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As long as we're foisting irrelevant facts: I cut my grass today.
Australians scrap Microsoft XP usage faster than US, UK users
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New #12
I gave up on XP last week having built my fourth and last Windows 7 computer.
Sure wish I could make a few bucks on my unneeded retail XP disks.
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New #13
Library Integration
The problem is caused by the Library integration.I use the vista version 2011 of wlpg it's pretty docile ?
No issues I'm aware of in performance with win-7 ?
Cheers.
Unlike WMC, there doesn't seem to be a way to control which folders WLPG tries to index.
I have > 1 TB of pictures and videos on my PC.
It's horrifying to watch WLPG trying to index that lot (especially since I only need it for a couple of thousand specific images/scans, in one folder).
Since XP doesn't have Libraries, it lets you choose which folders you want to index.
Since W8/8.1 are so despised, you probably could sell your XP discs.Last edited by lehnerus2000; 09 Feb 2014 at 01:31. Reason: Quote Added
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New #14
Hi there
I really can't see what all the fuss is about
If you want to run XP until the NEXT millennium (Y3k !!) no problem - just run it in a VM - vmplayer or Vbox are FREE.
These solutions now have decent 3-D and graphics support so 99% of typical legacy apps will run with no problems whatsoever.
I have some perfectly good hardware (some expensive stuff too) that will still only run on XP =its fine in a VM.
Just keep the VM isolated from the Internet and it's fine - no need to worry about lack of security fixes either if you keep the VM isolated from your network / internet.
W7 will actually run better on a lot of older gear than XP anyway and the overhead of the VM isn't that huge for legacy applications (usually).
It's a no-brainer.
Cheers
jimbo
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New #15
I haven't seem my grass since the last week in Decmeber. I think it is still there under all that record breaking snow we have. I still have 4 or 5 XP virtual machines (Home, Pro and 64 bit) and a 14 year old Gateway that attempts to run XP. The rest of our machines are on 7. Got the in laws new machine built running 7 last Autumn so no more real XP in the family.
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