Sosiosh

Sosiosh

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[quote]I am grateful that SD released WB6 and SKS6 for a platform that is not supported by even its creator![/quote] Ditto! Thank you Stardock! XPx64 is considered a beta and I continue to support MS by delivering error messages if they happen to come up. Sadly, MS does not even support IE7x64 for LiveUpdate. It has [U]always[/U] wanted me to switch to IEx32. I think this is interesting since after the Server 2008 release there won't be anymore x32 releases, accor

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PS - I just found this a moment ago: from the Windows 98 support site... "Effective July 11, 2006, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Me (and their related components) will transition to a non-supported status. After this date, Microsoft will no longer provide any incident support options or security updates. Microsoft is not offering a custom support agreement for these products." 7/11/2006!! I wonder how long XP support will [B]really[/B] go <img src="smiles/

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If I understand correctly, MS is obligated to their partners (hardware) to release a new OS every 2.5 years. It's important for the packagers to encourage hardware upgrades for the obvious reason. However, Vista did not offer patrons (business) enough of an incentive to increase the cost/benefit ratio. The NYT wrote an article two days ago that Dell surveyed its patrons and it seems most are waiting for the VSP1 release to make changes. Even then, the hardware changes are a huge cost t

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