My old Win98/SE machine has USB 1.0 ports and I have a good number of the
older Memorex TravelDrives to accommodate it. Those work fine everywhere as I
have yet to encounter a USB driver that wasn't downward compatible. Microsoft
will probably hamstring that some day.
>
>I also have an XP machine across the room, behind me, for the occasional
>use of legacy software. but it is not connected to the outside world.
>Works fine, using Sneaker Net and a thumb drive.
>
>Jim Nichols
>Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>On 3/30/2016 9:30 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>>> Now I understand the reason you're so intent on continuing to run on XP.
>>> But running XP on the net or Win 7 on the net without all of its "important"
>>> security fixes is truly dangerous.
>> I still have one computer running XP for legacy peripheral support,
>> but I have it blocked for web access. I gave it a static IP and I have
>> that IP blocked in the router, so it is only on the LAN.
>>
>> My desktop computers are WIN7 and they cannot get upgraded because of
>> software and peripheral support. The laptop is fully upgraded to the
>> latest/greatest POS. Another laptop is running LINUX for another piece
>> of software.
>>
>> Of the bunch, XP remains my favorite. It works great.
>
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