Hi :) There will be a lot of pranks and malware aimed at Xp users offering them free upgrades and what-not. Apparently it has already started. Just ignore them all.
Wrt "MS Security Essentials" best bet is to install AVG (apparently best of the free anti-viruses (but according to who, right?)) or one of the many other choices and after updating it and scanning your machine then uninstall MS Essentials. I just did this on the office machines last night. As far as your Xp machine goes i would install a dual-boot there now too and just try to avoid using Xp as much as posible on it. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS has 3 years worth of support remaining and was released 2 years ago in 2012. The 14.04 LTS was released a couple of days ago so it has only just started it's 5 years worth of support. The 16.04 is due out in 2016. So, on your 12.04 you should get a notification letting you know you can upgrade. When/if you decline then you wont see it again for maybe a month, when they release their first "Service Pack". Generally i would go with Garvin's usual advice and hold off on upgrading for a while. I have just tried it on a couple of machines and it seems kinda fine but i'm going to let them settle for a while before rolling it out to all the rest. Regards from Tom :) On 23 April 2014 13:42, Jay Lozier <jsloz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 04/23/2014 07:57 AM, Virgil Arrington wrote: > >> It's no secret that LO users tend to dislike M$. While I love LO, I've >> tended to give M$ perhaps more benefit of the doubt than they deserve. I >> still use Windows 7 on my laptop, although after many fits and starts, I >> have finally succeeded in getting a true dual boot Ubuntu setup. I'm using >> Ubuntu as much as I can to see just how much (or little) I still need >> Windows. >> >> But, last evening, M$ threw me a curveball that I found utterly >> unacceptable. In addition to my laptop, I have a slightly older desktop >> that runs Windows XP. In the last few says, the XP machine has been acting >> *very* strangely. I've run RKill and virus scans, which have come up empty. >> Then, I noticed a GREAT BIG RED "X" on my Security Essentials icon. I >> clicked on it to read M$'s message: The OS is no longer supported (which I >> knew) and, therefore, Microsoft Security Essentials will no longer work >> properly (which I did not know). Ergo, my computer is now considered "at >> risk." M$ was kind enough to provide a link to "End of Support Guidance." >> >> To play along, I clicked the link and was taken to a M$ website. The >> website suggested that I upgrade to Windows 8.1 at a cost of between $120 >> and $200 (personal vs. pro). But, it warned me that if my PC were too old, >> then 8.1 wouldn't work. So, my other option? M$ suggests I buy a new PC. >> The gall; buy a new PC because M$ chooses to no longer support the OS? No >> thanks. They were also kind enough to provide a link where I could check to >> see if my PC would run 8.1. Since I have no intention of purchasing 8.1, I >> declined their offer to have my PC checked. >> >> Of course, I have another option. Now that I'm growing more and more >> comfortable with Ubuntu, I'll just install it on my desktop. While I still >> have Windows 7 on my dual boot, I may go whole hog with the desktop and >> completely blow off Windows... since M$ doesn't consider it worth their >> time to support it anyway. >> >> Now, I realize that the day will come when my Ubuntu 12.04LTS will no >> longer be supported. But, there are a couple differences. First, Ubuntu >> clearly states on its website when 12.04 support will expire, so I know >> going in what I'm getting into. M$ gave me no such warning when I purchased >> my XP machine years ago. Second, when 12.04LTS support goes by the wayside, >> Ubuntu will have another *free* alternative available; and even if they >> don't, there's always Debian, Mint, Mint Debian, OpenSuse, Puppy, >> Slackware, Fedora, Puppy, Slax, and on and on. >> >> Sorry M$ (and Urmas). While I have tried to avoid the M$ rage I've read >> on this and other lists, your latest consumer disrespect has thrown me over >> to the dark side. >> >> Give me penguins. >> >> Virgil >> >> +1 > > >> >> >> >> >> On 04/22/2014 02:43 PM, Tom Davies wrote: >> >>> Hi :) >>> Not quite. It may have changed the name of the formats it uses twice but >>> OOXML (the .docX etc) has at least 4 different versions including 3 >>> different "transitional" versions and all are apparently quite different >>> from the version they managed to get accredited as an ISO format. >>> >>> The older format (.doc etc) also seem to vary considerably between each >>> different version of MS Office. >>> >>> MS Office 2010 or 2013 often has problems opening documents created in MS >>> Office 2007. >>> Regards from >>> Tom :) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 22 April 2014 19:06, Urmas <davian...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> "anne-ology" MSFT has been/is making their system(s) incompatible >>>> with others in >>>> >>>> order to reap a higher profit-margin ;-( >>>> >>>> For the last 23 years Microsoft Office has changed its format TWICE. >>>> Meanwhile, Libreoffice cannot open its own documents from 2001. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >>>> Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to- >>>> unsubscribe/ >>>> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ >>>> Netiquette >>>> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >>>> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >>>> deleted >>>> >>>> >> >> > -- > Jay Lozier > jsloz...@gmail.com > > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to- > unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
