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Old 23-12-2017, 14:31   #10
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Re: New Windows?
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Originally Posted by heero_yuy View Post
I still do: XP SP2 as installed. Never updated but I use third party antivirus, firewall in the router and avoiding running dodgy code. Has a load of registry tweaks and a customised command line interface (TCC LE) which is why I never did an update as these tend to muck up settings.

There IS a way of getting XP security updates until 2019 via a registry tweak. M$ have to support embedded XP until then so the trick is to make your PC look like an embedded system. These are commonly in quiz machines and similar.

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I think XP was a very good version
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