Unhandled Perception
From the mind of a developer.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Microsoft offers hope for people who want to keep XP

Microsoft Corp. chief executive Steve Ballmer on Thursday offered a glimmer of hope to fans of the company's XP operating system, saying customer demand may see the company reconsider a decision to stop selling XP in June.

Link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080424/...

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Friday, April 04, 2008

Windows XP life extended

Today Microsoft announced the worldwide extension of the availability of Windows XP Home for an emerging, new class of mobile personal computers commonly known as ultra-low-cost PCs, or ULCPCs. Windows XP Home for ULCPCs will be available until the later of June 30, 2010, or one year after general availability of the next version of Windows.

Link:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/...

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Monday, March 10, 2008

How to get Vista fonts in XP

Windows only: If there's only a few things most Microsoft Vista upgraders and nay-sayers can agree upon, one likely talking point is that Vista's fonts are generally clean, smooth, and a step up from XP. Getting the newer fonts in XP doesn't have to involve illegal downloads and system tweaking, however—as the gHacks tech blog points out, simply installing Microsoft's PowerPoint Viewer 2007 installs a bundle of Vista fonts in XP that you can use as your system defaults.

Link:
http://lifehacker.com/...

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Thursday, January 03, 2008

5 useful Windows XP tricks

  • Organize your files into groups
  • Make your own icons
  • Don't just maximize your windows—go full screen
  • Add the Links toolbar to My Computer
  • Arrange windows on your desktop

Link:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/moredone/5xptricks.mspx

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Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Windows XP on a 20 MHz system

XP Minimal-Requierement-Test was setup to see just how low you could go and still run Windows XP. Have a 20 MHz computer lying around and don't know what to do with it? Well, install Windows XP of course.

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