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To: CatOwner
> Not sure I would want to continue using Win 7 for any bank or investment account when the security patches stop.

I would strongly recommend against it. Then again, I wouldn't use Win10 either. Personally I use non-Windows systems for financial or other critical online work. Smaller attack surface and far fewer active exploits in the wild for Mac and Linux.

I love Win7, and will not voluntarily switch to Win10 except for compatibility testing of my software. When I think Win7 have at last run its course, I'll be using Mac and Linux systems for anything that doesn't absolutely require Windows. Sad, but true.

9 posted on 12/06/2018 10:52:11 PM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored

[[When I think Win7 have at last run its course, I’ll be using Mac and Linux systems for anything that doesn’t absolutely require Windows. Sad, but true.]]

Anothe3r solution might be to link two computers, one, windows 7, without any access to internet, to another, windows 10, that does- that way you could transfer any files you need that were done on the 7 comp to the 10 computer-

There must be a solution- perhaps using VM- and deleting the session (doing a rollback) after you go offline- so that credit card numbers, banking info, isn’t kept in the VM files?-


22 posted on 12/07/2018 9:49:37 AM PST by Bob434
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