I’m still crying over the loss of XP .. I loved that software because of it’s structure.
The reason was .. I knew exactly where my documents were going to end up when I saved them; I NEVER, EVER had to spend half an hour searching for something.
Now, with MS7, I can’t find anything. I look in the place where it should be .. and it’s not there; even though I specifically set up a directory. I HATE THIS SOFTWARE.
I know I’m not alone .. and I’m hoping MS10 will solve this problem. I’ve surely sent them enough msgs about this issue.
Now, if I’m working on a chapter of a book, I have to keep the current chapter on my desktop - just so I don’t have to spend so much time searching for it when I want to edit it.
RIDICULOUS.
Can’t hurt to try;
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2014/05/27/simple-hack-gives-windows-xp-users-5-more-years-of-support/
As MS-DOS version 3.3 was the sweet spot in the balance of power and memory footprint, so was Windows 2000 in the GUI arena. Before the service packs, it only took @ 35 meg hard drive space and ran like a scalded ape. Updated, it was as bloated as XP. I still liked it better, but there ain’t no going back.