Appreciate your reply. However, I am an amateur genealogist and I am on-line 8-10 hours a day. Thanks. Robby Robinson an 'old Yankee' in the "Heart of Dixie' On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 8:19 PM, Barbara wrote: > My Hubbys computer has Win XP and he doesn't want to change either but > the > advice I received is if you want to keep WIn XP nothing will change > just > don't go online. > > Barbara > -----Original Message----- > From: computers-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:computers-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of vtyankee@charter.net > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 4:56 PM > To: COMPUTERS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [COMPUTERS] Operating systems > > > I am currently using Windows XP on my elderly Dell. As XP will no > longer be > supported after 1 April I was wondering which of the later operating > systems > will allow me to continue using my 32bit programs like PAF-5. I would > rather not have to switch to another program as I am used to the ones > I have > and at my age find it difficult to change to new things. Any > suggestions? > > Robby Robinson > an 'old Yankee' in the "Heart of Dixie' > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices > on > the list. You can buy/sell for free on the Genealogical Materials > lists. > > This list is for peer-to-peer support and discussion of computer > problems > incurred in genealogy research. Use caution when following any > advice. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices > on the list. You can buy/sell for free on the Genealogical Materials > lists. > > This list is for peer-to-peer support and discussion of computer > problems incurred in genealogy research. Use caution when following > any advice. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I use Vista - it has some 32 bit programs and some 64 bit programs - might be worth a look? Viki -----Original Message----- From: computers-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:computers-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of vtyankee@charter.net Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 8:28 PM To: computers@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Operating systems Appreciate your reply. However, I am an amateur genealogist and I am on-line 8-10 hours a day. Thanks. Robby Robinson an 'old Yankee' in the "Heart of Dixie' On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 8:19 PM, Barbara wrote: > My Hubbys computer has Win XP and he doesn't want to change either but > the advice I received is if you want to keep WIn XP nothing will > change just don't go online. > > Barbara > -----Original Message----- > From: computers-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:computers-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of vtyankee@charter.net > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 4:56 PM > To: COMPUTERS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [COMPUTERS] Operating systems > > > I am currently using Windows XP on my elderly Dell. As XP will no > longer be supported after 1 April I was wondering which of the later > operating systems will allow me to continue using my 32bit programs > like PAF-5. I would rather not have to switch to another program as I > am used to the ones I have and at my age find it difficult to change > to new things. Any suggestions? > > Robby Robinson > an 'old Yankee' in the "Heart of Dixie' > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices > on > the list. You can buy/sell for free on the Genealogical Materials > lists. > > This list is for peer-to-peer support and discussion of computer > problems incurred in genealogy research. Use caution when following > any advice. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices > on the list. You can buy/sell for free on the Genealogical Materials > lists. > > This list is for peer-to-peer support and discussion of computer > problems incurred in genealogy research. Use caution when following > any advice. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. You can buy/sell for free on the Genealogical Materials lists. This list is for peer-to-peer support and discussion of computer problems incurred in genealogy research. Use caution when following any advice. :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message