I wouldn't worry too much Ann. I used Win2K, (not to be confused with
WinME), for a number of years after Microsoft dropped support. It did
everything I needed it to, and only upgraded to XP when I couldn't hack
the OS to get a new printer to work properly, (I was able to find
adequate AV and Firewall products that worked, but the printer required
just too many registry modifications that had to be done by hand. The
biggest issue was IE security fixes.
As long as you're happy with your system and your AV and Firewall
software get updated regularly, you should be fine.
I do have a more or less modern laptop with Win7 and the full Microsoft
development Suite installed, but for my photography and general office
work, my desktop running WinXP sp3 should be fine for the foreseeable
future. Heck I'm still using a Hitachi SuperScan Elite 751 CRT for
image editing. I couldn't afford a flat screen with the color depth of
the Hitachi.
On 4/7/2014 7:10 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
I have a feeling the threats from Windoze that their lack of support
will result in all of us die-hard Xp users getting hacked to death at
the stroke of midnight is a bit overstated, or to put it another way,
B S. Given one has one's own virus protection and spam-blocker, that is.
Anyone else have more educated opinions than mine? I SO don't want
to give up XP...
ann
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