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Hello
I am bit curious about something which I saw on the front page of our Windows XP magzine in England, and it said something about windows Xp second edition. It then said something about IE7 being shipped with it and Direct X9. I don't think it meant the service pack which is out soon, But a search on yahoo just gave me a load of bad links.
Does anybody know if there is any truth to this, or is it just a rumour?
Thanks for your help
It's not a rumor I think. I have not links but french magazines have spocken of it for 3 months.
Lol, it'll have the most up to date version of their EULA so they can rip you off as soon as you install your OS. You'll be better off with *nix and wine or *nix and vmware or with a mac and virutal pc.
Is this the same khakisrule that was vehemently defending Microsoft in another thread just a few days ago?
XP second edition? make me sick!
illv//
Yes it is True WindowsXP S.E. all the information is at www.lycoris.org. Actually that was a version of linux that looks like Windows XP. I heard of an XP expansion pack (Not XP PLUS), but an actual expansion CD... Supposed to have source code changes etc... I don't know... It could be just rumor.
Second edition just means m$ adds some stuff that should of been in the original.
hey streamer, I gave up defending MS when my windows crashed without reason 2 days ago. I didn't even install anything new, nothing at all, then I rebooted and scandisk came up with about 2000 errors, I got tired of pushing enter so I had to reinstall, and why? Well, for no reason so far as I know. I am damn pissed, I lost so damn much, I have to reinstall and get my favourites back. I lost a lot in that crash, now I just hate MS.
Lol, same thing happened to me. Now I use rh and vmware for windows. Windows is truly gay sometimes, somebody needs to beat up bill gates and then force him and his army of nerds to write some stable software.
HEY! Why am I getting sworn and neg'd for finally giving up on MS? When I stuck up for them people hated me for it, like, really hated me for it, hell, I'm the reason the thread went suicidal. Now, when I finally give up on them, people still hate me. Whats up with you guys?
Talking about beating up Bill Gates...
My favority scene from the SouthPark movie was when the General asked to see Gates and Gates said that Windows was stable... until the General shot him in the head. :thumbsup:
You must admit however, the guy knows how to run a multimillion dollar business.
Lol, true tyger, and thanks a lot tyger. I'm telling you, him and hid nerds need to be roughed up. And about that WinXP second edition, when is that gonna come out? I was just gonna get a new comp but I don't want first edition if I'm going to find the second edition comes out in 2 months and I have to shell out $200 for it.
Oh yeah, and watch that microsoft life cycle policy thing come into play, watch them stop supporting every other OS when 2nd edition comes out. :)
Scandisk (or chkdsk) came up with lots of errors? that would suggest to me that you were having a bit of a HDD problem, which really wouldn't be Windows fault...Quote:
Originally posted here by khakisrule
hey streamer, I gave up defending MS when my windows crashed without reason 2 days ago. I didn't even install anything new, nothing at all, then I rebooted and scandisk came up with about 2000 errors, I got tired of pushing enter so I had to reinstall, and why? Well, for no reason so far as I know. I am damn pissed, I lost so damn much, I have to reinstall and get my favourites back. I lost a lot in that crash, now I just hate MS.
However, if you get negative points for liking or disliking an OS, that's daamn stupid.... It should be about how well you use your OS of choice, not what your OS of choice is...
I have just had a look round the net for info on this Second Edition thing, Some site say it will happen others disagree.
khakisrule: yeah it probally was a hard disk error, Why not treat yourself to a nice new big one! I agree on waiting for the second editon thought, but hopefully Microsoft will release an update to upgrade the first version of XP
I'm getting a new $2800 comp in less than a month. New 100-gig h/d as well. But when this error came up, there were no more \windows or \program files folders, the errors were all in folders called \directory2 and etc. all the way up to directory twelve hundred something and every directory has 2 errors in each file for some reason. It was insane so I gave up an re-formatted.
Well, I wish you a lot of luck getting your linux installation working and secure. It's a great OS, but there is quite a learning curve. I think you'll find that the amount of effort you spend learning linux will be well worth the investment. There are always a few of us linux bigots floating around here that will be glad to help out if you run into problems.
Khakis... I hope your building it... I still regret having Dell build my PC for $4,000.00. I would have only paid $2,300. if I only built it myself, but at that time I had school and work full time, and didn't have any free time to myself.... I'm still trying to sell this and build another... This is a Dell Dimension 8100 w/ Pentium 4 1.3 GHz, 1024 MB (4 x 256) RAM, 21" Monitor, Altec Lansing Speakers, Turtle Beach Sound Card, Nvidia GeForce3 Ti500, DVD, CD-RW.... I need a DVD-RW real bad....
Hi Khakisrule,
I don't hate you. Here's a couple or links for you to check out. www.mandrakelinux.com
www.redhat.com
Lol, um preacherman, 2 things. I have had red hat for almost 3 months now, I have it installed on a crappy computer, but I still use it. And why would you hate me?
And fakeboy, I'm getting it custom made online. And streamer, I got red hat with a book, so it hasn't been very hard to learn so far.
what the hell is this!!!??? can they control piracy????
Service Pack 1 For Windows XP To Include Antitrust Tweaks
Beta testing of Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows XP is expected to start within the next few weeks. SP1 will not only include bug fixes, security updates and new technologies, but also a number of changes which - according to Microsoft executives - will make Microsoft comply with a settlement that was agreed upon with the Justice Department and nine states back in November last year. Nine other states and the District of Columbia are continuing with the antitrust litigation, so the settlement hasn't been approved yet.
Under the settlement, Microsoft must allow consumers or PC makers to hide user access to so-called middleware: Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Windows Media Player, Microsoft's Java Virtual Machine and Windows Messenger.
The language used in the settlement is: "enable or remove access to each Microsoft Middleware Product." So, Microsoft doesn't have to remove any middleware products, they just have to be hidden from the end user. This means simply that any Start menu, desktop, or taskbar icons to those applications will be removed, leaving the applications themselves on the system where they have always been.
When you install SP1, a new entry will be added to the Start menu and to the Add or Remove Programs applet in Control Panel called Set Program Access and Defaults. This control will offer four different choices:
Computer Manufacturer Configuration
Microsoft Windows
Non-Microsoft
Custom
Computer Manufacturer Configuration
This option won't have any impact on existing users. It is designed to restore the middleware configuration back to the default setting offered by the PC manufacturer. So for example, if a PC manufacturer has a deal with AOL, choosing this configuration could hide Internet Explorer, and set AOL as the default Web browser.
Microsoft Windows
This option would use all Microsoft's middleware, but according to comments made by Jim Cullinan, lead project manager for Windows XP, it will not hide any other (non-Microsoft) applications.
Non-Microsoft
This option is for the die-hard anti-MS crowd (sorry, couldn't resist)... It will hide all Microsoft middleware.
Custom
With this option you can choose your own defaults. All middleware can be selected/deselected as you see fit.
Fighting Piracy
According to Microsoft, 90 percent of pirated Windows XP installations use a single volume license key stolen from a large Microsoft customer. Microsoft will make it impossible for people using this key to install SP1 or any future updates available from the Windows Update Web site.
From what little information is available it seems that Microsoft isn't going to "expire" (disable) Windows XP installations using this key, but people using it won't be able to get any future updates.
ya know, khakisrule, that sounds a bit like a virus could have infected your system. Did you have antivirus software running?
2 things, first I always have anti-virus running and scan every file that I download. And as for rh, I have had it for 4 months not 3 but the time for editing that post has expired.
Can't blame you for giving up on MS. When it does some crazy Sh** and for no reason....well. As for me, I am a XP Pro user and VERY content with it. So long as u turn off Auto update, Error Rep and System Restore (Along with about 20 Services U DON'T NEED) it runs great.
But that is mearly one opinion in a sea of sh**! (No offense to anyone :)