Life after April 8: what exactly "end of support" means for XP?

[casey.o]

That's really odd because I have SP3 on the very same machine I writing
this from and it has never seen IE8. Every update was done with IE6.

The first thing I did when I upgraded to SP3 was to download IE8. I
hated IE6 (and IE5 too). IE8 is not too bad, but I prefer Firefox and
lately, Seamonkey, because FF is getting too bloated. On my laptop, I'm
sticking with Firefox 8.x. It works fine and is still fairly simple.
But I do have IE8 on there too, and have been using it more often
lately.

You can just download IE8, and save it. You dont need to keep
installing it from the web. I have several computers and am on dialup.
I just save the IE8 install file, and there is a patch for it too, which
I also have saved.

Whenever I install XP, I apply SP3, IE8 and that patch all at the same
time. Unfortunately, being on dialup, I cant add all those other
upgrades. I'm hoping someone will burn them to CD or DVD and offer them
on Ebay for a fair price. I just dont have a fast enough internet
connection. Even the local WIFI spots are not real fast where i live.
And I sure cant haul a desktop computer to McDonalds or my local library
to use their WIFI.

You'd think Microsoft would offer their final upgrades on CD or an ISO
file, but they're too busy pushing their latest bloat....

Of course, if every one of us called Bill Gates, and really bugged him,
he might budge <lol>.

 

[XP Guy]

Yeah, they want us to stop using XP. It looks like we will have
to make our own. What's a good and fast way to do that (SP3 + all
updates)?

There should be something here:

http://www.msfn.org/board/forum/70-unattended-windows-2000xp2003/

But it's not obvious there is a link to any sort of unattended-install
XP package.

See also this:

http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/171531-here-is-windows-xp-sp4-not-made-by-microsoft/

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Welcome to the package of advanced tools to keep your Windows XP secure.
Please share your opinion.

We all know where security threats are from: the web, files(especially
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[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

Yeah, they want us to stop using XP. It looks like we will have
to make our own. What's a good and fast way to do that (SP3 + all
updates)?

[]
See also this:

http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/171531-here-is-windows-xp-sp4-not-made-b
y-microsoft/

==============
Welcome to the package of advanced tools to keep your Windows XP secure.
Please share your opinion.

We all know where security threats are from: the web, files(especially
Office files), and USB storage devices. And here is our solution: use
Google Chrome(a very solid browser), use Sandboxie(system level
isolation), and completely disable the AutoRun thing for devices.

All these are packed in one file, and there is more: offline Chrome
installer is included - no need for internet connection to install this
very cool browser; Sandboxie default settings are not cool for average
people, so a special sandbox is automatically set up with one purpose -
easily handle Office files and pictures, meanwhile still putting the
whole thing in secure "jail"; finally, AutoRun is really COMPLETELY
killed - after installation, even autorun.inf in CD will be ignored by
the system.

Download This Whole Package at XPSP4.com

http://xpsp4.com/

[]
Hmm. Although I suppose anyone can _call_ something XPSP4 (until
Microsoft jump on them), I certainly wouldn't consider this project to
be in the vein of SPs 1 to 3. As far as I can tell by looking at the
above site, it:

o forces Chrome on you
o changes system settings, probably without giving you any choices
o does _not_ contain a roll-up of most other updates, unlike SP1-3
o Has a sort of oriental/Zen feel of "we know what is right" (-:

However, I may be wrong about any of these, so, since you asked for
feedback - clarification of what I have got from it would be good!

(To me, an SP4 would mainly be a roll-up of other updates [obviously
ignoring the ones that supersede others], and wouldn't make many changes
to settings. Ideally also, though this would make it _not_ like previous
SPs, it would let you choose whether to have some of the more
controversial updates, such as find and silverlight.)