<VV> other thoughts - off topic

Tue Apr 8 11:52:21 EDT 2014

If you're still running XP, go update it NOW.  You've only got a few more hours to get the last patches from MS you'll ever see.

Better yet, go get a new computer.   XP is more than 12 years old and has more holes than Swiss Cheese.  In an era when Apple has dropped support for versions of it's OS that were not even 5 years old, it is a miracle that XP has kept chugging along for as long as it has.  If you've got questions on what device to get, feel free to email me off list.  I will say that the best place to buy ANY PC is from Microsoft directly.  All of the PCs they sell come with what's called "the Signature Experience".  Basically, MS gets PCs from the OEMs, strips out all of their crapware, and installs an optimized version of Windows 8.1 on them.

I strongly suspect that there are hackers out there that have been sitting on serious and harmful exploits for XP, just waiting for this day to arrive.

If you are going to continue to use XP, you might find the following helpful.  One thing this doesn't mention is make sure you are not logged in as an "admin" level user.
http://www.itbuzz.ca/5-things-to-do-if-youre-still-running-windows-xp/

If you're going to get a new system, MS is providing some tools to make it easier.
http://features.en.softonic.com/video-xp-to-windows-7-or-8-with-pcmover

George: As someone who uses Windows 8, now 8.1 and soon to be 8.1 Update, you really should go back and give it another shot.  Win8 is basically Win7+.  If you're a desktop user you can now go straight to the desktop and basically use Win8 in the same way you're using Win7.  They're even bringing the Start Menu back (personally I think this is a step back, but you have to give MS kudos for listening to it's users).   Regards,Joel

> Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 07:52:52 -0400
> From: 65crownv8 at gmail.com
> To: hmlinc at sbcglobal.net
> CC: virtualvairs at corvair.org; ricebugg at comcast.net
> Subject: Re: <VV> other thoughts - off topic
> 
> I've upgraded to Windows 7. Don't know what to do when MS stops support of
> that OS; because I really hate Windows 8.
> On Apr 8, 2014 7:30 AM, "J. R. Read" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> > Speaking of "crashes", what are folks doing who (like me) use XP.  Today,
> > Microsoft no longer supports it and I don't know how to react to that.
> >
> > Later, JR
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jay Maechtlen" <jaysplace at laserpubs.com>
> > To: <ricebugg at comcast.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 11:09 PM
> > Subject: Re: <VV> Directories and other thoughts
> >
> >
> > > On 4/7/2014 1:39 PM, ricebugg at comcast.net wrote:
> > >> I think I have all the paper directories back to what I believe is the
> > >> first one in 1976.  I generally take the current one with me on road
> > >> trips.  Paper never crashes.
> > > Yeah - gotta figure out a glovebox for mine - right now, I stash
> > > everything in the driver's door.
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