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"Petzl" <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:mh8bqapst9lb1spiacbceh5vvjt102t96g@4ax.com...
> On 14 Jul 2015 19:27:20 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>>Max <max@val.morgan> wrote:
>>>
>>> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:d0ikv9Fqlh5U1@mid.individual.net...
>>> > Max <max@val.morgan> wrote
>>> >> Even with a third party security product (eg. McAfee) XP should not 
>>> >> be
>>> >> used because it doesn't get Windows updates anymore.
>>> >
>>> >> Is the above correct?
>>> >
>>> > Nope.
>>>
>>> Not according to this:
>>> http://blogs.microsoft.com/cybertrust/2013/08/15/the-risk-of-running-windows-xp-after-support-ends-april-2014/
>>>
>>> > It continues to work fine. But Win7 is much better.
>>>
>>> Shame that Win 7 is soon to be an obsolete OS.
>>
>>  Huh? Even Vista isn't yet "an obsolete OS", so why would Win 7 be!?
>>
>>  Anyway, Win 7 gives you a free upgrade to Windows 10, the latest and
>>... ahum ... 'greatest'. You 'only' need to add multi-GBs of memory and
>>multi-100GBs of disk space or buy a new computer, peanuts! :-(
>
> plus buy all the software, hardware that won't work in WIN10!

I didn't find that was true with any when moving from XP to 7. 

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Re: security with XP "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-14 06:21 +1000
  Re: security with XP "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2015-07-14 11:36 +0800
    Re: security with XP "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2015-07-14 14:45 +1000
    Re: security with XP Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-14 19:27 +0000
      Re: security with XP Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2015-07-15 09:59 +1000
        Re: security with XP "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-15 10:58 +1000
    Re: security with XP "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2015-07-15 10:31 +0800
      Re: security with XP "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-15 15:52 +1000
      Re: security with XP "jonz" <me@there.com> - 2015-07-27 14:50 +1000
        Re: security with XP "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2015-07-27 14:53 +1000
          Re: security with XP "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-27 15:12 +1000
            Re: security with XP "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2015-07-27 20:22 +1000
              Re: security with XP "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2015-07-28 07:23 +1000
                Re: security with XP "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-28 08:28 +1000
                Re: security with XP "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2015-07-28 09:22 +1000
                Re: security with XP "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-28 09:28 +1000
                Re: security with XP "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2015-07-28 11:42 +1000
                Re: security with XP "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 17:35 +1000
                Re: security with XP "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2015-07-30 19:36 +1000
                Re: security with XP "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-31 07:17 +1000
    Re: security with XP "Damian" <damian_andrews75@yahoo.com.au> - 2015-07-15 19:38 +1000
      Re: security with XP Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-15 17:52 +0000
        Re: security with XP not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2015-07-15 23:34 +0000
          Re: security with XP Max <max@val.morgan> - 2015-07-16 18:08 +0800
            Re: security with XP Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-16 19:48 +0000
            Re: security with XP "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-17 06:11 +1000
        Re: security with XP Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-16 19:45 +0000
        Re: security with XP bruce56@topmail.co.nz - 2015-07-30 17:11 -0700
      Re: security with XP "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-16 04:41 +1000
        Re: security with XP Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-15 18:52 +0000
          Re: security with XP "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-16 10:30 +1000
          Re: security with XP F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2015-07-18 20:53 +1000
            Re: security with XP Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-18 19:40 +0000
              Re: security with XP "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-19 07:24 +1000

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