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Joined: May 2007 Posts: 622 | Windows Vista ?!!? ooohhhhh noooo  you may find this fun.... http://dotnet.org.za/codingsanity/archive/2007/12/14/review-windows-xp.aspxAnd that's all I have to say about that.... </hijack>
18 YEAR SURVIVOR
SCC Tongue (T3N0M0) diag 06/2006.
No evidence of disease 2010
Another PET 12-2014 pre-HBO, still N.E.D.
�Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. It matters that you don't just give up.�
Stephen Hawking | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Back to my earlier post....Throw it out the window.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 294 | Believe me, you do not want Vista! Got it in July and what a nightmare. Sure wish I had my XP back as Gates has laid another egg with Vista.
Bill D.
Dx 4/27/06, SCC, BOT, Stage III/IV, Tx 5/25/06 through 7/12/06 - 33 IMRT and 4 chemo, radical right side neck dissection 9/20/06.
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Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,912 Likes: 52 | You need to join the 21 century. With windows 95 I am surprised you can see anything on the web anymore. You need a new operating system, it won't be just OCF that you cannot use properly anymore. Please note that we just spent a ton to rebuild EVERY page of the OCF web site to meet new web standards. In a year or so if you don't meet those standards, you won't be found by the major search engines anymore, and people will not be able to display your pages (please note the W3C logo in the bottom of the OCF home page window and click on it). In an operating system as old as yours you cannot even get support from Microsoft anymore. There is nothing that Chester or I can do to help you. The web (and computers) are a constantly evolving and improving medium.... I wouldn't even worry about the Java updates, they will be part of a new operating system package. You have to keep up. This also means that all those old abandoned sites and junk on the web that exist now will disappear as time goes by and the new standards are implemented by the majority of sites and operating systems/browsers. As a MAC user who doesn't even run virus or spyware protection....I heartily endorse going MAC.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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Joined: May 2007 Posts: 622 | Dare I say it.
Ubuntu Linux would probably work on that hardware...
and it's free
18 YEAR SURVIVOR
SCC Tongue (T3N0M0) diag 06/2006.
No evidence of disease 2010
Another PET 12-2014 pre-HBO, still N.E.D.
�Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. It matters that you don't just give up.�
Stephen Hawking | | | | | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Yes,
Vista is reportedly a nightmare but I know a few people who are starting to like it, yes it is buggy - but you can't exactly run down to Fryes and buy an XP machine anymore. I'm probably going to take Brian's advice and get a MAC for my next computer. But I have a '98 PC to replace and I'll probably get a PC for that. My Vaio laptop I am going to replace with a MAC.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,940 | I have vista premium,and on the whole it is not a problem.Sometimes software installation disks are not compatible so i have to get updates from the internet but i did like my XP.
Liz in the UK
Husband Robin aged 44 years Dx 8th Dec 2006 poorly differentiated SCC tongue with met to neck T1N2cM0 Surgery and Radiation.Finished TX April 2007
Recurrence June/07 died July 29th/07.
Never take your eye off the ball, it may just smack you in the mouth.
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,260 | I had to buy a mew computer last a Jan. My old one lost the motherboard.. The stroe manager is a friend of mine and said don't buy the vista yet. It has too many bugs in it, I asked if he had any new leftovers with XP.. Got lucky and he had one in a box. Ended up with a really good one for less money. And no problems.
Since posting this. UPMC, Pittsburgh, Oct 2011 until Jan. I averaged about 2 to 3 surgeries a week there. w Can't have jaw made as bone is deteroriating steaily that is left in jaw. Mersa is to blame. Feeding tube . Had trach for 4mos. Got it out April.
--- Passed away 5/14/14, will be greatly missed by everyone here
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Joined: May 2007 Posts: 622 | [quote=Gary]Yes,
you can't exactly run down to Fryes and buy an XP machine anymore. [/quote]
Well yes and no. From what I have been recently told, it is up to the local store as to if they will or will not, however from the online business unit, it is a definite no.
The downgrade to XP is gaining in a lot of area's. Ask and then demand is the best policy at this point.
There are still several manufacturers that do still offer XP as a standard offering.
18 YEAR SURVIVOR
SCC Tongue (T3N0M0) diag 06/2006.
No evidence of disease 2010
Another PET 12-2014 pre-HBO, still N.E.D.
�Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. It matters that you don't just give up.�
Stephen Hawking | | | | | Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 681 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 681 | Vista is such fun!! At first it's like trying to adjust the mirrors, steering wheel and seat in a new car while driving 80 miles an hour and trying to change lanes at the same time. However once you get everything coordinated it can really take off.
I found the biggest challenge was updating everything. If you get a new machine with Vista preinstalled that wont be a problem.
SCC stage II Partial mandibulectomy w. neck dissection- July 2005. Renal cancer w. partial nephrectomy-Jan 2004. Breast cancer discovered in routine mammogram. Successful lumpectomy, sentinal nodes clear, RT only-2008 Reconstruction of mandible w fibula free flap-Jan 09. TORS removal of begnin pappiloma from esophagus-2010. Masectomy,rt breast 2013.
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