From: sctvguy1@invalid.net   
      
   On 2015-07-08 21:50:21 -0500, ~misfit~ said:   
      
   > Once upon a time on usenet sctvguy1 wrote:   
   >> On 2015-06-28 21:04:37 -0500, ~misfit~ said:   
   >>   
   >>> Once upon a time on usenet ~misfit~ wrote:   
   >>>> Once upon a time on usenet ~misfit~ wrote:   
   >>>>> Once upon a time on usenet Robert Grimes wrote:   
   >>>> [snipped]   
   >>>>>> Google the Windows XP hack script.  It will allow you to get   
   >>>>>> updates until 2019.  I did this on both an old Dell that had XP   
   >>>>>> SP3 and also my VirtualBox install of XP on my Linux machine.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Thanks for that, will look into it. :)   
   >>>>   
   >>>> So it took me a while but I recently looked into this. You say that   
   >>>> you've done this - Can I ask if all's going well on those machines?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I'm being extra-careful as this T60 laptop running XP is my main   
   >>>> machine used for email etc. and as such is 'mission-critical'.   
   >>>   
   >>> Sorry, forgot to mention the main reason I'm asking you is that all   
   >>> the articles I can find on this 'mod' are over a year old so want to   
   >>> be sure it won't disable parts of my install that aren't typically   
   >>> seen in an embedded system.   
   >>>   
   >>> As a few articles I read said MS weren't happy that people were doing   
   >>> this I wondered if they'd found a way to push an update that would   
   >>> make life hard for those who have done it.   
   >>>   
   >>> Cheers,   
   >>   
   >> So far, there have been no problems.  I am running this hack on an old   
   >> Dell Dimension tower, and on my XP VirtualMachine on Linux.  Microsoft   
   >> cannot really do anything to you, for all they know, you might be   
   >> running this on a point of sale machine!   
   >   
   > Ok thanks for getting back to me. I'd read (albeit in old articles)   
   > that MS had threatened to push updates that would be fine on POS   
   > machines but could cripple other XP installs. As I said this machine   
   > running XP has 'my life' on it and, although it's well backed up it   
   > would be a PITA restoring if it were borked.   
   >   
   > I guess I should migrate to W7 before too much longer. From what I can   
   > tell most of my favoured progs etc. will run on the 32 bit version (and   
   > the laptop is hard-limited to 3 GB RAM anyway). What a job though!   
      
   I have Windows 7 on an old HP laptop, and both it, and my XP, are made   
   to look like Windows 2000!  I like the classic look, Start button, blue   
   background, old-fashioned buttons at the top right.  I have no plans to   
   even get Windows 10, as my main machines are Linux and OSX.  The "hack"   
   does no damage, it just changes the Registry to show your machine as a   
   Point of Sale machine.  I would not worry.   
      
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