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To: Chad C. Mulligan; daniel1212
>> Will it run on Windows XP-Pro?

> Sorry, no...

I'll add, to Daniel1212's useful comment, that if you're running XP-Pro, you really shouldn't be going on the internet, with or without a browser. It's just begging to get pwned.

I have a VM of XP-Pro, to run an ancient application that never got updated for Vista and won't run on anything later either. But it's strictly a local operation, I turn off the network BEFORE I boot XP.

If you must use XP on the internet for some reason, then I recommend you run it as a VM (using VMware, VirtualBox, etc.) and keep a spare clean file copy of it, so that when (not if) it gets pwned, you can just delete that file and make a new copy of the clean spare.

16 posted on 03/29/2024 6:51:42 PM PDT by dayglored (Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords! Arthur Pendragon in 2024)
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To: dayglored

Whose virtualization software should I start with? Have a couple things I’d like to do in that space.


18 posted on 03/29/2024 6:54:09 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: dayglored; Chad C. Mulligan
I'll add, to Daniel1212's useful comment, that if you're running XP-Pro, you really shouldn't be going on the internet, with or without a browser. It's just begging to get pwned.

I think one can run XP or even Windows 9x if careful (pray and press), avoid all gambling, porn, game sites and use a antimalware host file, and keep an eye on what is running, but with the load that the Internet places on a system today then the PC itself cannot handle much.

Refurbished Windows 10 and used desktops and laptops are cheap though.

20 posted on 03/29/2024 7:02:40 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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