I'd like to add that using Windows XP after April 8, particularly if 
you're going online, is a risk that isn't worth taking, even with good 
antivirus software.  Microsoft's decision to discontinue releasing 
updates for XP would be like the mayor of your town warning you that all 
police, fire and other public safety officials will be leaving your 
community by April 8.  You could stay in the community after that time 
and, for a while, you might be OK but you also would have to realize 
that criminals who know about this will take advantage of the 
opportunity and will eventually target your home.  When that happens, 
you'd have no recourse.
On 4/6/2014 4:14 PM, Blaine Clark wrote:
> 1) AVG and a couple others have stated that they will support XP for at
> least a year with anti-virus programs. Don't forget that there should be
> a couple free firewall programs available too. XP should be safe to some
> degree for a good while yet if you take extra precautions with it.
> 2) Microsoft is money hungry and wants everyone to 'upgrade'. MS Office
> is not backward compatible, but there are several open source projects
> that are. One of my nephews has stories and poems he wrote and saved as
> .DOC files from Win 95 days that Libre Office and several others open
> and edit and convert perfectly. Libre Office, Open Office, and a couple
> more are free and have every feature that MS Office has. Most open
> source projects have the user's interests in mind, Microsoft has only
> your money in mind.
> 3) Save or export your emails as .EML files which should be the default
> if I remember right, then you can move them into your Win-8 system and
> open them normally.
> 4) When you get the new Win-8 don't toss your XP machine. Give free open
> source a trial and see how a free open source operating system
> alternative to Microsoft like Vinux could work for you. Oops, you only
> had three questions.
>

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