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Re: XP-Replacement for Parents
On 28/03/2014 21:01, Paul Makepeace wrote: On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 2:55 AM, david wrote: Thread drifting for a moment, do folks have any recommendations for where to buy reasonably priced, legal Win 7 licenses ? I really should upgrade my compatability platform... The trick is to go for the "OEM" license. This is cheaper because you're opting not to hassle MS for support. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986 Paul You're also agreeing never to transfer it to another machine. I think machine is actually "motherboard", ie you can change other components, provided MS don't think you're trying to sneak a complete change through.
Re: XP-Replacement for Parents
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 2:55 AM, david wrote: > > Thread drifting for a moment, do folks have any recommendations for where to > buy reasonably priced, legal Win 7 licenses ? I really should upgrade my > compatability platform... The trick is to go for the "OEM" license. This is cheaper because you're opting not to hassle MS for support. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986 Paul
Re: XP-Replacement for Parents
On 27/03/14 17:01, Smylers wrote: Fred Youhanaie writes: On 27/03/14 11:48, Smylers wrote: • Ubuntu: The OS will install, but I don't know if Mum's scanner will work with it, and I'm pretty sure it won't work in the same way, where pressing a physical button on the scanner causes some HP application to open on the desktop with the scanned document. Why not try it with live CD, before going ahead with the installation. Oooh, does Ubuntu still fit on a CD? That's a good idea. Thanks. I doubt it, but you should be able to install any packages you want to try out temporarily during the live CD session. I think LibreOffice is usually included, but probably not the scanner software. Cheers f.
Re: XP-Replacement for Parents
Gordon Banner writes: > > I do not use Windows, but AFAIK XP->Win7 is an upgrade, not a wipe > > and re-install. > > From the back of the Win7 upgrade pack: > "If you are upgrading from XP, you will need to back up your files > and settings, perform a clean install and then reinstall your files, > settings and programs." Good to know. Thanks. > If your scanner doesn't have manufacturer drivers for newer Windows > versions, try VueScan. That, too. > +1 for the live-CD/USB test. You could actually give your parents a > chance to say "that's horrible/fantastic" before committing, as well > as testing scanner drivers. User-focus! Yeah, it seems like a good first approach. > Re the security fears: I think the logic is not so much that XP will > suddenly fall apart, but that whenever MS publish fixes for Vista or > 7, blackhats will look to see if the same holes exist unpatched in > XP. OK. Smylers -- http://twitter.com/Smylers2
Re: You make a lovely teddy bear
On 28 Mar 2014, at 12:18, Mallory van Achterberg wrote: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 04:37:35PM +, David Cantrell wrote: >> So I'd like to thank you all for being my teddy bear: >> http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/tpop/debugging.html >> > > I thought it was called "rubber duck", for some reason... Also: cardboard man. I used to keep a rubber duck on my desk for this purpose, and a former boss used to make a great cardboard man despite knowing nothing about programming (he was smart, just lacked programming knowledge). James
Re: XP-Replacement for Parents
James Laver writes: > On 27 Mar 2014, at 17:01, Smylers wrote: > > Ubuntu has built in VNC support. If you can walk your mother through > setting up reverse SSH tunnel*, you’d be able to do it for her, > remotely. > > James > > * Well, it’s only one command. You’d need a bounce box though. A good suggestion. Thanks. Smylers -- http://twitter.com/Smylers2
Re: XP-Replacement for Parents
Scan seem to have them in, though it doesn't look too cheap. http://www.scan.co.uk/shop/computer-hardware/all/software/645/676/677 On 28 March 2014 10:59, david wrote: > But the places I've looked in don't seem to have any stock (or I've had > concerns over legitimacy). I assume M$ has been restricting availabilty of 7 > to try and force Win 8 on people... > > > -- > Sent from some kind of mobile device... > > Original message > From Raphael Mankin > Date: 28/03/2014 10:17 (GMT+00:00) > To david ,"London.pm Perl M[ou]ngers" > > Subject Re: XP-Replacement for Parents > > On Fri, 2014-03-28 at 09:55 +, david wrote: >> Thread drifting for a moment, do folks have any recommendations for where to >> buy reasonably priced, legal Win 7 licenses ? I really should upgrade my >> compatability platform... >> >> Thanks >> > > >From your local, private computer shop, not PC WOrld, Dixons etc. Where > they have technically clueful people and you can talk to a real human > being. >
Re: You make a lovely teddy bear
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 04:37:35PM +, David Cantrell wrote: > So I'd like to thank you all for being my teddy bear: > http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/tpop/debugging.html > I thought it was called "rubber duck", for some reason...
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Re: XP-Replacement for Parents
But the places I've looked in don't seem to have any stock (or I've had concerns over legitimacy). I assume M$ has been restricting availabilty of 7 to try and force Win 8 on people... -- Sent from some kind of mobile device... Original message From Raphael Mankin Date: 28/03/2014 10:17 (GMT+00:00) To david ,"London.pm Perl M[ou]ngers" Subject Re: XP-Replacement for Parents On Fri, 2014-03-28 at 09:55 +, david wrote: > Thread drifting for a moment, do folks have any recommendations for where to > buy reasonably priced, legal Win 7 licenses ? I really should upgrade my > compatability platform... > > Thanks > >From your local, private computer shop, not PC WOrld, Dixons etc. Where they have technically clueful people and you can talk to a real human being.
Re: XP-Replacement for Parents
On Fri, 2014-03-28 at 09:55 +, david wrote: > Thread drifting for a moment, do folks have any recommendations for where to > buy reasonably priced, legal Win 7 licenses ? I really should upgrade my > compatability platform... > > Thanks > >From your local, private computer shop, not PC WOrld, Dixons etc. Where they have technically clueful people and you can talk to a real human being.
Re: XP-Replacement for Parents
On 27 Mar 2014, at 23:42, Wendy G.A. van Dijk wrote: > Scanners I never had luck with scanner support on Windows XP, always > stupid errors. This behaviour of idiots working on drivers at the scanner > manufacturers is continued for support in Ubuntu. It just sucks always. > Almost none of the extended options promised, ever work for me. Not back > than in XP, and not now in Ubuntu. I just have to scan my shit to a USB > stick, and copy the files to my computer later. Universal law of > conservation of suckdom. (slightly OT…) Scanners and printers are the source of most of my historical frustrations with computers. I’ve finally achieved hardware peripheral nirvana by buying a Scansnap S220m (sheet-fed) and a cheap lexmark laser and plugging them into my mac, whereupon scanning becomes “launch scansnap software, hit button on front of scanner” and printing just works. Before this, I more or less gave up because I’ve never had much luck. The part where software has to touch the real world is where it all goes wrong. James
Re: XP-Replacement for Parents
Thread drifting for a moment, do folks have any recommendations for where to buy reasonably priced, legal Win 7 licenses ? I really should upgrade my compatability platform... Thanks -- Sent from some kind of mobile device... Original message From David Cantrell Date: 27/03/2014 23:59 (GMT+00:00) To london.pm@london.pm.org Subject Re: XP-Replacement for Parents On 27/03/2014 17:34, Smylers wrote: > David Cantrell writes: >> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 03:21:02PM +, Smylers wrote: >>> Note my concerns weren't about the OS's user interface, but scanner >>> support and a couple of decades' worth of WordPerfect documents. >> Assuming that Ubuntu supports the scanner, WordPerfect could run >> inside a WinXP VM. > Does that avoid the security problems with running XP directly? Sort of. If the XP VM is isolated from the interweb - so never runs a browser, never runs a mail client - that'll cut out the vast majority of the risk. Of course, the user can still sneak things into it manually (infected files for example) or if you've got USB pass-through enabled (useful for the scanner!) there's a risk of auto-running nonsense on Flash drives. I think the auto-run idiocy can be turned off though. I'd still install some antivirus thingy just to be on the safe side - paranoid, but can't do any harm. I believe AVG is the freebie of choice. Counter-intuitively, once support stops, you should actively turn off any OS updates, just in case some naughty person manages to do something like hijack the DNS and serve malware to the millions of XP machines that will still be out there. > Also, would the XP that came with the laptop work in a VM? No idea. -- David Cantrell | Nth greatest programmer in the world THIS IS THE LANGUAGE POLICE PUT DOWN YOUR THESAURUS STEP AWAY FROM THE CLICHE
