[Technical] Off Topic - Windows XP and Serv Pack 2 Incompatibility

[David Dawson]

I had a laptop lose its wireless connection after it auto-installed SP2
overnight!
Firewall has to be configured carefully 
Network connections may become an issue if you are not careful especially
with non MS AV software or firewalls or anti-spyware.
Some old devices may not work.
Some ACER computers no longer allow Fn+F5 to connect to a digital data
projector.
Otherwise it is mostly OK - I needed it before I could install MS Visual C++
.Net version.
Seems slower to me ..... And it wants to control you more. 
Have fun
David Dawson 


-----Original Message-----
From: tech-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:tech-bounces at edulists.com.au] On
Behalf Of Con Zymaris
Sent: Wednesday, 15 June 2005 11:23 AM
To: Technical Discussion in Schools Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Technical] Off Topic - Windows XP and Serv Pack 2
Incompatibility

On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 11:18:29AM +1000, Clarky wrote:
> 
> Hi Con,
> 
> Well, there's a developer utility that tests older apps - are you 
> thinking perhaps of the checkboxes that tell XP to pretend to be a 
> Win2000 or 95 computer, just for a particular program?

I'm sure I've seen, on XP, a utility which allows you to test the
compatibility of apps installed on that system. Now this may have been a
separately installed piece of software on the XP systems I've seen it on,
but somewhere, such a beastie exists.

> ---
> I'd also be curious to know what a lab full of XP machines costs, if 
> it's not a problem to reveal such numbers.
> ---
> 
> Not including the hardware? It really depends. 

I mean everything.

What would it cost for a school to buy a lab of 50 PCs, one server, all
hardware, screens, keyboards, mice, all the software that would be needed
for an average computer lab, have it installed and operational.


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