What Are Your Plans for Your XP Machine?

Danielle said:
So it's not hard if you just want to surf the internet, Skype and watch Netflix :p I kind of want a computer for that purpose, so my laptop can take a break now and then and maybe live longer. Linux seems to be a good choice for old or slow computers, too.
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Sadly Linux is not great for Netflix because of the demon Silverlight.
 
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Amy SF said:
Well, if that's true, then I've been panicking over having to upgrade to Win 7 for nothing. :rofl:
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Looks like XP mode support will end on April as well, unfortunately. But it could help people transition.
 
blues said:
Well i couldn’t get my XP to upgrade , so installed kubuntu ...it was so easy and its a faster loader than my XP ....now I just have to work through how to transfer passwords , files over
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Very cool. Do let us know how you get on with it. :)
 
blues said:
Well i couldn’t get my XP to upgrade , so installed kubuntu ...it was so easy and its a faster loader than my XP ....now I just have to work through how to transfer passwords , files over
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I use kubuntu on my old netbook, I love it. If you run into problems, feel free to ask and I will promptly ask my son, The Installer. ;)
 
Well, I now have a computer guy coming next week to look at my computer and see what needs to be done about it. I've got a Win 7 reinstallation disc from Dell that he said will save me about $100, but I'll end up losing Office 2003. He said I can get a newer version of Office, but it would cost me $100 a year, or I can get a free word processing program that's "like" Word but not Word. It's a whole bigger deal than I originally thought, because Microsoft is a greedy and evil company. :p I hate that my computer is now vulnerable. My computer is going to get fixed, just not today.

When I got the computer, it had Win 7 on it, and I had it downgraded to XP because 7 was too new and and I reasoned that XP would be more compatible with more software. I should have just kept Win 7. FML. :bang:
 
Amy SF said:
Well, I now have a computer guy coming next week to look at my computer and see what needs to be done about it. I've got a Win 7 reinstallation disc from Dell that he said will save me about $100, but I'll end up losing Office 2003. He said I can get a newer version of Office, but it would cost me $100 a year, or I can get a free word processing program that's "like" Word but not Word. It's a whole bigger deal than I originally thought, because Microsoft is a greedy and evil company. :p I hate that my computer is now vulnerable. My computer is going to get fixed, just not today.

When I got the computer, it had Win 7 on it, and I had it downgraded to XP because 7 was too new and and I reasoned that XP would be more compatible with more software. I should have just kept Win 7. FML. :bang:
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Openoffice is a free download and very good. I use it instead of Office. Also libreoffice. https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-office-suite.htm#apache-open
 
Amy SF said:
I've got a Win 7 reinstallation disc from Dell that he said will save me about $100, but I'll end up losing Office 2003. He said I can get a newer version of Office, but it would cost me $100 a year, or I can get a free word processing program that's "like" Word but not Word.
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I am using Office 2000 on my Win 7 laptop. It works fine. There are free converters for .DOCX and the like.

I'd say try OpenOffice/LibreOffice. Or try AbiWord. **** Micro$oft.
 
Maybe this isn't exactly the right place for this post, but here goes.

I attended a meeting of the Metro Solid Waste Board on Thursday, April 10. The Solid Waste Board is sort of hooked in with the Public Works Department.

They had a slide show/Power Point presentation about some report they were considering. Between the slides was a projection of the operating system they were using: Windows XP Pro. (!) I'm told they were even joking about it. Allegedly, there was insufficient money in the budget to upgrade. One of the Board members stupidly stated that since XP was obsolete, hackers would not target XP systems, so they had nothing to worry about. (I kid you not.)
 
Indian Summer said:
Very cool. Do let us know how you get on with it. :)
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Well I had a few issues with it so downloaded again , still had issues , so googled what was going on , some guy or gal said to to scan your xp re spyware and defag (defrag) before you download and install . That seem to iron out the issues I was having

I think its a bit geeky , Ubuntu denies this , I notice some were even debating what the word "geeky' meant ...bit like vegans and the definition of the word vegan .

The video quality , for some reason, is far better than my XP gave it a 6 out of 10 , Ubuntu 8/9 out of 10 .

I am truly grateful to the Ubuntu community for their efforts in creating an open sourced system for others to use without massaging their egos and producing billion $ balance sheets .:)
 
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