Originally Posted by
WillCAD
Well, if you're going to keep it on XP, you should be able to find a disk with the service packs somewhere. Installing SP2 or 3, defragging the HDD, and adding a good anti-virus/firewall combo, would be the minimum I'd recommend.
You can also easily get a copy of OpenOffice so you'll have some basic wp and spreadsheet capability, and of course install either Firefox or Chrome to get you a modern browser (I think IE 9 is the latest that will work on XP).
Actually, IE8 is the last version that works on XP. I also have Chrome available. Currently using MSE for anti-virus, but I hear that's getting a little long in the tooth.
And, of course, I have MS Office I can load, and I have various XP cd's to use to bring it up to current levels - the problem is getting the COA off it. I have software to do that, but I can't get it in. There's a problem with the existing install, so I'll work around that.
Nothing wrong with XP. Since I've found I don't use/need any of the whiz-bang stuff with either Vista or Win8, XP gets the job done.