Windows 8 Pro, outliners and PIMs

Posted by Cassius
Oct 27, 2012 at 11:24 PM

I still run XPSP3. WHy?

1. I had a free Vista offer, but by the time the discs arrived, Vista had had so much bad publicity, that there was no way I’d install it.
2. XP is compatible with GoBack, which has saved my hide many times. Norton chose not to update GoBack to run on newer versions of Windows.
3. Microsoft claims that newer versions of Windows will run older software using its compatibility mode. FALSE!
4. I almost wish I still was running Win 2000, so I could run ZipMagic.* The current owner of ZM could not get it to run properly with XP. Also running GrandView in 2000 was a breeze. Not so with XP.
5. New Nikon SLR cameras can use almost every Nikon camera lens ever made. Same with Pentax. Why does Microsoft force people to upgrade their apps or say goodbye to beloved ones?

*ZipMagic made zipped folders look and work EXACTLY like ordinary folders. No extracting or re-zipping needed. I really miss it.