
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Like i said in my first post, its April 8th. No security patches, updates, anything. You can do a google search and find a ton of artecles and pissed people lol.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=157295#p157295

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2013-12-04 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Chris
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Hi.Well, I know this is off-topic but I just downloaded Sonar and have loaded it into a VM on my mac.I thought the installer would come up talking, but it doesnt eem like it does.How do I start orca so I can use it to install Linux into my

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2013-12-04 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Dark
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Well Arq, Ill turn automatic updates off after the 8th of April then, thanks for letting me know, though again this is later than I thought and microsoft really! should take notice of all those pissed off people, .URL:

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2013-12-04 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: danny
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. @chris the way to turn on orca in sonar is alt f2, then type orca and hit enter. I do think linux is an option, but for me the newer versions of gnome I didnt like. Im refering to the version bundled with 13.10 that changes orcas name to

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2013-12-03 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: tward
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Chris, all newer versions of Gnome come with the Orca screen reader installed. It is a core component of the Gnome desktop, and has been so for two or three years. The question is not if Gnome comes with Orca but if your distribution comes

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2013-12-03 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: SLJ
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Hi.[[wow]], I see Linux have gone through lots of improvements the last two or three years.I think its three years ago, I would give Ubuntu a serious try, so I instaled it on a virtual machine and tried my best to get used to the operating

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2013-12-03 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: arqmeister
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. I myself had some accessibility concerns with sonar, and ubuntu. Mostly, my concerns were with crashing orca, and it not playing nice with firefox all that often. I think these are just general bugs that could be ironed out over time, but

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2013-12-03 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: tward
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. SLJ, no wonder you had problems. GRML isnt exactly newbie friendly, and besides that it doesnt have much accessibility today let alone six or more years ago. That is where joining a list such as the Orca list to find out what is current,

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2013-12-03 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Dark
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Well thanks for the explanation tom. This is really the problem with linux with so many distributions and ways of talking about them they do become rather impenitrable.the problem however generally is whatever system I choose to upgrade

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you.

2013-12-03 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Dark
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Well thanks for the explanation tom. This is really the problem with linux with so many distributions and ways of talking about them they do become rather impenitrable.the problem however generally is whatever system I choose to upgrade

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2013-12-03 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: Chris
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. Hi.Can you get other speech synthesizers besides ESpeak and Eloquence for Linux.The eSpeak I tried on Vinux was horrible, worse than the default NVDA ESpeak.As for eloquence, I hate it and will never ever use it again. I hope that

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2013-12-02 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — Off-topic room: prince animeshh
Re: Goodbye Windows XP, i still get nistalgic over you. hi y are u going to mack? when u can get linux for free u dont need to change your old p c or laptopURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=156995#p156995 ___ Audiogames-reflector

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