Windows XP - Page 3

On November 19 2018 07:24 chuDr3t4 wrote:
Noone mentions DirectX but I am pretty sure that's the main reason, right?
Supporting DX9/WinXP in 2017 just doesn't make much sense, DX9 and DX11 are quiet different AFAIK.

On November 19 2018 06:21 ProMeTheus112 wrote:

That was my guess at first but it doesn't add up. Options menu also take 10sec to load, as well as a few other menus sometimes. This isn't a problem with 1.16. A friend of mine said he gets profiles loading in 3 secs which is still 5-10 times slower than 1.16 but suggests a newer comp can display these menus faster? These are just simple menus. It's really slow :/ i guess both battle.net is slower and the interface code itself. I don't feel like the optimization is there, cause it really is slow all around, though the extreme 10+ sec loading only occur at some specific menus (options, login and profile). Anyway I don't like it lol^^ it's not so good, 1.16 feels much better :/ and is lot less buggy.
I think maybe XP feels better on an older comp, because it's probably less heavy on the system than vista or 7? So if you have a old comp 1-3Ghz or something that still works, maybe XP is better. Did you actually try running XP and you get hacked immediately? :/ it was never that bad for me. Usually I have heard, that most used systems are the ones which are usually targetted by potential hacks. I think if one is really worried about being a target, you can just set up your own security then @_@

On November 19 2018 16:46 MarcoJ wrote:Additionally I am not sure if you can judge whether your XP-PC is compromised or not, you dont seem to have the education. But a botnet dont wants you to recognize they are having control over your machine, thats the trick. For furhter reading: https://www.wired.com/2017/05/still-use-windows-xp-prepare-worst/

You cant set up your own security if the loopholes are in the OS at parts you have no access to. If you have old hardware try running a beginner-friendly linux distro. All of them offer a live-stick version, so you can try it out without installing it for a while. Thats my best advice for that situation. If you can spend money buy a new pc and run a supported OS of your choice.