On Monday, January 30, 2017 at 7:11:52 AM UTC-5, Diesel wrote:
trader_4
Sun, 29
Jan 2017 21:30:13 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:

On Sunday, January 29, 2017 at 4:20:49 PM UTC-5, Diesel wrote:

Sun, 29 Jan 2017
20:53:42 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:

On Sun, 29 Jan 2017 13:33:12 -0500, Al Dente
wrote:

On 1/29/2017 1:09 PM, Newgene McMensa wrote:
Is Win 7 any easier to use than 8.1? If the way you
interface is more like 8.1 than XP, then I will install XP on
it. ` Snuffy


If ease of use is your goal, consider Microsoft Bob Desktop
running on Windows for Workgroups 3.11

As long as you don't need internet access. 7 or 10 - forget
anything in between - and except for special apps forget XP -
and regardless, forget anything earlier.

What do you mean as long as you don't need internet access?

What he probably means is that AFAIK, none of the latest, updated
releases of the popular browsers that most people use will run
on XP anymore.

Firefox is still a popular browser. ESR build is still getting
updates on XP.


"In approximately March, 2017, Windows XP and Vista users will automatically be moved to the Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR).

Firefox is one of the few browsers that continues to support Windows XP and Vista, and we expect to continue to provide security updates for users until September 2017. Users do not need to take additional action to receive those updates. In mid-2017, user numbers on Windows XP and Vista will be reassessed and a final support end date will be announced."


That doesn't sound very reassuring for a person like the OP, who is
deciding whether to load XP, Win 7 or Win 8 on his machine.





longer? IF I was going to be browsing, I for sure would not
be installing XP when Win 7 is the other choice.

Well, the thing for me is this...I have vlk edition of XP. I'm not
entirely sure I have what amounts to vlk edition of Windows 7. And,
that makes all the difference in the world for me.


I have no idea what vlk edition is or what possible significance it
has for the OP.