From: shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com   
      
   Once upon a time on usenet sctvguy1 wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Cheers, thanks for that. Yeah, I have W7 on my desktop and have that set to   
   'Windows Classic' appearance too. ;)   
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   Shaun.   
      
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