Subj : Winpoint for XP
To   : Tim Schattkowsky
From : August Abolins
Date : Tue Feb 22 2022 18:19:00

Hello Tim Schattkowsky!

** On Tuesday 22.02.22 - 19:58, you wrote to me:


Re: XP


 TS> ..just running XP gives me the creeps as its level of
 TS> vulnerability is breathtaking. Not sure today, but there
 TS> was a time when it took reliably less than a minute for
 TS> any fresh installed XP system without firewall software to
 TS> be infected with a busload of shit by just connecting the
 TS> system to the internet and waiting.

Operating *any* OS without a firewall between it and the  
internet should be a concern.

Do you run Win7+ WITHOUT a firewall? Accusing XP to be bad when  
a firewall is DISABLED is not a fair test of viability.   ;)


 TS> However, the only thing I am aware of is that the "new" WP GUI standard
 TS> Font (Segoe UI) started shipping with Vista. I have no idea, if the font
 TS> can be manually installed on XP. However, when the font is missing, WP
 TS> will just fallback to the default system font, which should be a
 TS> non-issue.

If it's a TTF file, then it should work.

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