http://forums.thinkbroadband.com/windows/t/4355059-r...

Thats not a recommendation, but showing that for the money being spent on updating an old Laptop there are new ones available at that time for little more.
Is that all you've got to worry about?

Edited by deleted (Thu 26-Feb-15 17:09:34)

Yes.

Aren't I lucky .

Not really, at least the rest of us have got a real life, not just online!!

Edited by deleted (Thu 26-Feb-15 18:14:14)

Today I went to a mid-day chamber-music concert in the centre of Manchester and had some pleasant discussions about it afterwards with some friends and a couple of strangers.

Then drove back home in my shirt-sleeves in the sunshine with the hood down on my car - first time this year. That too was very pleasant.

Took the dog for his morning walk at 16:30 LOL, mostly pleasant but a bit chilly by 17:45. A bit of chit-chat with acquaintances on the way.

Radio 3 this evening looks to be enjoyable, though a little lightweight. I'll probably look into sync'ing the text messages from my G3 to my rarely used LG equivalent, as the charging socket on it is on the verge of disappearing into the innards. Don't really want to use one of my google accounts but that looks the best bet. I haven't yet found where the messages are in order to use Dropbox.

Life's a breeze, thank you .

Sad that you even feel the need to make a post like this documenting your life. No one cares. I really don't have any interest in engaging in verbal fisticuffs with someone so childish. My only concern is trying to help Brunel resolve his XP problem.

Edited by deleted (Thu 26-Feb-15 20:04:40)

Jolly good of you, old boy!

Which is where this sub-thread is heading.

Sometimes best to just let go and not keep fighting otherwise things escalate and then a finger hovers over the suspend button.

Just letting the OP know that some systems require a change in the BIOS.

Both my XP PCs are old with one being about 15 years of age. Both are used for backing-up purposes.

If running XP then the system is likely to be old unless there is some legacy software required to run on a newer system.

Fair point. Its too easy to forget that we released XP on October 25th 2001. Only seems a few years ago.