Thank you for your response, It was what I had suspected and as PAF-5 is not going to ever be updated either I will continue on as I am doing. Have one of the top-rated anti-virus programs which I keep updated and run at least weekly so hopefully everything will go fine for the next few years. Thanks. Robby Robinson an 'old Yankee' in the "Heart of Dixie' On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 8:37 PM, BudScan wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- From: <vtyankee@charter.net> > To: <COMPUTERS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 4:56 PM > 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? > > XP will continue to work fine, but there won't be any new updates, > which might mean security issues will go unfixed. > > But XP has been in use long enough that there probably aren't > going to be any big holes found that can be exploited. > > Newer programs will certainly come along that need the newer > operating systems, but that's not often a problem for most users. > > > > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > 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