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Windows XP warning
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eRRolSheep | Report | 28 Apr 2014 11:58 |
This could be very important for those who are still hanging on to XP by their fingernails. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 28 Apr 2014 12:34 |
It may be worth saying that in the case of most of the reported "security flaws" they depend on local admin access to your computer and will not work from the internet using most modern browsers. For that reason the usual vector of attack is e-mail attachments. Therefore allow yr AV program to deal with all e-mail. |
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LadyScozz | Report | 28 Apr 2014 23:24 |
I've still got XP...... tried ages ago to update it, but it didn't work. |
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badger | Report | 29 Apr 2014 10:55 |
Cheeky git lol ,dinosaur i aint quite ,but i did have to decommision my old Xp notebook for the reasons you gave,mainly because the notebooks capacity was so small i couldn't even do an upgrade to windows 7 lol. |
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Island | Report | 29 Apr 2014 11:58 |
Oh there you are Fred :-D I was about to put up a 'where's Fred' fred. |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 29 Apr 2014 12:28 |
Fred if you get stuck with 8, there are a few things you can do to give it a more familiar look. |
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badger | Report | 30 Apr 2014 11:41 |
Lucky i am Errol i have a windows 7 ultimate H P Pavilion ,very fast and easy to use.and i keep going back onto that as i come to grips with windows 8, not to bad but i get a bit peed off with all the buffering while it all boots up and settles in ,but the one advantage with it is the terrabite harddrive ,ooooodles of space. |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 30 Apr 2014 12:32 |
Fred - glad you are getting to grips with it. |
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SueCar | Report | 1 May 2014 08:42 |
What is an AV program? |
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LadyScozz | Report | 1 May 2014 11:49 |
Errol.........when I tried to update, it seemed to get to a certain point and then give up..... can't remember the message, something along the lines of "we cannot continue". The last time I tried was soooooo long ago, I can't remember exactly. |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 1 May 2014 14:37 |
AV = Anti Virus |
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LadyScozz | Report | 2 May 2014 04:44 |
This morning I noticed a little orange icon at the bottom of my screen... clicked on it........ Windows Update. |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 2 May 2014 07:02 |
Microsoft has said users of its Windows XP operating system will also get the security update it has issued to fix a flaw in the Internet Explorer browser. |
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LadyScozz | Report | 2 May 2014 07:11 |
isn't that nice of them :-( |
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SueCar | Report | 2 May 2014 17:59 |
Thanks, IGP. |
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SueCar | Report | 2 May 2014 18:39 |
I rejected Google Chrome in the past because I installed it previously and all my Favourites had disappeared so I uninstalled it again. |
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Pammy51 | Report | 3 May 2014 16:51 |
My computer (I run Windows Vista) has just carried out a Windows update - does anyone know if that is likely to be the patch for IE as it didn't say what it was an update for? |
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SueCar | Report | 3 May 2014 21:15 |
Nudge |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 4 May 2014 08:23 |
Check my post on this thread on 2 May 2014 @ 07:02 and have a look at this link:- |
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SueCar | Report | 4 May 2014 13:05 |
Thanks, OFITG :-) Good information in that link. |
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