My two WinXP systems croaked. I had to get a Win7 computer...but two months later and I am still catching up being able to do what I could with the old computer. A lot of my old software doesn’t work.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/make-older-programs-run#1TC=windows-7
Check into running XP mode. The components are still available for download from Microsoft, but they no longer support it.