Charlie
Thu Aug 16 16:39:41 CDT 2007
No idea, not a feature I've ever had any use for. I use offline folders
extensively, but not the briefcase.
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Charlie.
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"thecreator" <thecreator@home.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Charlie Russel,
>
> Question: Does the OEM Version of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
> fix the problem with downloading programs into the Briefcase without
> getting error message about "This Briefcase requires a newer version of
> the software" problem? The 64-bit version is faster than Windows XP Home
> Edition, and I prefer Outlook Express overtop of Windows Mail. That's why
> I elected not to jump to Vista.
>
>
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> thecreator
>
>
> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
> news:98287E36-6043-4E18-8463-45EE95CA1A09@microsoft.com...
>> Honestly, I don't know what happened. But what I'd do in your case is to
>> do a Repair Install. Yes, it will knock you back to IE6 again. And you'll
>> have to do all the updates. But I think you'll end up cleaner in the long
>> run.
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.
>>
http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>>
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>>
>>
>> "JGundrey" <JGundrey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:0B6D0250-43A5-4E6C-BDB4-58C2E1876CE5@microsoft.com...
>>> It looks like whichever way you go, it will be "less than satisfactory".
>>>
>>> I D/L'd the evaluation version, burnt the image to a CD and ran the
>>> installation. Flawless. Speedy. Not a single error. Sees all of my 4
>>> GB
>>> of RAM now. Went to Windows Update. D/L'd all the updates - IE7, the
>>> works.
>>> Flawlesser. Speedier. Yippee. Lovin' it. Wanted to keep it.
>>>
>>> I was so impressed that after a month I ordered an OEM licensed version
>>> from
>>> NewEgg. $140. Arrived in two days.
>>>
>>> Ran the installation from the CD before the 120-day witching hour.
>>> Chose
>>> "Upgrade" rather than "New Installation" from the set-up options.
>>>
>>> Kaboom!
>>>
>>> The licenced copy I bought and installed rolled back a bunch of stuff
>>> from
>>> the evaluation version into older versions - not the least of which was
>>> IE.
>>> It put it back to 6-point-something. I clicked on Windows Update from
>>> the
>>> Tools menu in IE (to upgrade back to IE7) and I get an error box saying
>>> "The
>>> requested lookup key was not found in any active activation context."
>>> Say
>>> what? Almost any link I clicked on, or URL I typed in, would get me
>>> that
>>> message. And, then the browser did nothing. I was now basically off
>>> the
>>> Internet with my licensed version of XP 64.
>>>
>>> I loaded FireFox from a set-up file I had on a USB thumb drive, and I
>>> was
>>> back on the Internet. I Googled that error phrase and also went to the
>>> Microsoft Knowledge base. The search results showed that exact error
>>> was
>>> being reported by tons of people since January, but no solutions were
>>> provided for the error in XP 64 - not even by Microsoft.
>>>
>>> So, using FireFox, I was able to download IE7 from Microsoft (after
>>> being
>>> prompted for a whole bunch more "Genuine Advantage" validation stuff -
>>> even
>>> though I activated my copy of Windows during the set-up process).
>>>
>>> After getting IE7 up and running, I was finally able to do a Windows
>>> Update
>>> without getting the bizarre "active activation context" error message.
>>> Only
>>> now there were 19 updates subsumed in a 101 MB download - in spite of
>>> having
>>> run Windows Update under the evaluation version and getting all the
>>> latest
>>> fixes and enhancements.
>>>
>>> Under the evaluation version, both of my USB printers worked with the
>>> included drivers with no grief. With the OEM licensed version, they
>>> still
>>> work with the included drivers. Only now every time I turn on the
>>> computer,
>>> I get the "new hardware found" wizard asking me to search for and
>>> install
>>> drivers for the printers. Since there are no 64-bit drivers for these
>>> older
>>> HP printers, I have no drivers to install and I get a message from
>>> Windows
>>> saying the driver isn't installed properly and my hardware may not work.
>>> The
>>> printers do work fine. But, I still get the prompt to install a driver
>>> followed by a "...hardware may not work properly..." nuissance message
>>> when I
>>> can't complete a driver installation.
>>>
>>> Lastly, pages are slow to load in IE7 now. In some cases, very slow.
>>> The
>>> status bar says "Waiting for <...url...>..." and it just hangs there for
>>> many
>>> seconds - five, six or more seconds - sometimes ten or more - before the
>>> pages download. But, when I use Firefox, the same URL's zoom right down
>>> and
>>> pop up almost instantly.
>>>
>>> Yes, something "snapped" when I went to the OEM, licensed version. I
>>> wish
>>> Microsoft would have let me send them a check directly and just keep the
>>> evaluation version.
>>>
>>> As John Travolta's character said in the Movie "Michael": "Nothing
>>> lasts!"
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