![]() ![]() Lots of third party security software even protects Windows XP as long as the signatures are updated! " comment (in the friendliest way possible) as I believe they are really only marketing statements from MS. I must take exception to your ".W7 is dead as of. My only "failure" was the HP/Compaq Presario SR1820NX which is 13 years old. If Windows installs its generic video driver then that simplifies the whole process. I just love the challenge of reviving "ancient" computers. ![]() I mean it is 15 years old! His DELL desktop is only 11 years old. I'm still blown away by the DELL Inspiron 6000 notebook I upgraded. You never know with Windows, until you try. I still think it is worth a try once he gets his BIOS boot settings sorted out. ![]() Dell computers have a one-time boot menu (F12) that presents the other boot options without a BIOS alteration on just about all of them besides the Pentium III systems (which aren’t even USB bootable without Nick, Hardware age and API depreciation is the primary problem with going beyond 2-3 releases.Īs far as boot media you are better off using a USB drive. The problem is drivers go bad after 2-3 releases due to age and depreciated APIs and any Vista driver is officially 4 OSes old at this point.
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