Gunner Asch on Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:33:30 -0800
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

Yah. Get another puter and load XP on it and ignore W7 for whatever you
are trying to do with the XP machine.

Puters are cheap as hell. Less than $75 on Craigslist or Ebay.

Ive run W7 once for a week. Then reformated and installed XP Pro and
have been more than satisfied with it ever since. And Ive got about 5
boxes here in the house and shop.

Primary rule of Microsoft product - buy the "odd" number release,
and wait for Version 3 at least. Which means you want to skip vista
(an even count) and go for Win 7, and then wait a while for the
inevitable first round of bug fixes.
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pyotr
Go not to the Net for answers, for it will tell you Yes and no. And
you are a bloody fool, only an ignorant cretin would even ask the
question, forty two, 47, the second door, and how many blonde lawyers
does it take to change a lightbulb.