Thank you. That is what I am doing. Too many who are paranoid.Russ Smith (Sorry Russ Evans didn't mean to direct to you)
You certainly got a lot of suggestions, and frankly I stopped reading after a few pages
I agree with Eric, if it works for you, leave it alone and don't worry about it for now. Keep your virus program updated. If Windows XP does finally expire and you can' have someone do a re-install if you have the original disks, look at an inexpensive tablet as suggested. I do a lot of my email and web search on an iPad. (not suggesting iPad - cheaper and good tablets of other brands out there.)
Forget Win 8.1, your older laptop won't be able to handle it. One of my laptops is an old one running Win XP, and it will stay that way until it stops running. It would probably have issues with Win 7
Re the comment on some sites charging a fortune for Win 7 full install. I anticipated this and since I have a second desktop running 32 bit, which I wanted to up to 64 bit, I was able to pick up a Win 7 Pro full install at a reasonable price last year. Due to the 32 bit has memory issues. Already upgraded to 12 gig (its an i7) which it will see once we go to 64 bit.
Russ - Use it as you have been and don't worry.
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What to do about XP being cut, need help
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Osvaldo Cristo
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Your XP will continue to run so it is not an emergency.
On the other hand perhaps you would have to consider an up-to-dated platform. I really liked XP and run it for many years - only one and half years ago I left it to Windows 7. They are vey similar so the learning curve for someone coming from XP is gently.
Curiously Windows 7 has a feature to run a virtual machine. Actually I run a XP environment into my Windows 7 machine for a few applications incompatible with the newer Windows versions.
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Unplugging the XP machine from the Internet doesn't affect its use as far as your photos go. It still works, you just have removed the concern of having MS remove support, as a machine not connected to the Internet is not likely to have to worry about being compromised. You are simply taking your computer out of harms way.
Android tablets will have some font scaling available, there usually are Tiny", "Small", "Normal", "Large" or "Huge" options for the fonts.
Did you try this and was it still hard to read?
You can also install an app like Big Font for up to 300% font scaling.
Big Font (change font size) - Apps on Google Play
Scale system font size from 25% (smaller) to 5x (bigger).
I have not had to put a like app on any of the tablets I've given to my family, as the "Large" font setting has been enough for them.
Ipads have large font options as well, they are a bit more expensive, however. I have also never really gotten to like the iPad 3 we own, so I'm biased more toward Android. I did however buy a Win8.1 tablet, as I wanted standard USB hardware support for use with my cameras and for travel. I have an Android phone which provides me the Android tools and features I want, so having a Android tablet wouldn't really be optimal. Most of my family, siblings, mother, grandmother, that I bought Android tablets for only have flip phones, so the tablets are their only Android devices. They have taken to them pretty well, which is why I thought it might be a good option for you. All of us are over the half century mark, so it's not like this is stuff we grew up with.
Thank you
Russell
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"... Hackers are not focusing on DOS, windows 3 or XP"
They are on XP - still accounts for nearly 30% of market share;
Next week could be interesting - many malware writers will be releasing stuff they've been hoarding.
They are on XP - still accounts for nearly 30% of market share;
Next week could be interesting - many malware writers will be releasing stuff they've been hoarding.
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It may take a little longer than that for the full impact to be felt.
Some people have suggested that the real nastiness may not arrive until later, as MS patches its more recent OSs and the malware writers analyze the vulnerabilities thus exposed. That may reveal similar weaknesses in unpatched XP.
Yes, it could be interesting indeed. Or a non-event of Y2K proportions. Fortunately, I'm just a spectator for this.
Dud or XPocalypse? We'll see.
I'm sure we'll see a press announcement from MS and probably Symantec "documenting" the mayhem, along with guidance that they upgrade to our newer products.
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Really and truly - THAT's what it's all about isn't it !!!!
Commerce - business - profits...that's all that rules the day nowadays. They just do not want anybody hogging an old XP machne. Well, sucks to that..when mine conks out I've already decided..and got myself a MacBook which is already giving me loads more pleasure than any Windows ever has.. and I've been using those since the very first one they brought out.
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