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Why do you still use Windows XP and why?
Is it because of very old softwares that don't work in newer hardwares
and OSes? If so, then what do you do for its security? Do you keep the PC offline? Just curious. Thank you for reading and hopefully answering. -- Life is so crazy! ..!.. *isms, sins, hates, (d)evil, illnesses (e.g., COVID-19/2019-nCoV/SARS-CoV-2), deaths, heat waves, fires, out(r)ages, unlucky #4, 2020, etc. Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org / / /\ /\ \ http://antfarm.ma.cx. Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( ) |
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Why do you still use Windows XP and why?
Ant wrote:
Is it because of very old softwares that don't work in newer hardwares and OSes? If so, then what do you do for its security? Do you keep the PC offline? Just curious. Thank you for reading and hopefully answering. I'd tell you, but you're probably offline. Paul |
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Why do you still use Windows XP?
Paul wrote:
Ant wrote: Is it because of very old softwares that don't work in newer hardwares and OSes? If so, then what do you do for its security? Do you keep the PC offline? Just curious. Thank you for reading and hopefully answering. I'd tell you, but you're probably offline. Soon, Paul. :P -- Life is so crazy! ..!.. *isms, sins, hates, (d)evil, illnesses (e.g., COVID-19/2019-nCoV/SARS-CoV-2), deaths, heat waves, fires, out(r)ages, unlucky #4, 2020, etc. Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org / / /\ /\ \ http://antfarm.ma.cx. Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( ) |
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Why do you still use Windows XP and why?
Something like 40 authors in 400 posts could barely come up with ten things
that you might want to do in Windows 10 that you can't do in almost every prior Windows version. o *What can you do on Windows 10 that you can't do on Windows XP or Windows 7?* https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/fJBY472ds3E -- Even the START MENU from Windows XP ports over to Windows 10 with a simple copy of the file hierarchy and it works out of the box in my setup. |
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Why do you still use Windows XP?
On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 17:52:33 -0500, Ant wrote:
I'd tell you, but you're probably offline. Soon, Paul. :P Since you asked, one reason I keep WinXP around is for the menus. o It's trivial to just _copy_ WinXP menus over to Win10 for example: Here's a set of screenshots of just that from one of my tutorials: o http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=2635699winxp_menus_on_win10.jpg o http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=2796904winxp_menu_on_win10.jpg o http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=5364242winxp_menu_example01.jpg o http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=2539943taskbar00.jpg I have an old Dell laptop, whose screen is dead and which has only 500MB of RAM, which works just fine on WinXP as my USB printer/scanner interface. I recently copied the START MENU over to a newly set up Win10 machine, and it worked right out of the box, as per my well-designed menu hierarchy: o Why does anyone bother to install Classic Shell on Windows if all they want is the WinXP accordion-style sliding cascade Start Menu? https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/dTHKXIdlqcw As for bugfixes, even Windows 10 is full of holes, but, even so, lately I pull the cat5 (it doesn't even have WiFi), but not out of any sense of fear but more out of propriety (it doesn't need to be on my LAN full time). -- Even the START MENU from Windows XP ports over to Windows 10 with a simple copy of the file hierarchy and it works out of the box in my setup. |
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Why do you still use Windows XP and why?
On Saturday, June 27, 2020 at 5:34:45 PM UTC-5, Paul wrote:
Ant wrote: Is it because of very old softwares that don't work in newer hardwares and OSes? If so, then what do you do for its security? Do you keep the PC offline? Just curious. Thank you for reading and hopefully answering. I'd tell you, but you're probably offline. Paul That's funny. :-) Andy |
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Why do you still use Windows XP and why?
On 2020-6-28 5:56, Ant wrote:
Is it because of very old softwares that don't work in newer hardwares and OSes? If so, then what do you do for its security? Do you keep the PC offline? Just curious. Thank you for reading and hopefully answering. IMO the most important reason is, newer OSes demand more and more resources, they tend to not support old hardware, or not run as good as old OSes on old hardware. As to security, no problem at the moment, not until something so vicious like "Sasser" come again. And as hackers would not put effort to XP now, that possibility is low. -- Regards, Lu Wei IM: PGP: 0xA12FEF7592CCE1EA |
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Why do you still use Windows XP?
Arlen Holder wrote:
On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 17:52:33 -0500, Ant wrote: I'd tell you, but you're probably offline. Soon, Paul. :P I'd tell you, but you're probably offline. Soon, Paul. :P Since you asked, one reason I keep WinXP around is for the menus. I'm back again for now. :P o It's trivial to just _copy_ WinXP menus over to Win10 for example: Here's a set of screenshots of just that from one of my tutorials: o http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=2635699winxp_menus_on_win10.jpg o http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=2796904winxp_menu_on_win10.jpg o http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=5364242winxp_menu_example01.jpg o http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=2539943taskbar00.jpg But that's W10 with WXP frontend. :P I have an old Dell laptop, whose screen is dead and which has only 500MB of RAM, which works just fine on WinXP as my USB printer/scanner interface. U mean 512 MB. I recently copied the START MENU over to a newly set up Win10 machine, and it worked right out of the box, as per my well-designed menu hierarchy: o Why does anyone bother to install Classic Shell on Windows if all they want is the WinXP accordion-style sliding cascade Start Menu? https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/dTHKXIdlqcw As for bugfixes, even Windows 10 is full of holes, but, even so, lately I pull the cat5 (it doesn't even have WiFi), but not out of any sense of fear but more out of propriety (it doesn't need to be on my LAN full time). I'm avoiding 10 & using 64-bit W7. Once in a while (very rare), XP Pro. SP3. -- Life is so crazy! ..!.. *isms, sins, hates, (d)evil, illnesses (e.g., COVID-19/2019-nCoV/SARS-CoV-2), deaths, heat waves, fires, out(r)ages, unlucky #4, 2020, etc. Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org / / /\ /\ \ http://antfarm.ma.cx. Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( ) |
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Why do you still use Windows XP and why?
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| | Surveillance capitalism. Great answer. Succinct. It's probably my #1. But close seconds would be: Security. Leanness. Responsiveness. (It does what I tell it without arguing.) Pliability. (It never tells me I don't have permission.) Acclimation. So far I'm not having problems with software that won't run on XP. And as far as I know, everything I use will run on 7 and probably 10, though there might be minor glitches. I'm not sure. I haven't tried actually doing work on anything but XP. I use 7 for riskier online activities, as a sacrificial lamb system. I've found Win7 somewhat salvageable. If I needed a new box now I'd probably try to build Win7, as I don't think I can get hardware for XP anymore. But I'd hate to pay top dollar for a copy of an OS that I'm really not fond of. And don't get me started on the harebrained idea of running XP in a VM. |
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Why do you still use Windows XP and why?
On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 16:56:44 -0500, NT (Ant) wrote:
Is it because of very old softwares that don't work in newer hardwares and OSes? If so, then what do you do for its security? Do you keep the PC offline? Just curious. It's because 1.some of the programs I use most frequently are DOS programs. 2. I'm a pensioner and can't afford to keep buying new hardware 3. I don't like the schlepp of setting up a new machine and reinstalling sdoftware For security I use Avast antivistus Stick to plain text e-mail Avoid phishing scams Use NoScript -- Steve Hayes http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm http://khanya.wordpress.com |
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