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   "John"  wrote in message   
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   > On 10/20/2012 5:41 PM, HankG wrote:   
   >>   
   >> "Mr Pounder"  wrote in message   
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   >>> "Alan"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:OpOdnVnEVsOYjh3NnZ2dnUVZ_u-dnZ2d@supernews.com...   
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   >>>> "Mr Pounder"  wrote in message   
   >>>> news:k5hct1$pq2$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>>>> XP Pro, Firefox ---- still using OE.   
   >>>>> I know that the days of OE are coming to an end so I thought I would   
   >>>>> give Thunderbird a look at.   
   >>>>> I have imported everything from OE which I am still using. TB works.   
   >>>>> Does anybody know how to permanently display all contacts in the left   
   >>>>> hand pane as in OE?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Taa   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Steve   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I'm still using OE in WinXP SP3 and can think of no reason to change.   
   >>>   
   >>> Aye, you are correct. I really do like OE.   
   >>> Thing is I have a habit of sticking my head in the sand. I stuck with   
   >>> Windows 98 until the bitter end.   
   >>> I have sorted that contacts thing out in TB: Click - View, Write   
   >>> Contacts   
   >>> side bar.   
   >>> Or it could be Write, View ...   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >> I have legal copies of Microsoft Office Professional for Windows 95 and   
   >> 98   
   >> which are still alive and well.  I also have a previous edition which is   
   >> on   
   >> floppy disk.  I'm still using the '95 & '98 versions.  My computer is   
   >> version XP.  I'm worried what might happen (or not) with these new   
   >> versions   
   >> of Windows (7 & 8).  Anybody know if they have compatability modes?   
   >>   
   >> HankG   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >  I am NOT hearing good things about W8 from long time Window's users and   
   > even from former Microsoft MVP's (MS no longer does the MVP thing).   
   > Basically its intended as a tablet OS rather than a work station OS. Maybe   
   > with a touch screen monitor that would suit you, who knows?   
   >   
   > W7 is OK, different than XP or W2K, but not bad. Its selling point is that   
   > it is commonly available (including drivers for modern hardware) in a 64   
   > bit version so it supports more than 3GB memory. Frankly I wouldn't   
   > recommend less than 4GB (6-8 even better) for W7. W8 - don't know - but I   
   > have yet to see Ms back down on memory requirements.   
   >   
   > If you get into that situation there are free replacements for your   
   > software that work just as well as Ms stuff. Are they a bit different?   
   > Sure, but no more so than current MS software is different than former Ms   
   > versions.   
   >   
   > Open Office is a free replacement for Microsoft Office and works just   
   > fine. Thunderbird (email & news) and Firefox (browser),  both free, are   
   > arguably better than Windows Explorer so I wouldn't worry about it.   
   >   
   > There is always the virtual machine route where you install older OS's   
   > inside the virtual machine software which runs on top of a modern OS. I   
   > installed VMware Player (free) in XP where I run Win2K to run old software   
   > that is no longer supported even on XP, let alone W7 or W8.   
   >   
   > No worries, someone will scratch your itch,   
      
   I have a Open Office (I think it is the first version) on my drive.  What   
   I'm concerned about is whether my documents (Word, Excel, Access) will run   
   on OO or whatever in a W7 environment, being that they are ancient.  My OS   
   is on a recovery partition (D) so I would not be able to 'install' it on a   
   new box virtually.  I created a backup of W95 on diskette (around 20 some).   
   Do new PCs have floppy drives?   
      
   HankG   
      
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