XPost: alt.widows7.general, alt.comp.freeware   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Mon, 24 Jun 2024 18:09:50 -0500, mark@invalid.com wrote:   
      
   >How To Update From XP To 10 or 11?   
   >   
   >My XP and my Windows 7 computers came with their OS's on them.  I have   
   >never thought of updating because of all I've read about the problems   
   >caused by the newer versions. Plus, they obsolete many of the   
   >incredible useful programs I have on my older computers, especially   
   >since some of the best of these programs are very old and have no   
   >updated versions to run on the newer Windows.   
      
   I have exactly the same problem. My Windows 7 laptop was stolen, but I   
   managed to get a second-hand one where they loaded Windows 10 32-bit   
   -- avoid Windows 11, which doesn't have a 32-bit option, and so won't   
   run older programs.   
      
   There should be a law to say that abandonware, like Windows XP and   
   Windows 7 (a\nd soon Windows 10) should be made public domain and open   
   source when they are abandoned, so that data can still be accessible.   
      
   If not, Digitization = Disaster.   
      
      
      
   --   
   Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa   
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   Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com   
   E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk   
      
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