Subj : Re: Proposal to Keep WinXP Support "Alive" To : All From : rbc@rbc.net.invalid Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 07:14 pm Path: eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!fee der.eternal-september.org!news.kjsl.com!news.alt.net!news-in-01.newsfeed.easyne ws.com!easynews!core-easynews-01!easynews.com!en-nntp-01.dc1.easynews.com.POSTE D!not-for-mail From: robot chicken Newsgroups: alt.windows-xp,alt.os.windows-xp,microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment,mi crosoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Subject: Re: Proposal to Keep WinXP Support "Alive" Message-ID: References: <669769ce-c1a1-4f17-90f0-68768fc8dab6@f4g2000yqh.googlegroups.com> <4tc6d89m080lu2argpnsgthlm1u2vcr3g7@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 32 X-Complaints-To: abuse@easynews.com Organization: EasyNews, UseNet made Easy! X-Complaints-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly. Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:52:43 -0600 X-Received-Bytes: 2555 Xref: mx04.eternal-september.org alt.windows-xp:3983 alt.os.windows-xp:5391 microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment:2442 microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support:30853 microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:106010 On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:22:47 -0500, knuttle wrote: >On 12/20/2012 10:50 AM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote: >> On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:48:10 -0500, knuttle >> wrote: >> >>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> You do *not* have to use the Modern/Metro interface, and if you >>>>> don't, it's hardly distinguishable from Windows 7, >>> >>> >>> Would you tell us how to lock it so it defaults to the Desktop mode not >>> the "Modern/Metro interface" >> >> >> Download and install Start8. That's one of its options. >> >> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP >> > > >Is this available on the Microsoft website? You bring up a great point. With so much information available now, what we really need is some kind of search engine to help us locate what we're looking for. Someone should create something like that. They could give it a unique but made up name, like Google, and they could place it at an obvious address like www.google.com. Oh wait, someone already did that! Never mind. --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .