On Thu, 8 Oct 2015 13:56:13 -0500, Boating All Out
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On Thu, 08 Oct 2015 12:24:06 -0400,
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On Thu, 08 Oct 2015 10:19:12 -0400, wrote:

I just loaded a machine for my new TV with XP SP3, the 100+ updates,
the latest firefox, flash and silverlight. Everything I have tried to
play so far, works.

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If that's too up to date for you, I think there are still CDs for
Win2K and Win98 around here someplace.

I still have a w/98 machine in regular service here and the ISO to
burn a disk whenever I can't find one but I have plenty.

Nobody has convinced me that there is anything wrong with XP. The lack
of over the top security on the network is really a pain in the ass
for me.
W/7 seems to be designed for people who want to run unsecured WiFi.
My "home" network is all hard wired. Anyone who can get through 2
layers of hardware firewall and a software firewall would not have any
problem cracking into 7 anyway.
If they come into my house and plug into me network, stealing my music
and movies will not be my biggest concern.

Never used WiFi. Win7 crashed about 1/5 as often as XP.
Now using Win 10. It's the cat's meow. Best yet. So far.

I have XP machines here that go months between reboots. I am not sure
what you were doing to crash XP but it is not a problem for me. My
software stays pretty static tho.

Let's see how your 10 runs when you accumulate the same amount of junk
as the average web browsing XP machine accumulated over a half dozen
years or so.