Subj : Re: Proposal to Keep WinXP Support "Alive" To : All From : G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 07:14 pm Path: eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!fee der.eternal-september.org!border3.nntp.ams.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!bo rder1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp ..brightview.co.uk!news.brightview.co.uk.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:23:58 -0600 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 07:22:18 +0000 From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" Reply-To: G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk Newsgroups: alt.windows-xp,alt.os.windows-xp,microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment,mi crosoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Subject: Re: Proposal to Keep WinXP Support "Alive" References: <669769ce-c1a1-4f17-90f0-68768fc8dab6@f4g2000yqh.googlegroups.com> Organization: 255 software MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed User-Agent: Turnpike/6.07-M () Lines: 37 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-RuHsJqjBiyVORXzD7GA5g/PiGrNo84fqukDUKRHeDTei5VTCs1lEr5XdDlgCm+KcKYByEFdAc/I f83I!ZJsx1J+BDXuQfq2rnMgtxXyMOpw1JrvaLfqob1D07W3F9ZenovrlCaxYCWL7eQJ1U5l14+gWs5 Qg!KhXqJbiJ X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 2819 Xref: mx04.eternal-september.org alt.windows-xp:3992 alt.os.windows-xp:5400 microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment:2451 microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support:30862 microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:106035 In message , BillW50 writes: >In news:kat9ef$iul$1@dont-email.me, >HankG typed: [] >> I believe that I read that 8 does not contain a compatability mode. >> Not good. I'm still running Office Professional '95 & 97 (all legal, >> by the way). My Word and Excel work just fine in OpenOffice. Tried (I take it you mean your Word and Excel _files_ do. [If you have OpenOffice, why are you still running Office Pro '95 and '7 - or vice versa?]) >> Access, but having difficulty. Since retiring, don't really need it >> anymore. >> HankG > >Naw... Windows 8 *does* have compatibility mode. It lists: > >Windows 95 >Windows 98 / Windows Me >Windows XP (Service Pack 2) >Windows XP (Service Pack 3) >Windows Vista >Windows Vista (Service Pack 1) >Windows Vista (Service Pack 2) >Windows 7 > You should know by now, Bill, that you're not allowed to defend 8 to those who have decided they don't like it (-: (No Windows 3.1, or previous? Let alone DOS [I presume it does in fact have command prompt, under whatever name they've chosen this time]?) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Can a blue man sing the whites? --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .