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windows xp = shite!!

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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so there i was, quite content with windows 98, when my dad decides to get xp to "keep up with modern technology" and all that.

well "modern technology" is pish!! honestly, i had no probs with 98, but in the 2 weeks since installing xo, my computer has went arse-over-tit in just about every way. we even had to take it back to the shop to get it re-fangled.

i cant play my mp3's. its randomly saving things into other user acounts...just generally being shite.

has anyone else encountered this, or is xp just generally shit?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I can't say that I've encountered that.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Windows XP comes with Windows Media Player which will play any MP3 you throw at it. Also, it can not save into other user accounts and the operating system prevents such actions.

    Windows XP is the best operating system to come out of Microsoft. I hated it at first but it does grow on you. Plus it doesn't crash five times a day like "good ol' '98"
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by ben.s
    Windows XP comes with Windows Media Player which will play any MP3 you throw at it. Also, it can not save into other user accounts and the operating system prevents such actions.

    Windows XP is the best operating system to come out of Microsoft. I hated it at first but it does grow on you. Plus it doesn't crash five times a day like "good ol' '98"

    I agree with you there. I cringe when I see Windows 98 now.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by ben.s
    Windows XP comes with Windows Media Player which will play any MP3 you throw at it. Also, it can not save into other user accounts and the operating system prevents such actions.

    Windows Media Player is for nubs though ;[ XP comes with Paint and Internet Explorer too, but there's still roughly 98234828487134879870 better programs for doing the job :razz:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Re: windows xp = shite!!
    Originally posted by paperdoll
    so there i was, quite content with windows 98, when my dad decides to get xp to "keep up with modern technology" and all that.

    well "modern technology" is pish!! honestly, i had no probs with 98, but in the 2 weeks since installing xo, my computer has went arse-over-tit in just about every way. we even had to take it back to the shop to get it re-fangled.

    i cant play my mp3's. its randomly saving things into other user acounts...just generally being shite.

    has anyone else encountered this, or is xp just generally shit?

    Windows XP is highly unlikely to do any of this on its own.

    if it is doing things like this then chances are its because of what someones done to it, i.e their actions on the PC.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by BritJames
    Hate to say it, but a thread where people support Microsoft made me smile

    It makes a change like.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    you can get a free trial version of XPLite which will remove a few unneeded features from WindowsXP, which helps speed it up a bit.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by BritJames
    Hate to say it, but a thread where people support Microsoft made me smile

    Linux is my primary operating system - I avoid Windows whenever possible :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by ben.s
    Linux is my primary operating system - I avoid Windows whenever possible :p

    not a big game player then? :(
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I tried XP 4 times and didn't get into it. Mind you though, I didn't have any of the problems described by Paperdoll. XP has the general feeling of slowness even on a 2800 MHz system due to its massive footprint over the previous versions of Windows. Also I got very used to customising W95 and 98 and found that a lot of my desktop architect work didn't make the changes correctly in WXP. What I'll probably eventually do is take the plunge with XP and install Window Blinds over it. Or just go Linux.

    Or hopefully the Symbian software on mobile phones will also take control on desktop computers.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Monserrat

    Or hopefully the Symbian software on mobile phones will also take control on desktop computers.

    And you think XP is slow?

    gahhh.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I'm not a fan of Windows but use it because everything is brought out on windows, well everything i need,

    Atm i use Me but Want to upgrade to XP, just need to get more power in my pc lol
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    People bang on about Windows being so crap but they will never change their O/S so they might as well stop moaning unless you change to Linux or OSx.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by noog
    not a big game player then? :(

    Games are the only reason I keep Windows. And Linux runs UT2004 brilliantly :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    XP has always been good for me. Never done anything like that, it sound slike a PC problem not an XP problem.

    I keep meaning to try Linux, but I can never ever be arsed.
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    XP better than 98?? Are you kidding me? It was months before I first had a serious problem with 98. It's only been a week with XP and, had I not paid 871 euros for this machine, I'd have thrown it off the balcony.
    I hope I can get Fedora to work soon...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Fedora? pfftt.

    Actually ive been thinking about switching my main pc over to linux for a long time, theres not much stopping me from doing it, apart from mirc really but i could run that on wine with no problems.

    ive already got a server that runs debian linux, but im not sure if i want to take the plunge to running linux for a desktop pc or not.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Zalbor
    XP better than 98?? Are you kidding me? It was months before I first had a serious problem with 98. It's only been a week with XP and, had I not paid 871 euros for this machine, I'd have thrown it off the balcony.
    I hope I can get Fedora to work soon...

    2000 and XP are both years better than 98. The stability is much better under XP and 2000, as is other stuff.
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    Originally posted by Mist
    2000 and XP are both years better than 98. The stability is much better under XP and 2000, as is other stuff.
    Well, at least in 98 I never got a message that there's no free space in my hard drive when it's 120GB with nothing but Windows installed.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    well i have a 30gig hdd on the laptop and have never had a lack of disc space problem, even with all sorts of bloated windows things on
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Zalbor
    Well, at least in 98 I never got a message that there's no free space in my hard drive when it's 120GB with nothing but Windows installed.

    ???

    Windows XP on here is ~ 2 Gig. And that's a factory install, so it's not even been cut down.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by bacon
    buy a mac you cheap skates.

    you get what you pay for.

    http://ccx.elixant.com/mac%5b1%5d.swf
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by bacon
    buy a mac you cheap skates.

    you get what you pay for.

    Unfortunately with a Mac you pay for something pretty useless.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Re: windows xp = shite!!
    Originally posted by paperdoll
    so there i was, quite content with windows 98, when my dad decides to get xp to "keep up with modern technology" and all that.

    well "modern technology" is pish!! honestly, i had no probs with 98, but in the 2 weeks since installing xo, my computer has went arse-over-tit in just about every way. we even had to take it back to the shop to get it re-fangled.

    i cant play my mp3's. its randomly saving things into other user acounts...just generally being shite.

    has anyone else encountered this, or is xp just generally shit?
    xp is brill. my pc has never been so stable.
    are you sure your comps big enough to handle it?
    to be honest ...if you have to send your comp to a shop for an os probblem ...then it's obvious it's your fault ...not windows.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by bacon
    buy a mac you cheap skates.

    you get what you pay for.
    mac = utter fucking snobbish crap!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by bacon

    you get what you pay for.

    Yeah, a glorified paper weight ;[
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Kiezo
    Yeah, a glorified paper weight ;[

    or a fucking BOAT ANCHOR!
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    Originally posted by Mist
    ???

    Windows XP on here is ~ 2 Gig. And that's a factory install, so it's not even been cut down.
    I know. That's why I complained about it. And do you know why that was? I had 3 partitions, one of which unformatted. Formatting that one solved it, but the problem should have never been.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Zalbor
    I know. That's why I complained about it. And do you know why that was? I had 3 partitions, one of which unformatted. Formatting that one solved it, but the problem should have never been.

    Not sure that you can blame XP for that though ;)
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    Originally posted by Mist
    Not sure that you can blame XP for that though ;)
    Maybe then I can blame it for having so many holes that I get attacked by viruses every 15 minutes (which my AV luckily deletes) or for using my modem without my permission to send info to MS?
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