Proven: Pirated Windows XP Will Blackout

August 27, 2008 · Filed Under Microsoft · 3 Comments 

I got a call from a colleague this morning asking me what to do since she found another friends’ Windows XP computer to have no icons on the desktop. Thinking it was only a case of misconfiguration on the desktop icons, I told her to simply select “show icons” and it would be fine after that. But neither doing that solved the problem, which lead me to suspect something is triggering it.

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How To Get Windows XP Even Though it’s ‘Dead’

July 1, 2008 · Filed Under Technology · Comment 

If you love Windows XP that much and plan to keep on using it until past the cut-off date that Microsoft will support it, here are some tips on how to still get Windows XP:

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image from laptopmag.com

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Windows XP reaches end-of-sales

July 1, 2008 · Filed Under Microsoft · Comment 

Technology doesn’t stand still, and so does Microsoft. This is the reason why Microsoft has announced that  June 30, 2008 would be the last day that Windows XP would be available as a stand-alone product, paving the way for Vista to become Microsoft’s mainstream Operating System.

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