Anyone has an info when this windows not drawn bug on windows xp will be fixed?

It works somehow with one client (at least mostly), but I would love to use more than one again, and windowed mode is not really a turn on

Anyone has an info when this windows not drawn bug on windows xp will be fixed?

It works somehow with one client (at least mostly), but I would love to use more than one again, and windowed mode is not really a turn on

Nothing wrong with XP here. And I don't see any reason to upgrade to 7 for as long as XP works fine. Which it does.

Nothing wrong with my asbestos-insulated house here. And I don't see any reason to upgrade to modern standards as long as the asbestos works fine. Which it does.

Comparing Windows XP to asbestos to try to justify upgrading to a new OS is ridiculous.

There is nothing wrong with XP. As long as it continues to do what we need it to do we will continue to use it. Upgrading to the newest 'thingy' just because its new is silly.

lmao windows xp

how are you liking your fisher price taskbar theme, horrible security and incompatibility with new software????

why are you still using XP? Come on even schools are upgrading to 7 now.

lmao windows xp

how are you liking your fisher price taskbar theme, horrible security and incompatibility with new software????

Can you at least try to upgrade to Windows Vista? I can't imagine anyone using XP for anything these days as that system is already over 10 years old for crying out loud. It is literally as old as Eve Online.

Never touch a running system ;).

Win7 offers nothing over WinXP ... except MORE COLLORS.
I don't know a singel program, which does not work under XP except DX11 which noone need.

And it would take several DAYS for a full switch.

Sounds like someone has issues

Bunch of stuff why Win7 is better than XP

Probably never. Windows XP was released October 25, 2001. Making the game XP compatible would be working backwards. It is time to upgrade to 7.

Windows XP is ancient, ugly, unstable and embarrassing.
...truncated rage...

Also, Tippia, you're a hipster, and nobody likes hipsters. Put on your scarf and go complain about your favourite underground band which I've 'probably never heard' of becoming too mainstream.

You know, there isn't one single thing in your post that makes me want to, let alone need to, upgrade to Win7.

Oh, so you don't care for 'efficiency' in general. Ok.
You don't need to upgrade, but if you do you'll notice improvements in all aspects of computing.

XP has many problems. You just don't notice them because they're efficiency-related rather than specific crashes. 10 seconds of your time wasted every 5 minutes every day is something you should avoid.

And, yes, Windows 7 is already very slightly bad in comparison to Windows 8 Developer Preview. Seen the new task manager? PHHWWOOOOARRRR.

You should consider using an operating system not designed to run on a difference engine.

Can you at least try to upgrade to Windows Vista? I can't imagine anyone using XP for anything these days as that system is already over 10 years old for crying out loud. It is literally as old as Eve Online.

Oh, so you don't care for 'efficiency' in general. Ok.
You don't need to upgrade, but if you do you'll notice improvements in all aspects of computing.

XP has many problems. You just don't notice them because they're efficiency-related rather than specific crashes. 10 seconds of your time wasted every 5 minutes every day is something you should avoid.

And, yes, Windows 7 is already very slightly bad in comparison to Windows 8 Developer Preview. Seen the new task manager? PHHWWOOOOARRRR.

Can you at least try to upgrade to Windows Vista? I can't imagine anyone using XP for anything these days as that system is already over 10 years old for crying out loud. It is literally as old as Eve Online.

I'm still using XP on every single computer I own without issue. You cant be serious about Vista, what a pile that was.

Windows XP is ancient, ugly, unstable and embarrassing.
Do you want to burn a DVD? OH WAIT WINDOWS XP CAN'T NATIVELY BURN DVDS. AHAHAHHAHAHAH.
Enjoy your start menu which takes up the entire screen, and your lack of instant search.
Enjoy the limitation of 4GB of RAM, including your GPU's RAM. XP 64bit you say? Completely unstable and no support.
Enjoy your hideous control panel with a huge block of options to scroll through, with absolutely no categorising or sorting.
Enjoy your lack of a wallpaper slideshow. Stare at the same wallpaper every day.
Enjoy your constantly crashing programs, and an 'end task' button in the task manager which actually doesn't work.


You know error reporting in Windows XP? You know how it's useless, so you always click 'Don't send'? Well, in 7, you are actually given solutions.
Enjoy your lack of Aero snap. Want to see 2 windows side by side? You have two choices. Either painstakingly click and drag minimised windows into position, or end every single program except the two you want side-by-side, then right click on the start bar and select some option hidden somewhere.
Enjoy your lack of jumplists. How do you instantly go to a frequent website from your desktop? Use a bunch of saved bookmark files in some unsorted folder? Well, I just right click on the Firefox icon, and click on the site I'm interested in.
Enjoy your lack of items on the start bar which give useful information. If I have a download in Firefox running, or a copy-and-paste job in explore, the icon becomes illuminated with a status bar.
XP doesn't even have Homegroup support.


How do you go to your desktop which is beneath several windows? Click that little desktop button which is like 1/8 the distance from the left to right of the screen, and about 10 pixels up from the bottom? Make sure you aim carefully! On Windows 7, I swing the mouse to the absolute bottom-right and click. No aiming necessary. Fast and easy.
Want automatic, clean, safe, and up-to-date backups? Not with XP! I see over 15 steps on the Microsoft support page to get a backup on XP. How many steps on 7? 5 for the first time, and none from there.
Let's have a race. Open something you'd never use, like Paint (Which is better in 7, by the way). I press the start key, type paint, then press the enter key. Done. 2 seconds. Hmm, since you're using XP you'll need to click start > All programs > Accessories > scroll scroll scroll search search search > Paint. 15 seconds.
How do you access all of your recent word docs? Well, I click start, hover over the word icon, and see all of my recent docs to the right. Easy. XP? You probably have folders upon folders of out-of-date shortcuts.


DirectX 10? DirectX 11? XP has neither. Support is dwindling. Enjoy not being able to play 50+ games at their best quality.
Oh, something deleted your boot.ini. Oh dear. Well, Windows 7 doesn't have anything that archaic, and one automated and easily accessed Startup Repair later and you're good to go, with no loss of files, full reinstall and faffing about with command prompts.
Hmm... Your display driver crashed for the billionth time today, giving you a BSOD? What a shame. Windows 7 can automatically reboot your display driver. Yes, often without even crashing the game.
Want to connect to a wireless/VPN/mobile broadband/etc network? Like 2 or 3 clicks on 7. XP? Well, did the internet even exist in those prehistoric times? No wonder it takes like 10+ dialog boxes to do things so menial.
It's time to use Windows Update on your XP computer! Let's see, was it Microsoft Update or Windows Update? Oh, I forget, I'll just click one. Ok, here opens Internet Explorer and OH GOD THE TOOLBARS ARE EATING MY FACE. Yep, now we just wait 10 minutes for the search and...oh... no updates. Sadface. Windows 7? Automated. If you want to go over advanced or optional updates, just type Update into your inta-search, press Enter, and a dedicated, in-OS UI appears. Which searches for updates in seconds! Sweet mother of all things holy, UPDATING IS EASY.


Oh dear, you have several notifications. Look near your clock. THOUSANDS OF ICONS ALL FLASHING ARGH MY EYES. THEY STRETCH OUT SO FAR TO THE LEFT MY TASKBAR IS GONE NOW. Windows 7? Click the arrow, and a little box appears above. It's 2D rather than 1D, so it fits a huge number of icons in a small space. Oh yeah, furthermore, some of these notifications are now added to the action centre. Got an OS update, security warning, maintenance process and more begging for attention? It's all in one icon rather than dozens.

Windows 7 is both shinier AND more usable. XP consists of huge lists to achieve the same thing with 4x the clicks and mouse movement.
System requirements? Don't make me laugh. 2GB of RAM costs $25. Wait a minute. You can't upgrade anyway, because you're using a 32bit OS.

Your PC is the operating system you use. If your OS it out of date, then your entire system is, too.


Anyway, that's my rant. Update today. It's so much better and it affects every day of your life.

Nothing wrong with XP here. And I don't see any reason to upgrade to 7 for as long as XP works fine. Which it does.

stuff

For me, changing an operating system every other year is as drastic as tearing down parts of my house and rebuilding just as often. You might argue that its more like painting your room every year, but how often do you really repaint your room?

Probably because you haven't looked that hard.

• Increased performance
• Increased stability
• Support for newer hardware
• Overall easier use and smoother workflow
• People are going to stop supporting it really soon

Never touch a running system ;).

Win7 offers nothing over WinXP ... except MORE COLLORS.
I don't know a singel program, which does not work under XP except DX11 which noone need.

And it would take several DAYS for a full switch.

Xp cannot support the eve cache running on a RAM disk which is mounted on 4 of the 16g I've got , which xp also cannot support either.

Then there is security, speed, stability....

Also security, mostly user fault

speed, XP is way faster at most things, a bit slower at some, which most people never use.

stability .. well probably most stable system i had since win2k.

The horse and buggy is perfectly fine. Internal combustion is just unnecessary.

Flaws in the OS code are not the user's fault and are the most common type of exploitable weakness.


Please cite your sources because that statement is demonstrably untrue.
pcmag
hardware heaven
techradar
softpedia


Of course it's the most stable thing you have had, it's the newest operating system you have tried. If you haven't even really compared the two then all of your commentary is invalid.

Some people are just stuck in their ways. Cannot be argued with and any proof presented (even in the absence of their own proof) will just be ignored. The old mentality of "if it 'aint broke, don't fix it" is a very poor choice to make. If everyone thought that way we would be stuck in the stone age.

Some people are just stuck in their ways. Cannot be argued with and any proof presented (even in the absence of their own proof) will just be ignored. The old mentality of "if it 'aint broke, don't fix it" is a very poor choice to make. If everyone thought that way we would be stuck in the stone age.

Well, good, it's your word vs. mine and everyone I linked up there.

Still off-topic..

Can run 10 accounts maybe even more on Win XP.. so dont know what are you doing, but you are doing it wrong.

Also security, mostly user fault
speed, XP is way faster at most things, a bit slower at some, which most people never use.
stability .. well probably most stable system i had since win2k.

*Just saying. Not that it matters. Derail of the thread seems intentional, therefore i call it Troll thread"

Lock for no content.

Failure to understanding what you're quoting is not good. I don't think I mentioned accounts.

Hey I heard it's 2011.

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I don't know a singel program, which does not work under XP except DX11 which noone need.

The only thing wrong is lack of support for over 4GB of RAM.

Never touch a running system ;).

Win7 offers nothing over WinXP ... except MORE COLLORS.
I don't know a singel program, which does not work under XP except DX11 which noone need.

And it would take several DAYS for a full switch.

Well if I remember correctly with windows 7 my computer actually uses the 8 gig ram I inserted, unlike XP.

*sigh*

Good news: XP is fairly easy to alter so it supports over 4GB of RAM.

Do tell. Then what reasons are left for upgrading? I don't see any. Lack of native DVD burning? LOL, it's much easier to get a program than to change your OS. And I don't really have many crash problems with XP, not enough to make me want to upgrade. Vista was awful.

Well, In the end, its up to you, what OS you will use. But dont expect to have support for dinosaur old OS. If you like MS-DOS, then use it, but without support. If you like Win7, use it and with support.

The thing about the 4GB limitation is that it's something Microsoft has coded into the OS as part of the license if you buy a 32-bit version of any of their consumer OSes GÇö you can make the OS skip/ignore/misread that license and thus gain access to more RAM (for comparison, many of the old 32bit server versions of windows would let you run with 16 or even 64GB RAM out of the box). It's not an actual limit of the system, and hasn't been sinceGǪ ohGǪ 1995 or so. It's just good old MS saying GÇ£Oh, so you paid that much for your OS? Well, then you get this much RAM to play withGÇ¥.

You got any sources to back that up?

i hope they dont. Simply to force you to upgrade.

Old, unmaintained OS's is the primary reason for botnets / ddos / general trashyness of today's internet.

Just google for GÇ£alter XP for more than 4GB" or something to that effect, and you should be able to find a few guides.

GǪand then you can do the same to alter Vista and Win7 for the same purpose.

The thing about the 4GB limitation is that it's something Microsoft has coded into the OS as part of the license if you buy a 32-bit version of any of their consumer OSes GÇö you can make the OS skip/ignore/misread that license and thus gain access to more RAM (for comparison, many of the old 32bit server versions of windows would let you run with 16 or even 64GB RAM out of the box). It's not an actual limit of the system, and hasn't been sinceGǪ ohGǪ 1995 or so. It's just good old MS saying GÇ£Oh, so you paid that much for your OS? Well, then you get this much RAM to play withGÇ¥.

Probably never. Windows XP was released October 25, 2001. Making the game XP compatible would be working backwards. It is time to upgrade to 7.

Can you at least try to downgrade to Windows Vista? I can't imagine anyone using XP for anything these days as that system is already over 10 years old for crying out loud. It is literally as old as Eve Online.

Off topic:

EvE runs just fine on the Windows 8 Developer Preview.

Much better than on XP on the same hardware.

You know, there isn't one single thing in your post that makes me want to, let alone need to, upgrade to Win7.

"note same hardware.. is probably 2011 / new
on 2008 PC it will run probably much better on XP

Actually, no.

I was running a dual boot of XP / Win 8 Preview on an Athlon 64 5200 (2.7ghz dual core) with 4 gigs DDR2 800 and a Geforce GT-8600.

The hardware was out of date by 2008.

It gets a 4.6 windows experience rating. :P

lmao windows xp

how are you liking your fisher price taskbar theme, horrible security and incompatibility with new software????

win vista, win 7 etc. got some "nice features" which are mostly useless and have double maybe even more requirements to even run.

The thing about the 4GB limitation is that it's something Microsoft has coded into the OS as part of the license if you buy a 32-bit version of any of their consumer OSes .

Pff! I used UNIX back when it was mainstream (or wellGǪ DG 386/ix GÇö but it was a certified clone), and then I used it when it wasn't mainstream any more, and then I used UNIX-likes when they were not-quite-yet-mainstream, and now I have UNIXes and unix-likes on pretty much every piece of computer:ish electronics in my house (phone, tablet, console, computersGǪ fridgeGǪ).


GǪalso, my XP isn't having any of the problems you enumerated (well, maybe DVD burning, but who the hell uses physical media any more?)

Also, scarves are for weakling city-folks.

edit: Now, if you really want to talk snobbery, let's discuss ITS (and YOURGǪ and STYLE).

How the **** is Windowed mode for EvE a turnoff? It is ******* amazing! In fact it is one of the only games I have EVER seen that did Windowed mode right! Takes up my whole ******* screen, I don't see window borders and allows me to switch screens whenever I need to.

OP is fail.