"Dennis@home" wrote in message
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On 24/01/2015 17:53, Rod Speed wrote:


"Dennis@home" wrote in message
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On 24/01/2015 05:36, Rod Speed wrote:


They basically don't want to bother with
working out how to use Win7 or 8 when they
know how to do what they want to do on XP.

In some respects they are right too, networking
is a lot simpler with XP than Win7 or 8.

Its different it certainly isn't harder to do in win 8

It is quite a bit harder to be selective about what you
allow others to be able to see files wise. As we can
see with that is involved with allowing renters to use
you wifi but not have any access to your personal files.

Windows has had ACLs for decades, you can control who can access files
with ease even on the local machine.

But the point is that with XP you can ignore those
completely if you don’t need to specify that.

nd each other ask if you want to join the existing home network and
copy settings if you do, they can find nas drives and setup file
history easily, printers just work for most of them. The firewall
works better. Wireless networking is better in 8.1.

Sure, but the basics are harder to do.

The basics it does with a couple of clicks and a password.

You don’t need to do even that with XP.