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Could your videos save Windows XP?

January 15, 2008

Is Windows XP the most popular Microsoft operating system of all time? You'd think so, judging by the desire from consumers and businesses to extended its availability. Now, one of PC Advisor's sister titles hopes to increase the pressure on Microsoft to abandon plans to kill XP in June, and they need your help.

Clearly, the main reason XP has surged in popularity is that its successor, Windows Vista, has been so badly received. Opposition to Microsoft's 'most important desktop operating system ever' has already forced the company to extend the life of XP from December 31 2007 to June 30 2008. But, as it stands, the software giant insists XP will be killed off in just over five months, and that's caused outrage among those who are not ready to make the switch.

But PC Advisor's US-based sister title Infoworld has launched a campaign to 'Save XP'. It's targeted mainly at the business community, but we continue to receive emails from consumers who are desperate that Vista won't be the only version of Windows they'll be able to buy for the next two or three years.

As well as a petition, Infoworld is encouraging Windows users to contribute their own videos on why XP should be saved.

"In the past, Microsoft has responded to customer dissatisfaction and changed its plans, so there's reason to believe it will listen today if the message is loud enough," said Eric Knorr, editor in chief at InfoWorld.

See Infoworld's Save XP campaign, and submit your videos here.

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Posted by RyanA on January 17, 2008 :

Microsoft will not change their mind again - if they allow xp to continue no one will buy into vista, as the new version of windows is due before long. And who other than businesses wants to buy an xp computer now? Vista isnt brilliant, but its not as bad an microsoft-haters make out

Posted by kjrider on January 17, 2008 :

I have had Vista for a couple of months and I really don't like it. It is user unfriendly and messy to use, with its silly distracting sidebar and every time I try to do anything, it is queried wether I have permission to do it.
Apart from being able to play my DVD without any extras, there isn't anything that I can think of that is worthwhile.

Posted by kjrider on January 17, 2008 :

I have had Vista for a couple of months and I really don't like it. It is user unfriendly and messy to use, with its silly distracting sidebar and every time I try to do anything, it is queried wether I have permission to do it.
Apart from being able to play my DVD without any extras, there isn't anything that I can think of that is worthwhile.

Posted by kjrider on January 17, 2008 :

I have had Vista for a couple of months and I really don't like it. It is user unfriendly and messy to use, with its silly distracting sidebar and every time I try to do anything, it is queried wether I have permission to do it.
Apart from being able to play my DVD without any extras, there isn't anything that I can think of that is worthwhile.

Posted by Larry E on January 17, 2008 :

I have had Vista for almost a year and love it. There is a learning curve, but there also was one with XP, as was there one with Windows 95, ME, 98, etc.

Posted by Viking Ken on January 17, 2008 :

Instead of bloating their OSs out with stupid security that never works properly. Microsoft should concentrate on building a good solid OS and leave the security to people who specialise in it. Vista is full of security that nobody needs, these days of good 3rd party security. I have been running XP SP2 for over a year without any updates bloating it out. The light OS runs smoothly and I have had absolutely no trouble with it. My secuity takes care of everything without any problems at all.

Posted by George Beale on January 18, 2008 :

With you all the way. Save XP as you can't use many of your old programmes or peripherals with Vista. which means more expense Microsoft should have made these compatable.

Posted by FE on January 19, 2008 :

I ask, what has the PCA, including the impotent threading forum, been doing for the last year, regarding saving XP.
All that I has witnessed is a gaffa taped organ being played to a herd of simple headed silver surfers.
Vista is the new black has far as these 'walking lifeless' are concerned.

However, lately there has been one exception, the PCA editor Paul Trotter.
Recently, he has been exposing Vista as a global reject.
Well done Paul and Infoworld but, I don't think the British will be bothered about being ripped off, again.

But,many know that when Bill says 100m Vista users then it does not mean 100m licenses.

As long as the majority of users bow to the offerings of the monopolistic Microsoft then users will only get what they deserve.
Yes, expensive junk and bloated software.

Posted by blogs on January 20, 2008 :

microsoft are a business with one aim ,to profit at any cost, and seeing them with market control in o/s i feel the only out would be if someone would market linux in a form that could be delivered as an equal alternative,ie,similar operating method

Posted by Dave on January 23, 2008 :

Is Microsoft still issuing SP3 for XP?

Posted by bazulek on January 24, 2008 :

please keep windows xp,bazulek from uk.

Posted by Adrian on January 25, 2008 :

As a budget PC user I am horrified at the problems that Vista is giving me with my familiar tried & tested software. Even Microsoft's own Outlook 2002 does not run properly and there is no patch to correct it. This has driven me to try alternative "Office" software that I would not previously have considered. Disgusted!

Paul Trotter
Blogger Paul Trotter has been addicted to online news since ditching newspapers at the dawn of the internet. He's been writing about the IT market for ten years and is editor of PC Advisor.

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