Windows XP end of support
 

On 2/11/2014 9:53 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 2/11/14, 8:57 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/11/2014 8:16 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:22:36 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/11/14, 4:11 PM, wrote:

I finally gave up on the idea because you are going to be replacing
all the capacitors before you start. I am using commercial in dash
players now and they all suck, including the $1000 one in the Lincoln.


You spent $1000 to get a music player in your car?

Really?

Gosh, I just use a $10 cable to plug an iPhone or iPod into the car
stereo.

I guess that Vega you have doesn't have a factory sound system with an
MP3 player, 6 pack CD, Nav and blue tooth to your phone.
Take a ride in your wife's car sometime.
A grand is really not much for the entertainment system upgrade on a
nice car.
If I was an Apple guy I would say it was free since it was bundled in
the price of a trim package in the Lincoln but that unit was $900 and
change if you put it in your F150.

Can you talk to your Ipod (and does it listen?). Does it mute and
switch over to the phone on command or when you have an incoming call?
Does it bluetooth to your smart phone so you can listen to web casts?


Hold on for a bit there Gregg. He has to check with AppleCare. :-)





I'm not adverse to getting good quality tech support when I need it. I'm
not, after all, a Luddite. :)


At least you have a sense of humor, a quality that is becoming somewhat
extinct now-a-days.

Windows XP end of support
 

On 2/11/14, 10:00 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/11/2014 9:53 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 2/11/14, 8:57 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/11/2014 8:16 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:22:36 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/11/14, 4:11 PM, wrote:

I finally gave up on the idea because you are going to be replacing
all the capacitors before you start. I am using commercial in dash
players now and they all suck, including the $1000 one in the
Lincoln.


You spent $1000 to get a music player in your car?

Really?

Gosh, I just use a $10 cable to plug an iPhone or iPod into the car
stereo.

I guess that Vega you have doesn't have a factory sound system with an
MP3 player, 6 pack CD, Nav and blue tooth to your phone.
Take a ride in your wife's car sometime.
A grand is really not much for the entertainment system upgrade on a
nice car.
If I was an Apple guy I would say it was free since it was bundled in
the price of a trim package in the Lincoln but that unit was $900 and
change if you put it in your F150.

Can you talk to your Ipod (and does it listen?). Does it mute and
switch over to the phone on command or when you have an incoming call?
Does it bluetooth to your smart phone so you can listen to web casts?


Hold on for a bit there Gregg. He has to check with AppleCare. :-)





I'm not adverse to getting good quality tech support when I need it. I'm
not, after all, a Luddite. :)


At least you have a sense of humor, a quality that is becoming somewhat
extinct now-a-days.


It will serve me well if I get that new job on Chris Christie's staff. :)


--
Sarah Palin is watching the Sochi Olympic Games from the front porch of
her house.

Windows XP end of support
 

On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:54:03 -0500, HanK wrote:

You are fortunate to have a personal team of experts to help with your
issues. Computer issues that is.

===

We can only hope that he gets help for the "other" issues as well. It
has been said however that time wounds all heals, and Harry's time is
certainly drawing closer.

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On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 11:40:03 -0800, Bill McKee
wrote:

I found out today the Spinning ball of death. Apple equivelent to Blue
Screen of Death. Found out how to Force Quit a progam today because of
that. Was a Pages problem. Lots of comments on the problem on the
Apple Forums.

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Why is a smart guy like you playing with a fruit computer?

Windows XP end of support
 

On 2/11/14, 7:58 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 11:40:03 -0800, Bill McKee
wrote:

I found out today the Spinning ball of death. Apple equivelent to Blue
Screen of Death. Found out how to Force Quit a progam today because of
that. Was a Pages problem. Lots of comments on the problem on the
Apple Forums.

===

Why is a smart guy like you playing with a fruit computer?

Because my wife liked the compactness / neatness of an all in one.

Windows XP end of support
 

On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 08:15:29 -0600, Boating All Out
wrote:

I'm not having problems. I had a minor, annoying glitch with a camera.
It's been resolved.

Good. Happy to hear Applecare fixed your camera.


===

Heh, I think we've got the picture. :-)

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On Sunday, February 9, 2014 11:22:19 PM UTC-5, Wayne. B wrote:

Who cares? Upgrade, or look like an idiot.

Windows XP end of support
 

On 2/11/2014 7:56 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 19:31:13 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/11/14, 6:56 PM, KC wrote:
On 2/11/2014 4:17 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 13:07:28 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/11/14, 10:54 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 06:55:56 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

But, of course, Windows XP is sooooo much mo'betta, and so is the
highly
touted Microsoft support, so long as you want to deal with guys whose
first and second languages ain't English and whose ultimate answer
usually is, "Well, just reload windows."

That is what you get with the OEM support. Microsoft can give you the
right answer if you have a retail key.

Oh, right. Sure. Yeah. Yeah, that was my experience with my retail keyed
Windozes.

I did get more help when I was a Microsoft Windoze beta tester.

You must have just been your same charming self you are here and they
****ed you.


Yeah, we all remember when he got that beta version of windows weeks
before all the other registered beta testers got theirs... snerk

How would *you* know what categories of beta testers MS had at the time,
and when they got their distros? Answer: you wouldn't know.

Harry, you bragged about it for quite some time, like you do your filters, if you know what I mean.


Yes he did. I remember because a friend was at school getting his CNE
and we were talking about it. He was a real Microsoft Beta tester which
meant he went to a convention and paid the 300 bucks....:)

Windows XP end of support
 

On 2/11/2014 11:38 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 21:52:46 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/11/14, 8:41 PM, wrote:

Anyone who wants to be a beta tester is certainly a hobbyist.
Productivity is definitely not their goal.

In my years in the data processing business the most productive shops
were always at least one release behind.



I beta tested on a spare machine.

Like I said, hobbyist.
It does make me wonder how much you contributed to the B test if you
were not actually doing work on it.


Well, I remember when he loaded windows in only a few months...:)

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KC wrote:
On 2/11/2014 7:56 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 19:31:13 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/11/14, 6:56 PM, KC wrote:
On 2/11/2014 4:17 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 13:07:28 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/11/14, 10:54 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 06:55:56 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

But, of course, Windows XP is sooooo much mo'betta, and so is the
highly
touted Microsoft support, so long as you want to deal with guys whose
first and second languages ain't English and whose ultimate answer
usually is, "Well, just reload windows."

That is what you get with the OEM support. Microsoft can give you the
right answer if you have a retail key.

Oh, right. Sure. Yeah. Yeah, that was my experience with my retail keyed
Windozes.

I did get more help when I was a Microsoft Windoze beta tester.

You must have just been your same charming self you are here and they
****ed you.


Yeah, we all remember when he got that beta version of windows weeks
before all the other registered beta testers got theirs... snerk

How would *you* know what categories of beta testers MS had at the time,
and when they got their distros? Answer: you wouldn't know.

Harry, you bragged about it for quite some time, like you do your
filters, if you know what I mean.


Yes he did. I remember because a friend was at school getting his CNE and
we were talking about it. He was a real Microsoft Beta tester which meant
he went to a convention and paid the 300 bucks....:)

The uninformed shall inherit the earth.