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| Thread ID: 12364 | 2001-10-25 07:46:00 | Well, Windows XP is finally out, I wonder how many will buy home editions. | Guest (0) | Press F1 |
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| 22567 | 2001-10-25 07:46:00 | Sorry this is not a question or tip. I just thought I would let the NZ 'computer community' know a bit about this multi-million dollar 'Whistler' project, if they didn't already know why this day is special for some people. Anyone can post their ideas in this topic about Microsoft Windows XP being officially released today, 25th October 2001. I personally don't think many people/even businesses will bother yupgrading to windows xp if they have win2k. They are too similar, and unless you're a webcam/gui style freak or you require it for some hardware, it probably costs too much for the average high-school student (like me :). I have not bothered trying XP because I have only just installed Windows 2000. I like what Geoff Palmer did (he installed Linux for a month) to celebrate the release. Good luck if you plan to use it, it looks like a good piece of modern technology. |
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| 22568 | 2001-10-25 09:35:00 | I was p***** off that I hadn't got The Press earlier so I could've gone down and picked up a free copy of WinXP professional upgrade. Hope some people from here got it. JM |
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| 22569 | 2001-10-25 10:05:00 | Whoops it seems I posted twice. Even more a reason for PC World to make the POST button disable when people click it | Guest (0) | ||
| 22570 | 2001-10-25 10:22:00 | Or for people to watch their status bar and only click on the button once. | Guest (0) | ||
| 22571 | 2001-10-25 10:25:00 | Have a question for those of you running XP, and isn't worth a seperate post, that I can't find a consistant answer to: Does the 'home' edition of XP support permissions and unprivilaged users (non-root)? To me this would be its best (prehaps only real) feature because I would be able to stop all the stupid people I know from buggering up their computers. Being able to set them up as a non-privilaged user (and not telling them the root password) would stop most of the things they keep doing to their systems and significantly reduce the effect of viruses and worms. |
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| 22572 | 2001-10-25 11:13:00 | Using a stand alone Win95 machine I have been able to lock them down fairly tightly using the policy editor. Can't do the same with a home network of similar machines, as when logging on by hitting esc it seems to bypass the settings. Have not tried it with 98 or me. If you want the details send me an email at mikebart@contact.net.nz |
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| 22573 | 2001-10-25 19:12:00 | I'm pretty sure WindowsXP Home lets everyone have Administrator rights only. | Guest (0) | ||
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