[ale] Belay that, OT, jre7u71 winXP won't install/update

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Thu Oct 16 12:17:24 EDT 2014


The thought that there is even the possibility of winXP under the hood of
any 2-ton iron horse/rolling gas fire is causing severe queasiness.

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Ken Cochran <kwc at shell.theworld.com>
wrote:

> Well, ya...  {sigh}  That machine is a now-11-year-old  (I
> think) Tried & True IBM T41 notebook (remember those? :).
> It's now pretty-much single-purpose (auto diagnostics).
> The shop service app is Java & Windows-only (yes, really sh*tty
> software design but there are no other options I'm aware
> of).  I guess I should get around to some kind of Newer-ish
> Hotness but I'm not keen to the idea of Further Feeding The
> Beast until/unless absolutely necessary.  I guess I'm pretty
> soon-ish going to need to get a 7 or 8.1 replacement notebook,
> preferably a factory refurb, but I'm not seeing much of any
> "good" nowadays.  Linux/BSD-type OS friendliness is, of course,
> mandatory.  Dunno what makes/models to seek/avoid.
>
> Sort-of an aside note I guess:  The nice expensive hand-held
> scanners I'm seeing at both independent & dealer shops still
> run XP.  And these things are expensive.  I'm guessing they
> likely never got around to updating/upgrading but that's the
> fault of those systems' makers too.  Few weeks ago one belonging
> to one of my auto-tech acquaintances got almost-bricked by
> virus/malware it picked up, apparently while online-connected
> for updates.  This is a ~$14k little thing and he lost *A Day*
> of its use getting it fixed/recovered.  As well, what I've
> seen of what's in cars nowadays (expensive ones too) gives me
> the heebie-jeebies.  (But then again, I guess mid-late October
> is Heebie-Jeebie season, hmm?  :P
>
> -kc
>
> > From: "Lightner, Jeff" <JLightner at dsservices.com>
> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> > Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 12:14:02 +0000
> > Subject: Re: [ale] Belay that, OT, jre7u71 winXP won't install/update
> >
> > You know WinXP isn't supported by M$ any longer.   You might
> > want to think about moving on.   Despite the grumbles Windows
> > 8 isn't bad once you get used to it and is NOT only usable on
> > touch devices as some will tell you.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Ken
> Cochran
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 7:00 PM
> > To: ale at ale.org
> > Subject: [ale] Belay that, OT, jre7u71 winXP won't install/update
> >
> > Sorry, fixed it, reboot seems to have cleared the umm... constipation...
> > -kc
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