Re: [Elecraft] OT - End of the line for XP

2008-04-11 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
DW Holtman wrote: I have another off topic question about Windows XP. I have a legal copy on a generic computer that I bought sometime ago. It came with the CD and the sticker on the outside with the serial number. Can I load this If it has stickers on the computer, the answer is probably no

RE: [Elecraft] OT - End of the line for XP

2008-04-10 Thread AD7BZ
Such strong language! I am an IT professional who has been using and supporting Vista since its introduction. I found it to be a little disconcerting at first merely because it's different than XP, but I find it to be neither worse nor better than the many XP boxes I use and support. I have le

Re: [Elecraft] OT - End of the line for XP

2008-04-10 Thread J. W. (Dub) Thornton
At 12:22 PM 4/9/2008, you wrote: Unless the policy has changed, and I seriously doubt it, Microsoft allows you to install XP on three different CPUs. When and if you try to load it on a forth, the activation process will fail and tell you to call customer service. I had a motherboard fail an

Re: [Elecraft] OT - End of the line for XP

2008-04-10 Thread R. Kevin Stover
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I also work for a VERY BIG bank here in Iowa. Between the Bank, Finance, and Mortgage sides of the house we have better than 100K computers, desktops and laptops. All running XP Pro. It will be YEARS before we give Wishta a serious sniff. They may no

Re: [Elecraft] OT - End of the line for XP

2008-04-09 Thread Jan Erik Holm
CanĀ“t you move this XP crap to some other list, after all this list is called Elecraft. Tnx! /SM2EKM -- Darwin, Keith wrote: I too heard XP is going to end soon. I got to use a Windows Vista machine here at work the last few days. ___

RE: [Elecraft] OT - End of the line for XP

2008-04-09 Thread Darwin, Keith
I too heard XP is going to end soon. I got to use a Windows Vista machine here at work the last few days. Vista is terrible. I hate the UI. It is slow to start, very slow to shut down. Every piece of the OS I bumbled into was worse than the corresponding piece in XP. Well, the Task Manager wa

Re: [Elecraft] OT - End of the line for XP

2008-04-09 Thread David Wilburn
ssage- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Foster Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 12:22 PM To: DW Holtman; Ron D'Eau Claire; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT - End of the line for XP Unless the policy has changed, and I seriously doubt it,

RE: [Elecraft] OT - End of the line for XP

2008-04-09 Thread Nelson Moyer
; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT - End of the line for XP Unless the policy has changed, and I seriously doubt it, Microsoft allows you to install XP on three different CPUs. When and if you try to load it on a forth, the activation process will fail and tell you to call customer serv

Re: [Elecraft] OT - End of the line for XP

2008-04-09 Thread Ron Foster
oft. I paid for and own this copy of XP, but can I move it? Best, DW Holtman WB7SSN - Original Message - From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" To: Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 9:02 AM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] OT - End of the line for XP -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [Elecraft] OT - End of the line for XP

2008-04-09 Thread Joe Stofko
able future! 73, Joe -Original Message- From: Jack Brindle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 11:05 AM To: Joe Stofko Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT - End of the line for XP Direct from Microsoft (do a search there on Windows XP EOL). The

Re: [Elecraft] OT - End of the line for XP

2008-04-09 Thread DW Holtman
heard horror stories about registering with Microsoft. I paid for and own this copy of XP, but can I move it? Best, DW Holtman WB7SSN - Original Message - From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 9:02 AM Subject: RE: [Elec

Re: [Elecraft] OT - End of the line for XP

2008-04-09 Thread Jack Brindle
Direct from Microsoft (do a search there on Windows XP EOL). The EOL date for OEM's (those shipping XP on computers) is January 31, 2009. It will probably be extended beyond that. XP will be around and supported for quite some time to come. On Apr 9, 2008, at 7:26 AM, Joe Stofko wrote: W

RE: [Elecraft] OT - End of the line for XP

2008-04-09 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Ferrington, M0XDF I work in a VERY big bank - we have over 80,000 desktops and we use XP - at some point we will have to move on to Vista but it will be some years I recon -- --

Re: [Elecraft] OT - End of the line for XP

2008-04-09 Thread Mark Bayern
Hang in there -- if you have to do MS stuff don't drop XP until we see what Windows 7 looks like. Mark ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc

Re: [Elecraft] OT - End of the line for XP

2008-04-09 Thread David Ferrington, M0XDF
I work in a VERY big bank - we have over 80,000 desktops and we use XP - at some point we will have to move on to Vista but it will be some years I recon -- It came to me that reform should begin at home, and since that day I have not had time to remake the world. -Will Durant, historian (1