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Old January 10th 19, 02:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Tim Slattery[_2_]
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Default Win XP to Win 10?

MikeS wrote:


Two things to keep in mind. I don't like the new Start Menu much so I
installed Classic Start Menu which provides an easy way to set things
the way I like them.


That's fine if that suits you. I intended to do that, but I was
surrised to find that the Win10 Start menu was just fine for me. (A
lot better then the Win8 start menu -- which didn't exist).



Some old programs and hardware will no longer work
properly.


I've heard such claims, but I haven't run into it myself. I guess I'd
already replaced any 16 bit programs I used to use. (Microsoft's
64-bit OSs won't run 16 bit programs, 32-bit OSs will. and device
drivers might be a problem if you're making a really big jump, like XP
to Win10) There are plenty of things available - including free and/or
Open Source programs, and they work just fine - often better than the
old ones.

It is quite easy to find (free) replacements for most of the
programs but I also installed the free VirtualBox. The laptop now runs a
Win XP virtual machine which I can use for various ancient things such
as Outlook Express or my Agfa scanner which I bought when I was running
Windows 98!


That's also a good solution.

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Tim Slattery
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