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Somewhere on teh intarwebs Auld Phostle wrote:
> On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:30:22 +1300, Frank Williams
> <> wrote:
[snip]
>> From what I have been reading that XP app's in Virtual PC is Very
>> limited and you need a CPU that supports it, Plus does this get
>> loaded every time I boot up.
>
> Virtual PC does not need a CPU that supports it. Virtual PC has not
> needed this for nearly 2 years.

LOL, yeah, really nice of Microsoft to do that, just two weeks after I'd
spent over $150 on a 'new' CPU that supports virtualisation technology and
upgraded my laptop for that very purpose. :-/
--
Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long, way when religious belief has a
cozy little classification in the DSM."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)

In article <jgcs33$7m9$>, "~misfit~" <> wrote:
(snip)
>Oi! I stopped reading nz.gen to get away from all of the political shite.
>Please don't drag it into nz.comp as well. As I used to point out when I
>*was* an inmate of the looney bin, there's actually an nz.politics
>newsfroup....

Yep ... though they drifted into .gen when people stopped paying the
politics group any attention. Says enough really, doesn't it.

Somewhere on teh intarwebs Bruce Sinclair wrote:
> In article <jgcs33$7m9$>, "~misfit~"
> <> wrote: (snip)
>> Oi! I stopped reading nz.gen to get away from all of the political
>> shite. Please don't drag it into nz.comp as well. As I used to point
>> out when I *was* an inmate of the looney bin, there's actually an
>> nz.politics newsfroup....
>
> Yep ... though they drifted into .gen when people stopped paying the
> politics group any attention. Says enough really, doesn't it.

Heh! If only it did.
--
Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long, way when religious belief has a
cozy little classification in the DSM."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)

On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:29:08 +1300, EMB <> wrote:

>On 2/02/2012 9:35 a.m., Frank Williams wrote:
>> On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:19:41 +1300, Auld Phostle
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:27:08 +1300, Frank Williams
>>> <> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:35:41 +1300, EMB<> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 31/01/2012 7:04 p.m., Possible wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Seems that if you have a Multi Core CPU you need XP Pro to support it,
>>>>>> so how do I get this Legally..?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes updating my old P4 system..
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But I still need XP..
>>>>>>
>>>>> You're wrong as usual Woger. XP Home supports multiple cores, but not
>>>>> multiple physical CPUs.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I MAM NOT WRONG ITS FROM INFO POSTED ON THE NET.
>>>
>>> Why do you not post a link, so we can all see if your info is more
>>> reliable than Microsoft Answers.
>>
>>
>>
>> I visited some 50 forums or more on a variety of subjects so do you
>> think I would remember the link, lets get real.
>>
>>> Microsoft Answers says you are wrong.
>>
>> No I posted what I had READ..
>>
>> And don't get off the real reason that I posted was how to I upgrade XP
>> to Pro..
>>
>As stated earlier you don't need to. And because of your extremely ****
>attitude I won't bother telling you how to do so without a reinstall either.



Knowing what you are like I would not expect either, this normal
attitude of a small minded little boy.


Did Mummy take your rattle away today..?

In article <jgd512$a5i$>,
, ~misfit~ says...
>
> Somewhere on teh intarwebs Auld Phostle wrote:
> > On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:30:22 +1300, Frank Williams
> > <> wrote:
> [snip]
> >> From what I have been reading that XP app's in Virtual PC is Very
> >> limited and you need a CPU that supports it, Plus does this get
> >> loaded every time I boot up.
> >
> > Virtual PC does not need a CPU that supports it. Virtual PC has not
> > needed this for nearly 2 years.
>
> LOL, yeah, really nice of Microsoft to do that, just two weeks after I'd
> spent over $150 on a 'new' CPU that supports virtualisation technology and
> upgraded my laptop for that very purpose. :-/

Ah well - just think how much faster it now runs though

--
Duncan.

On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:29:08 +1300, EMB <> wrote:

>On 2/02/2012 9:35 a.m., Frank Williams wrote:
>> On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:19:41 +1300, Auld Phostle
>> <> wrote:

>As stated earlier you don't need to. And because of your extremely ****
>attitude I won't bother telling you how to do so without a reinstall either.


Tell me does EMB stand for Extra Miserable Bastard as it seems to
fit..?

Somewhere on teh intarwebs Dave Doe wrote:
> In article <jgd512$a5i$>,
> , ~misfit~ says...
>>
>> Somewhere on teh intarwebs Auld Phostle wrote:
>>> On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:30:22 +1300, Frank Williams
>>> <> wrote:
>> [snip]
>>>> From what I have been reading that XP app's in Virtual PC is Very
>>>> limited and you need a CPU that supports it, Plus does this get
>>>> loaded every time I boot up.
>>>
>>> Virtual PC does not need a CPU that supports it. Virtual PC has not
>>> needed this for nearly 2 years.
>>
>> LOL, yeah, really nice of Microsoft to do that, just two weeks after
>> I'd spent over $150 on a 'new' CPU that supports virtualisation
>> technology and upgraded my laptop for that very purpose. :-/
>
> Ah well - just think how much faster it now runs though

Heh! There is that.
--
Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long, way when religious belief has a
cozy little classification in the DSM."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)

On Thu, 2 Feb 2012 14:57:33 -0800 (PST), JohnO <>
wrote:

>On Jan 31, 7:04*pm, Possible <p...@anywhere.com> wrote:
>> Seems that if you have a Multi Core CPU * you need XP Pro to support it,
>> so how do I get this Legally..?
>>
>> Yes updating my old P4 *system..
>>
>> But I still need XP..
>
>... meanwhile back on planet earth ... have a Toshiba Sat Pro L500
>T4400 that came with Vista Home ultimate. I upgraded it some time ago
>with a Windows Anytime Upgrade to Win7 Pro. However it is 32bit.
>Supposedly this machine is 64bit capable. I can't see how I can go
>back and upgrade it to 64 bit. How do I obtain and perform such an
>upgrade Win7Pro32bit -> Win7Pro64bit ?
>
>TIA
>JohnO


And why would you need 64 bit..?

In article <20b252b6-62b4-4bea-99fd-
>, , JohnO
says...
>
> On Jan 31, 7:04*pm, Possible <p...@anywhere.com> wrote:
> > Seems that if you have a Multi Core CPU * you need XP Pro to support it,
> > so how do I get this Legally..?
> >
> > Yes updating my old P4 *system..
> >
> > But I still need XP..
>
> ... meanwhile back on planet earth ... have a Toshiba Sat Pro L500
> T4400 that came with Vista Home ultimate. I upgraded it some time ago
> with a Windows Anytime Upgrade to Win7 Pro. However it is 32bit.
> Supposedly this machine is 64bit capable. I can't see how I can go
> back and upgrade it to 64 bit. How do I obtain and perform such an
> upgrade Win7Pro32bit -> Win7Pro64bit ?

Unless you have more than 4Gb RAM (and many would argue more), you
shouldn't do it. (64bit anything takes more address space and uses more
RAM vs 32bit).

Unless you run a very RAM intensive app or many apps simultaneously,
there is no advantage to running a 64bit OS.

It's the way of the future, but little to gain from it (indeed probably
a penalty), now. (Give it another year or two).

(Admittedly, I'm running Win7 64bit, LOL)

--
Duncan.

On Feb 7, 6:11*pm, Frank Williams <FWilli...@happy.com.ru> wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Feb 2012 14:57:33 -0800 (PST), JohnO <johno1...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
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>
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> >On Jan 31, 7:04*pm, Possible <p...@anywhere.com> wrote:
> >> Seems that if you have a Multi Core CPU * you need XP Pro to supportit,
> >> so how do I get this Legally..?
>
> >> Yes updating my old P4 *system..
>
> >> But I still need XP..
>
> >... meanwhile back on planet earth ... have a Toshiba Sat Pro L500
> >T4400 that came with Vista Home ultimate. I upgraded it some time ago
> >with a Windows Anytime Upgrade to Win7 Pro. However it is 32bit.
> >Supposedly this machine is 64bit capable. I can't see how I can go
> >back and upgrade it to 64 bit. How do I obtain and perform such an
> >upgrade Win7Pro32bit -> Win7Pro64bit ?
>
> >TIA
> >JohnO
>
> And why would you need 64 bit..?

Because Cisco VPN client just works better with the 64bit version. Its
a crappy bit of software but I have to use it because that's what my
clients have.