I had to set up XP mode for a couple of people at work a while back. I'm
not a fan. That said, it *does* seem to work. It's just awkward and
off-putting both during setup and in having to recall how to get it started
to what one wants with it on a regular basis.
On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 11/4/2014 1:42 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
>
>> It's the difference between closed, for profit, software and open source.
>>> Gotta hereto those paid upgrades coming via forced obsolescence for the
>>> former.
>>>
>>> As time goes on, more websites are incorporationg features that
>> require Win7+ and IE9+. But, I can access them all with Firefox without
>> having to abandon WinXP, and now Firefox lets me keep using Win98/SE for
>> webmail access. Neither Win7+ or Linux will let me use my older
>> engineering software, so those are not an option.
>>
>
> I know this is outside your desired path, but you might want to check out
> Windows XP mode in the Windows Virtual Machine that comes with Win7 Pro and
> above. It looks like an awkward thing to set up/configure, but is intended
> to deal with exactly this problem.
>
> I have a couple of programs that won't work with 64 bit Win7, but my round
> touit for that project hasn't arrived as yet.
>
> I do have an extra hard drive for the laptop with Win7, but it has
>> trouble working with the laptop as the hardware is designed for WinXP.
>>
>
> I tried an SSD. No dice with my old 98 oriented hardware.
>
> Big Bits Moose
>
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