Windows XP No IE9 For You!!!!

Coco15 · Mar 26, 2010

Earlier this month a repesentive for microsoft has said that IE9 either beta and the final release will not run on Windows XP. They have said IE9 needs to be modern and therefore needs a modern Operating System (Note IE9 requires Vista SP2 or later). So whats XP users going to do? This is the same as WMP12 M$ won't set WMP12 to run on XP. So XP user's are going to be stuck with IE8 and WPM11 Microsoft are now saying they might drop Windows Defender for XP.

z3r010 · Mar 26, 2010

Well they could stop living in the past and update their obsolete OS.

Coco15 · Mar 26, 2010

How Old is M$ Windows XP there's been only two other OS's after XP. 7 in 2009, Vista in 2007 and XP in 2005. XP is not all that old.

z3r010 · Mar 26, 2010

It's a 10 year old OS and in computer terms is ancient, Windows ME is only a little bit older so do you think MS should still be supporting that?

Coco15 · Mar 26, 2010

Windows ME was junk it wasn't supported for very long because it had flaws and was only a temp OS before XP. It's 2010 and XP came out in 2005 It's only 5 years old. That's why many people have it.

we have XP on windows 7 computers today because of the VM stuff, so it's still used

z3r010 · Mar 26, 2010

Sorry but you are wrong Windows XP was retailed October 25, 2001 and if you include the beta phase "Whistler" then it's 10 years old.

Coco15 · Mar 26, 2010

Sorry but Microsoft releases OS's every 3 years going backwards. Windows 7 in 2009, Windows vista in 2007 and Windows XP in 2005 Longhorn in 2003 and wistler in 2001 or Wistler in 2001, Longhorn in 2003 Windows XP in 2005 Windows Vista 2007 and Windows 7 in 2009

Airbot · Mar 26, 2010

umm, XP was in 2001. You're wrong.

z3r010 · Mar 26, 2010

Oh dear, just where shall I start.

Longhorn was the beta code name for Vista

Whistler was the beta codename for XP

I suggest you do a little reading up -

Windows XP - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista

Coco15 · Mar 26, 2010

Umm Here We are.

Windows longhorn was an OS after Windows XP to be released in 2003. But after virus attacks in XP/2000 Micrsoft changed their plans and put Longhorn on hold. and created service packs and bug fixes for XP/2000. In 2005 Microsoft restarted Longhorn project and was renamed Windows Vista in 2006 and the Codename for vista is longhorn. thats what happened there. so there was a gap between 2001 and 2007 when Vista was released.

Now I understand what's happened.

2001 - Windows XP
2007 - Windows Vista
2009 - Windows 7

z3r010 · Mar 26, 2010

So now you understand just how old an OS XP is

Technology has moved on massively since the days of XP (recommended spec 300MHz CPU 128MB Ram) and technology moves on - would you even consider using a PC of the spec that XP was built for? No, then why use the obsolete OS.

Coco15 · Mar 26, 2010

We have 3 Computers with Windows XP, 1 with Windows Vista and 2 with Windows 7. Windows XP is not all that old though. Only 10 years!!!! Windows 2000 is unsupported this year. Windows XP is unsupported in 2014. Compare Windows XP to Windows 2000. Windows 2000 is based on Windows 95. That's means Windows 2000 is old but window XP was the beginning and started the foundations of what we have now.

z3r010 · Mar 26, 2010

No, Windows 2000 is based on Windows NT and not the 9x kernel

Windows XP is based on Windows 2000.

XP is way past it's sell by date, when XP was released we had no USB2, SATA, PCI-e. In those days machines were not connected to the Internet 24/7 and the fastest Internet connection was 56k.

In computing terms it's ancient and should just be left to die quietly while the rest of us move an and embrace the power of our new systems without being held back with legacy support.

Coco15 · Mar 26, 2010

We still can get Windows XP. But I found XP was a good OS. It did support Bluetooth and USB 2.0 and broadband in SP2. I Don't like Vista but am liking Windows 7. Why whats wrong with people using XP an 10 year old OS. Does it's job done what is designed to do. Not always new means the best.

MadMaxData · Mar 26, 2010

Coco15 said:
This is the same as WMP12 M$ won't set WMP12 to run on XP.

That's not correct. I ran Windows Media Player 12 flawlessly on XP-Pro SP3. I don't know where you got that info from, but it's not accurate.

It's too bad that support for XP is not going to be provided any longer. That's one helluva' operating system! Even now, it still is. I loved XP, and still do. But I am indeed running Windows 7 Ultimate now.

z3r010 · Mar 26, 2010

The point is, it is very old and needs to die. If MS keep giving it new stuff then people wont upgrade and new OS's and technology are handicapped by having to provide legacy support for an OS that was designed for a different era.

Coco15 · Mar 26, 2010

MadMaxData said:
Coco15 said:

This is the same as WMP12 M$ won't set WMP12 to run on XP.

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That's not correct. I ran Windows Media Player 12 flawlessly on XP-Pro SP3. I don't know where you got that info from, but it's not accurate.

Sorry You are wrong. You must have hacked/Cracked it to make it work (Note I Don't support this!). I can't get it to work, freinds can't get it to work, and customers can't get it to work. I have installed it so many times and comes up "ERROR 13251252 Cannot Install WMP12 On This Version Of Windows. To Install You Require Windows Vista SP1 Or Later"

MadMaxData · Mar 26, 2010

Coco15 said:
You must have hacked/Cracked it to make it work (Note I Don't support this!). I can't get it to work, freinds can't get it to work, and customers can't get it to work. I have installed it so many times and comes up "ERROR 13251252 Cannot Install WMP12 On This Version Of Windows. To Install You Require Windows Vista SP1 Or Later"

Come to think of it, I did run WMP-11 on XP-Pro. Sorry, I made a mistake.

Coco15 · Mar 26, 2010

z3r010 said:
The point is, it is very old and needs to die. If MS keep giving it new stuff then people wont upgrade and new OS's and technology are handicapped by having to provide legacy support for an OS that was designed for a different era.

People ain't going to give up XP very easily!!!! No one want's Vista or Like it and if any one does they must be crazy!!!! Vista should die not XP. OMG Vista was rubbish like it's twin (Windows ME).

Coco15 · Mar 26, 2010

MadMaxData said:
Coco15 said:

You must have hacked/Cracked it to make it work (Note I Don't support this!). I can't get it to work, freinds can't get it to work, and customers can't get it to work. I have installed it so many times and comes up "ERROR 13251252 Cannot Install WMP12 On This Version Of Windows. To Install You Require Windows Vista SP1 Or Later"

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Sorry, but your dead wrong. WMP-12 is supported in XP-Pro SP3. You must have something wrong if your not able to install it, and run it.

And please don't accuse me of hacking, okay?

Did you get It of UTorrent or another Torrent site??

And there's two types of hacking!!!!

Good and Bad, Good hacking is adjusting code to make it work for personal use and bad hacking is trying to steal info or adjust code and give away or selling. and wasn't accusing you of hacking anyway. I say no more about this topic.

Windows XP No IE9 For You!!!!

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