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Re: Windows XP made redundant
« Reply #27 on: Monday 19 May 14 21:27 BST (UK) »
Wot?!  No mention of paper-tape?!

I started work on an IBM-360 installation, then moved a few years later to an ICL-1901 site!
At that latter site, when clearing out a walk-in safe, we found the original Operating Manual for the Leo II! ;D ;D

IBM site used punched cards (80 column); ICL site used paper-tape!
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Re: Windows XP made redundant
« Reply #28 on: Monday 19 May 14 21:29 BST (UK) »
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"Ray, have you forgotten the Olivetti Programma 101, launched in 1964?!?!"

Reminded me of a fella I knew in the 1960's who worked as a very young bloke developing the language for Olivetti.... Haven't seen him since my marriage in 1970. Made lots of cash and moved to Hong Kong.

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Re: Windows XP made redundant
« Reply #29 on: Monday 19 May 14 22:35 BST (UK) »
A blast from the past the Programma 101, was it not used on board the Polaris submarines? Where I worked they went from the 101 to timeshare (not a villa in Florida ;D) from a local engineering company who rented out time on their computer during the day (you could say it was a forerunner of today's cloud computing). Next was the Apple II then PCs. In the mid nineties the person in charge of computing was a dyed in the wool main framer with a distrust of PCs. PCs would be delivered with windows 3.1 which was promptly removed and Lotus 123 and Word Perfect i(both DOS based) installed.

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Re: Windows XP made redundant
« Reply #30 on: Monday 19 May 14 22:56 BST (UK) »
Quote from: purplekat on Monday 19 May 14 14:58 BST (UK)
I'm still using xp, I left my computer on this morning and went upstairs when I came back the computer had just restarted and there was a message from microsoft saying an important security update had just been installed  ???
Further to my earlier answer, the problematic patch in question is labelled "KB2862330".
To check if that is causing your problem too, click on the yellow shield in the tray (bottom right next to clock). A dialog box will come up listing any outstanding updates. If the shield isn't there, wait until it does appear.

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« Reply #31 on: Monday 19 May 14 23:32 BST (UK) »
Just moused over the shield and it says. "Updates are ready to be installed.?"

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« Reply #32 on: Monday 19 May 14 23:55 BST (UK) »
Click the shield and a dialog box telling what those updates are should appear.
Last week there was an Internet Explorer one. Today, a "Malicious Software Removal Tool update" one. Both times accompanied by the one refering to the KB number mentioned, that despite running (a number of times) still keeps appearing. It is a known problem (or deliberate depending on your level of cynicism!!)

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« Reply #33 on: Tuesday 20 May 14 00:03 BST (UK) »
Well as far as I am concerned they can sit there, I dont need to update anything cept the old girl ;D

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Re: Windows XP made redundant
« Reply #34 on: Tuesday 20 May 14 13:19 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Neil Todd on Monday 19 May 14 23:32 BST (UK)
Just moused over the shield and it says. "Updates are ready to be installed.?"

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Yes, just checked that's the one, i'm just going to ignore it  :)

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« Reply #35 on: Tuesday 20 May 14 13:21 BST (UK) »
Quote from: ReadyDale on Monday 19 May 14 23:55 BST (UK)
Click the shield and a dialog box telling what those updates are should appear.
Last week there was an Internet Explorer one. Today, a "Malicious Software Removal Tool update" one. Both times accompanied by the one refering to the KB number mentioned, that despite running (a number of times) still keeps appearing. It is a known problem (or deliberate depending on your level of cynicism!!)

Yes, that's the one I'm just going to ignore it :)

clicked quote on the wrong post first time  ::)
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