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    I have a Dell Optiplex PC with a legal copy of Windows XP. But the Dell hardware seems to be failing. The problem is that the XP distribution CD I …
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    Created Can a Dell Windows XP disk be used on an HP?

    I have a Dell Optiplex PC with a legal copy of Windows XP. But the Dell hardware seems to be failing. The problem is that the XP distribution CD I …
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    Replied To a Post in Pirated Window XP

    It should be legal, to punish Microsoft for discontinuing it. I believe the copyright should end as soon as the product is no longer manufactured.
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    Replied To a Post in XP boot repeats no keyboard control

    Let's say it DID start normally with the PS2 keyboard. I shut it off because I had something else I had to do for about an hour. When I got …
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    Replied To a Post in XP boot repeats no keyboard control

    It does start correctly with the PS2 keyboard. The BIOS and Windows start normally, and I have instant keyboard control on the USB keyboard through the HVM. But now the …
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    Replied To a Post in XP boot repeats no keyboard control

    This is getting wackier and wackier: I noticed that the HVM is a Trendnet device, not a Trenonet (as posted earlier). The D looks like an O. I have an …
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    My computer stopped booting normally 3 days ago. Here are the particulars: - The computer is a Dell Optiplex 840 with 1 MB RAN and 40 GB hard drive. - …
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    Replied To a Post in XP boot repeats no keyboard control

    Replacing the keyboard did not cure it. It does exactly the same thing with a new keyboard.
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    My computer stopped booting normally 3 days ago. Here are the particulars: - The computer is a Dell Optiplex 840 with 1 MB RAN and 40 GB hard drive. - …
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    Replied To a Post in Why does Windows XP refuse to die?

    Microsoft just announced that support for Windows 7 will be discontinued next year. Everyone I know hates Windows 8. It is very hard to use, because it gets in the …
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    It is fixed for one display size. Computers with other monitor resolutions may not display it properly. Everyone kept telling us to make table-less columns. I researched why. It is …
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    Replied To a Post in Why does Windows XP refuse to die?

    I was just thinking how much of the work I did in my lifetime no longer exists, or exists in an unusuable form, thanks to Microsoft. I have been a …
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    Replied To a Post in Why does Windows XP refuse to die?

    > Do you think you can still get parts to repair your old 8-track cassette deck? Or any cassette deck? If I bought an 8-track tape and no newer verion …
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    Replied To a Post in Why does Windows XP refuse to die?

    The problem is that Microsoft wants all of the upgrade revenue, exspecially by forcing governments to pay for new versions all of the time. It's greed. At least Microsoft released …
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    Replied To a Post in Why does Windows XP refuse to die?

    "but yea, MS redid the kernal entirely with Vista, and forwarded the improved upon failures to 7 with a new shell." This means that any real-time software (software that controls …
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    Replied To a Post in Why does Windows XP refuse to die?

    Why is the Edit Post icon taking me to the top of the page instead of editing the post?
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    Replied To a Post in Why does Windows XP refuse to die?

    Note that changing to a different operating system (e.g. linux) changes the system timing to the point where the real-time software either does not work at all, or gives the …
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    Replied To a Post in Why does Windows XP refuse to die?

    I am "hanging on" because of the enormous expense to replace the hardware and software of my real-time system and the loss of my current data if I change. Replacing …
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    Replied To a Post in Why does Windows XP refuse to die?

    It SHOULD be legal to copy discontinued software, since the copyright holder is being a dog in a manger for discontinuing it. The law sho0uld be changed to require this, …
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    Replied To a Post in Microsoft's New Motives

    Microsoft's main motive seems to be to take away what you already have, and force you to buy something different and relearn everything.
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    Replied To a Post in Microsoft SkyDrive is dead and the hard of thinking killed it

    This is the problem with intellectual property. Too many judges favor the owners of intellectual property over others who come up with similar products or names. This is giving too …
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    Created I don't need a Rolex - real or fake.

    I don't need a Rolex - real or fake. A Rolodex would be much more useful to me. Yet the one kind of spam my spam filters never remove is …

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