Situation is I have a client that just purchased some old POS equipment on the cheep. He gives them to me to set up. Unfortunately he bought several XP machines and the POS program only works on Win 7 and up. I have upgraded one of the computers to Win 7 and the POS program works fine...
If I use my XP_SP3 disk to create a new virtual machine in VBox, is it possible to bring it up to date (i.e. to the 2014 end-of-support updates). Is there a list somewhere of XP-applicable KBs?
Microsoft releases additional updates for older platforms to protect against potential nation-state activity
Today, as part of our regular Update Tuesday schedule, we have taken action to provide additional critical security updates to address vulnerabilities that are at heightened risk of...
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I want to play lol but my fps is very low in windows 7. Concretely it is alway lowering than 45 fps and drop down <20 fps when i'm in combat.
I know that intel g31 have higher memory graphics in windows xp, 384mb. While in windows 7 it is 256mb.
But i wonder that could it will faster, higer...
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You may have already seen two previous threads from me about attempting to move a program from a Vista machine to an XP machine. I have now finally managed to get all the DLLs sorted out. The Ordinal 344 error was because I accidentally copied the wrong version of a DLL over...
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Hi Everyone
I have just moved a program from a Windows Vista machine to a Windows XP machine and as a result I am getting the following error:
"The ordinal 344 could not be located in the dynamic link library comctl32.dll"
Does anyone know of a hack using a hex editor for sorting out this...
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We use various OS such as Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 in our office. In the beginning there's no networking problem, Windows XP can access to higher Windows, and Windows 7/8 can access Windows XP. Everything's fine until installing windows update MS17-010 on last Monday for...
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I have an old Windows XP computer that has been getting updates regularly, so I am not worried about it being hacked. But after reinstalling XP, it can only access the Internet via a wireless adapter, not via an ethernet connection. And when I plug the ethernet cable into the computer, there is...
As of recently, there was a widespread ransomware worm attack on computers worldwide due to an exploit in windows servers (im not going to go in depth) and basically the best protection now is to install the latest update from windows that fixes that exploit to prevent attacks. I have...
If you haven't run the WU unit or been visiting the moon recently then these updates will help with the current nasties out there in the ether..
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Microsoft solution available to protect additional products
Today many of our customers around the world and the critical systems they depend on were victims of malicious “WannaCrypt” software. Seeing businesses and individuals affected by cyberattacks, such as the ones reported today, was...
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The security updates for Vista are also for Windows Server 2008. Windows Server 2008 will continue to get those updates until 2020 (edit: this is incorrect as Neemobeer points out below).
You can make a simple registry change in Windows XP so that windows updates thinks it is Windows POS Ready...
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Hello
I bought a second-hand Asus EeePC 1001PXD which sports an Atom N455 processor and 2GB RAM.
While Linux had multiple issues, XP worked right away.
However, as XP is no longer supported, I was wondering how Windows 7 would run on that hardware, either Home or Ultimate.
Thank you.
If I want to create a Windows Credential entry to allow automatic access to another machine on my local network (XP and W2K machines), it requires me to enter the target's IP address (as well as username/password). This is all well and good so long as I assign static addresses to those machines...
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So, I decided to downgrade from Windows 7 to XP Pro on my Acer Aspire 5736Z-4460 because it'd freeze up constantly while I was using it. XP doesn't have that problem. But when I switched to XP, I had to look for the wireless / Wi-Fi drivers for it. I tried every driver I could find and they'd...
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This is not a Piracy issue.
We use a Legacy software a 16 years old database that is no longer available and not made by MS, on Win XP
We use an 'add-on' with the database that was $20 sadly the developer of the 'add-on' has passed away about 4 years ago and the business no longer exists...
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I have an xp machine with a new install on a 1T drive.
Now I think I should have had a system partition so's I have the option of reformatting and installing another OS on there - without destroying all my data.
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*I am not sure if this is the right spot for this*
Hello. I have a laptop with an SSD and a hard drive. I already have windows 10 installed on the ssd and I want windows XP on there as well.
First of all, how much space does windows XP need? I have about 100gb of space on the ssd for XP. Is...
I have win10, win7 and winXP on our home LAN.
I have XP because I have a printer that needs XP: no drivers available for any other brand of Windows: a Laserjet 3150. So the printer hangs off that PC as a local printer.
Now I think if I want to access it across the network from these other...
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