P.J. Alling wrote:
<Rant> Something updated on my desktop, (probably a browser update, actually), without telling me and broke flash player. Which kept hanging every installed browser. A reinstall of Flash player, and several reboots later, (and a second reinstall, then a third after the second failed mysteriously), and everything is working again. Damn I miss the days when I could understand pretty much everything the box on my desk was doing. </rant> As a side note, even though I'm running WinXP on this box for compatibility with a bunch of old software and hardware some of which simply cannot be replaced, and Microsoft has officially long ago ended support, I /still/ get OS updates from Microsoft occasionally.
Depending on how often you need to use the software that only runs on XP, your best solution may be to set up a Win XP virtual machine. That way if you get an update the breaks everything, you can go to a previously backed up version of the VM. You could also, if you want, copy that VM to other computers, even a Mac or a Linux box. The big question being is how much effort do you want to spend on saving a little bit of work?
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