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The thing that kills me is that XP is basically 10 years old now. It still "adds a new device" every time i plug in a usb key.
by goalieca 15y ago
The thing that kills me is that XP is basically 10 years old now. It still "adds a new device" every time i plug in a usb key.
- melling 15y agoWhy should this change? Microsoft has invested billions in Vista and Windows 7. It's time to upgrade. Supporting all the legacy costs Microsoft money that can be better spent on future enhancements.
- cturner 15y agoMicrosoft has invested billions in Vista and Windows 7. It's time to upgrade Non-sequiter. You can buy support for legacy versions of VMS, Unix and OS/2. Supporting all the legacy costs Microsoft money that can be better spent on future enhancements. It would be definitely be cost-effective to sell Windows XP support. The reason for withdrawing XP support are strategic, not cost-oriented (nor customer-oriented!!)
- CamperBob 15y agoTechnically that's the fault of the hardware vendor for not including a valid serial # in the device's EEPROM. Did they change the behavior in later Windows versions?
- notatoad 15y agono, they didn't. vista and 7 still have exactly the same behaviour as XP for initializing a new device, they just do a better job of hiding it from the users.
- sedev 15y agoIt does that because the alternative is even worse: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2004/11/10/255047.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2004/11/10/25504...