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hobbit709

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3. They're not obsolete.

Reply to valerief (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 10:01 AM

Jun 2015

M$ just wants you to believe that.

Most people don't need the newest and latest version of anything for what they do.

I know someone with an ancient laptop with Win 95 on it. It does what she uses it for-namely word processing and she'll us it until either it or she dies. She has a newer computer for other other things but when she wants to write and update chapters in her book she uses the old machine

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I fired up my computer this morning and saw a white window in the icons on the right side taskbar. [View all] -none Jun 2015 OP

But there's no avoiding it unless you avoid Windows altogether as an OS. valerief Jun 2015 #1

They're not obsolete. hobbit709 Jun 2015 #3

XP and previous are no longer supported by Windows, so they're fine so long valerief Jun 2015 #5

And if you need to do a reinstall of XP you can't activate it ... nt eppur_se_muova Jun 2015 #6

Activated one just a month ago. hobbit709 Jun 2015 #9

PHONE activation worked ?? eppur_se_muova Jun 2015 #10

The voice on the computer said "Thank you for activating Microsoft Office" hobbit709 Jun 2015 #12

I used about a dozen of 200+ updates for XP hobbit709 Jun 2015 #8

You shouldn't, except that... TreasonousBastard Jun 2015 #2

I'm still using windows 98 Pharaoh Jun 2015 #4

I reserved mine this morning Betty88 Jun 2015 #7

Winders 7 SP1 extended support Earth Bound Misfit Jun 2015 #11

I don't want Windows 10. PADemD Jun 2015 #13

How to block Windows 10 Upgrade notifications in earlier versions of Windows frylock Jun 2015 #14