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Microsoft Support expiration dates
- Thread starter muleman
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Damn... Vista and 7 only have a few year life span.
At least XP lasted more than 5 years.
You can't even buy a good computer anymore. I hate it when they're obsolete before you even figure out how to get all the damn drivers installed.
I did finally break down and throw away some of my 95 & 98 machines a couple weeks ago. I'll hang on to my XP machines...
At least XP lasted more than 5 years.
You can't even buy a good computer anymore. I hate it when they're obsolete before you even figure out how to get all the damn drivers installed.
I did finally break down and throw away some of my 95 & 98 machines a couple weeks ago. I'll hang on to my XP machines...
joec
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I've been on XP now since it came out and avoided Vista at all costs. I am considering replacing my home computer with Windows 7 as I have looked at it pretty extensively. At least it will run my older XP software in legacy mode which Vista wouldn't do. All of my business software is based on Office XP Developers package. Most is access but also Uses a lot of Word and Excel. I wrote the program 7 years ago but doubt I could get into rewriting in a later version any more. 7 years removed from programming is a long time now.
I do know a little about Windows systems though in that in the early days would write code into their programs for future versions which many companies discovered and used to their own risk. Hence the next version of windows would come out using the previous undocumented hooks now in use by the OS. All of a sudden and update or patch and your perfectly working programs or drivers wouldn't any more. They did document it developers but most didn't pay attention I guess.
I do know a little about Windows systems though in that in the early days would write code into their programs for future versions which many companies discovered and used to their own risk. Hence the next version of windows would come out using the previous undocumented hooks now in use by the OS. All of a sudden and update or patch and your perfectly working programs or drivers wouldn't any more. They did document it developers but most didn't pay attention I guess.
joec
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If you have an open USB port they make cables from usb to com pretty cheap if you buy on line. I have them as my new office machine not only didn't have a printer port it also had no com ports. I went to this method and works find just have to match the com cable end up the other end will be a standard USB end. I think I paid about $12 including shipping for mine and you can set it for any com port you want.