Thanks for the suggestion. Robby Robinson an 'old Yankee' in the "Heart of Dixie' On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Viki Scheldrup wrote: > 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 > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > 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