Tag: WINXP

So you're thinking, "Hey, I want to be totally irresponsible with my computer and load it up with crapware!" Really, isn't everyone getting tired of having to be so stinking responsible on the Internet all the time? We certainly are. We're ready for system protection that isn't afraid of our reckless browsing, indiscriminate downloading, and general apathy towards good computer usage habits. ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/software/Installing_Windows_XP_Pro_on_8MHz_PC_with_20MB_RAM'; Sure, you can install Linux on pretty much anything with a chip these days, but what about Windows XP? The official minimum requirements for an installation are a 233MHz processor and 64MB or RAM, but for some those are just guidelines. Over at winhistory.de, a couple of enterprising users with way too ...

January 2008... that's 14 months away, and it's the soonest, says Microsoft, that we can expect Service Pack 3 for Windows. Redmond has pushed back the Big Patch to the first half of '08, which means, some analysts say, we may never see it at all. They remember how Microsoft totally dropped SP5 for Windows 2000 in favor of an "update rollup," which some say wasn't as thoroughly tested as a ...

An unfortunate fact of Windows life is that any Windows install will slowly wear out through use, getting more and more bogged down until finally one must take drastic measures. My own Windows XP install is coming up on a year of use and abuse and has for some time been showing signs this phenomenon, but what I wasn't aware of is that it's possible to create a clean Windows install without the ...

Worried about how you're going to come up with the cash not only to buy Windows Vista when it comes out sometime next year, but also to upgrade your computer so it can run the thing? Well, stop it. InformationWeek is running an article called How to Stay Happy With Windows XP, which examines how longer Microsoft will support its current OS, how much money you can save by not switching to Vista, ...

The challenge to get Windows XP to run on an Intel Mac may be drawing to a successful close—or that success might be a hoax. Ars Technica is reporting that a user on the WinXP on Mac forums called narf2006 has claimed success and posted a set of blurry photos on Flickr that seem to show Windows XP running on an Intel iMac. Many people, of course, are crying "Photoshop!" but word is ...