Windows 10: With Windows 9 on the Horizon, Windows XP Users Are Still Unsettled

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Although I personally like Windows 8 now that I have it tweaked the way I want it, I can't blame business owners for waiting until Windows 9 is released before updating their systems.

:)

 

My Windows 10 PC cannot see my windows XP computers on the network, but XP can see the Win 10 PC

I clicked on 'solved my problem' by mistake, it should read 9 not 10, it didn't solve my problem, it didn't even come close. I still can't see my networked XP computer on my win 10 laptop. MS needs to wake up and acknowledge that win XP computers are still
in existence, which is obvious to the numerous XP users ,DUH.

 

Login credentials

situation:

We have 2 accounts on out home PC using windows 10.

user 1

user 2

when user 1 account logs out and user 2 logs in, the system displays the previous user 1 credential during login versus the user 2. The end result is access to user 2 account, but its just a bit unsettling to see the previous user credential during the
login process.

gregg

 

I would have thought with Windows 7 still available that the Xp users would have switched to that already. In any case some people just will not want to upgrade from Xp to anything at this point. Why? There are likely as many reasons as there are individuals still using Xp I guess.

 

The main reasons that I see for users not switching from XP is $$$ and if its not broke don't fix it.

 

+1... I agree on the money part. I'm getting a new PC in March so I know it will work with Windows 9. But I was going to get one some time soon anyway. And Xp works so why change.. makes sense as well.

 

I know a few friends that use XP and will likely keep using it until that PC dies. I've tried to explain what will happen when support ends but I get that deer caught in the headlights, glassed over eyes look.

 

Sorry, just cannot feel sorry for those who are still using XP. The money thing is just a dumb excuse that is no longer a good excuse since Win 7 four years ago was put out for only $40.00 per copy, and just two years ago you could get windows 8 for the same price. So cost is just a poor excuse. And, now they will have to either buy a new computer ($400.00 or more), or spend $200.00 for a copy of Winodws 7 or 8.

 

I think the issue is the cost of new hardware vs the cost of the new OS. My guess is that the people still using XP just have a very basic PC and it's not likely to support anything higher than XP.

 

Exactly, that's the scenario for the ones I know. Just you basic el cheapo Dell, etc. Onboard graphics with no PCIe slot or AGP slot for that matter. 512 megs of RAM, etc.

 

Well, XP users will have to get creative, like the 2000 Professional users have.
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I did but got tired of all the fiddling so moved to XP SP3 rather late in the game.
Not sure on the possibilities though, using modified kernels from Win7 as well as the APIs. NT6.1 is a different animal from NT5.1 where they could modify kernels to work in 2000.

In what universe? I never saw prices that low in the area where I live. :-(
Though the one I'm using was a birthday gift, used finally when this workstation was built.

 

The people I know, who are still running XP frankly don't care about the "potential" security issues, or keeping up with the latest technology. They only use their computers for basic things like word processing and e-mail and they don't see any reason to spend money on new hardware/software, until the old computer dies.

 

Can't remember where I saw it now, but I saw this morning a report that 7 would go longer because of the poor performance of 8.*Smile

 

Agreed. My stepmother, bless her soul, can see no reason to change OS's. She's still on XP and probably will be until she dies. Everything I tell her about the advantages of a newer OS (yes.... I recommend 7 for her) falls on deaf ears. Shes TERRIFIED of 8/8.1 and will not touch my nieces lappy because of it. I finally got her to try my 7 machine a little last fall but you could see the sweat beading on her forehead from the anxiety. Theres many people in the same boat I would assume and no matter what we more technically adept think about them they are out there and still computing.