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Computer Help and Support

Dennis Donovan

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4. XP is unsupported a of 4 yrs ago, meaning MS won't have anything to do with it.

Reply to Maxheader (Original post)

Thu Dec 6, 2018, 09:52 AM

Dec 2018

Time to move on to win10 (which is a very good OS). If you're having trouble running legacy programs on XP, you can set the executable of the program to be compatible with winXP thru windows compatibility tool. Good luck!

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Downloading xp to computer with windows 10 installed... [View all] Maxheader Dec 2018 OP

If the system had Win 10, it may not be compatible with XP. Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2018 #1

Thanks for the reply... Maxheader Dec 2018 #2

You probably d_r Dec 2018 #3

XP is unsupported a of 4 yrs ago, meaning MS won't have anything to do with it. Dennis Donovan Dec 2018 #4

Probably Timewas Dec 2018 #5

Try Fedora Linux. (See link below) CentralMass Dec 2018 #6