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   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 11:29:50 -0400, Paul  wrote:   
      
   >On Fri, 10/4/2024 8:34 AM, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >> On 2024-10-03 10:46 p.m., Steve Hayes wrote:   
   >>> I don't know about Linux, but Windows 11 cannot run programs that are   
   >>> used to read or create older documents, and if you put earlier   
   >>> versions on a new computer Microsoft won't let you run them. Windows   
   >>> XP, the 32-bit version anyway, should be made open source.   
   >>   
   >> There is a compatibility mode in the new versions of Windows which do   
   indeed allow you to run old software. It was demonstrated that you can fairly   
   easily run software made even for Windows 3.0. Please produce a few examples   
   of old programs which don'   
   t run _at all_ in Windows 11, and I'm sure that someone with some time on   
   their hands will not only install and run the software, but explain how to get   
   it working.   
   >>   
   >   
   >Windows 11 is 64 bit only, and cannot run programs with 16 bit installers   
   >or programs with 16 bit code. This means some older games won't run.   
   >   
   >windows 10 has a 32 bit edition, but that's a kind of "limited" OS when   
   >you are trying to run a browser that is greedy for RAM. The 32 bit edition   
   >can run an old copy of Doom. Maybe you install two copies of the OS,   
   >on your disk drive (you're allowed and they use the same server-side license),   
   >a 64-bit one (for browser work) and a 32-bit one   
   >(where you do your WinXP era work), and then you have better odds   
   >of getting some things to work.   
      
   Which is why, when my Windows 7 laptop was stolen, I replaced it with   
   a second-hand Dell laptop with Windows 10 32-bit OS freshly installed.   
      
   Microsoft wants me to simply discard data that it has taken me 30   
   years to collect. If they do not want to make their newest OS capable   
   of running older programs, they should make the older versions open   
   source.   
      
      
      
      
      
   >   
   >Even when running the 32-bit one, as you say, the Compatibility Assistant   
   >can make some things work, but it doesn't always succeed.   
   >   
   >   Paul   
      
   --   
   Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa   
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