Windows XP: Kill it, bin it, upgrade it

Prisoner said:

The only reason why I stick with XP is because I don't have the money to upgrade my desktop (or fix my laptop, which was running 7) to the proper performance specs to run it... so until I get better hardware, I am stuck with XP.

Prisoner :) The point the article is trying to make, is about those people who buy a new PC and then Put XP on it because "Windows 7 is Vista sp3 and therefore s*it"

Obviously not everyone can afford to upgrade, but DOWNGRADING is just ridiculous IMO

Thats a TERRIBLE example! The loss of one custom sound overrides better memory management, improved security, better hardware support, 64 bit etc? You are welcome to XP my friend.

DrWho said:

I hate 7!

After searching the web and consulting some geekier friends of mine, I finally found a fix to your issue:

• Save that melody you can not live without to an MP3 player
• When booting to Seven, put earphones on your head and connect them to that MP3 player
• Turn volume on MP3 player to maximum
• Turn your computer on using left index finger
• Push Play in MP3 player with right indexfinger

(notice that you can also use thumbs in steps 4 & 5)

Seriously, what do you think it tells about you that you refuse to migrate to Seven because you can not hear a few seconds long melody once, twice a day? Why do you have computer?

Kari

severedsolo said:

Prisoner said:

The only reason why I stick with XP is because I don't have the money to upgrade my desktop (or fix my laptop, which was running 7) to the proper performance specs to run it... so until I get better hardware, I am stuck with XP.

Prisoner :) The point the article is trying to make, is about those people who buy a new PC and then Put XP on it because "Windows 7 is Vista sp3 and therefore s*it"

Obviously not everyone can afford to upgrade, but DOWNGRADING is just ridiculous IMO

True, but I've had many friends downgrade their systems for performance reasons. And I can see the difference.

I did misunderstand the gist of the topic at first (I'm tired. Haha) but it still applies somewhat.

DrWho said:

I hate 7!

A good example of why is this:
I've had a Startup sound file that I've used for the past ten years on every PC I've had.
Today, I downloaded hacker programs, jumped through hoops, pulled my hair and screamed at my computer, all to just set the Startup sound in 7 to my old favorite wav file. I probably wasted two hours in the endeavor. That's BS!!!!!!!

Why on earth would some over paid programmer lock that sound file inside a .dll file?
Absurd! Ridiculous! Asinine! And just plain disgusting!

I'm just tickled silly, that I don't have to use Windows 7. I have it on a second HD for testing purposes only. XP remains my main OS and will till I die. If MS doesn't want to support it......GOOD! I don need no stinkin' MS support!

Doc

I, too, have a favorite WAV file I have used for startup since Win 98. Yes, I am disappointed that I could not substitute it. However, in light of the increased security and how well Win 7 runs, that is a very small disappointment. I certainly would not go back to XP just to hear the sound of my diesel truck starting up and running. That would be totally stupid on my part.

Tell me, how is pinning any different to Quick Launch? the only difference is they spread across your taskbar.

However, once launched, they still take up the same amount of room on the Taskbar, using Quick Launch they take up double the space, as it makes a new Icon when you launch it