More PC woes...

[Nefarious]

So, while trying to fix my PC startup issues on my everyday PC, I decided to plug in another WIn XP PC I had laying around. Like my Sony Vaio, this HP Pavilion was a gift/donation from my job.

I decided to wipe it and recover. That went ok, Now trying to update it via Mircosoft.com and it's giving me all type of fits...

It won't download or reccomend updates, it says the website has encountered a problem and can't display the page I am trying to view.

It currently sits at XP Service Pack 2, and it Automatic updates don't seem to be working. I did manage to download Direct X and IE7 and Firefox.

[TequilaChaser]

Nef, can  you not manually download Service Pack 3, and install it....... this should bring it current up to when SP 3 came out, at least....... I am thinking, if I am  not overlooking anything.....


I do know WinXP is right near the point to where MS is close to stop supporting it, if that date hasn't already came and pass ( I don't know right off hand, without going and looking )

just some thoughts

TC

[Nefarious]

I got it... It would not install due to an error with Athlon processors... Looks like I got SP3 going <S>

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/928d4778-6b98-4599-866c-539f78767b0a/my-computer-wont-boot-after-installing-sp3-not-even-in-safe-mode-or-last-working-configuration?forum=itproxpsp

[Max]

I do know WinXP is right near the point to where MS is close to stop supporting it, if that date hasn't already came and pass ( I don't know right off hand, without going and looking )

April 14th, I believe. Given that a good chunk of the globe is using XP, MS should continue support. Maybe a nominal annual fee to make it worth MS's time and effort?

[Bizman]

Aww! The old AMD-Pavilion problem. I still have the fix from HP on my memory stick, just in case. Hadn't you mentioned it, I wouldn't have recognized the problem. Seems like a decade ago... BTW the problem wasn't actually in AMD processors, it was due to the laziness of HP people: They built a reference computer around Intel gear and simply copied it, adding only the necessary AMD drivers. Windows simply ignored the drivers for non-existent Intel gear until SP3. After installing SP3 Windows tried to start every driver it could find with the result we know...

When reinstalling those old XP machines, I usually skip IE7 and install IE8 right away after SP3, both of which also are on my precious sticks. Only after that I'll try to download further updates. IMO Windows Update seems to like the newest IE available.

[Nefarious]

Aww! The old AMD-Pavilion problem. I still have the fix from HP on my memory stick, just in case. Hadn't you mentioned it, I wouldn't have recognized the problem. Seems like a decade ago... BTW the problem wasn't actually in AMD processors, it was due to the laziness of HP people: They built a reference computer around Intel gear and simply copied it, adding only the necessary AMD drivers. Windows simply ignored the drivers for non-existent Intel gear until SP3. After installing SP3 Windows tried to start every driver it could find with the result we know...

When reinstalling those old XP machines, I usually skip IE7 and install IE8 right away after SP3, both of which also are on my precious sticks. Only after that I'll try to download further updates. IMO Windows Update seems to like the newest IE available.

Yep. Glad I got it working.

[Bino]

Extended Support for Windows XP ends on 08-Apr-2014.

That means no more security fixes for Windows XP after that date.

http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?c2=1173

[save]

 I think some security vendors can help out with XP, even after April 2014.

They can install hooks that prevents bad stuff coming in.

Windows7  is an excellent replacement, if your machine good enough.