Subj : Re: 3.19b not compatible with Windows XP?
To   : fusion
From : MRO
Date : Sat Jul 09 2022 00:00:32

  Re: Re: 3.19b not compatible with Windows XP?
  By: fusion to cadeon on Fri Jul 08 2022 05:51 pm

 >  ca> > ... now I see that archive.dll requires bcrypt.dll which isn't
 >  ca> > included either.
 >  ca> If we need to bail on XP I feel like we can? It doesn't seem like
 >  ca> there's a lot of love for it.
 >
 > i obviously don't decide what amount of effort crosses that line of "okay,
 > we're done with xp now, you have to upgrade," but if it isn't a huge task,
 > it's better to fix the things that keep it working as you go..
 >
 > otherwise the list gets huge and it ends up being "well, i guess at this
 > point we basically just /have/ to say it doesn't support xp"
 >
 > imo "because i wanna" is good enough reason to use xp (in the context of
 > bbsing/nostalgiacomputing)
 >
 > *shrug*

well windows 7 was a free upgrade for quite some time. and you can run it for free in limited mode.  furthermore windows 7 can run on some low specs.  like you can run it on about 500mb of memory on a 1ghz system.

so like i said, don't be a nick andre.  people should run something more secure.  I don't care what firewall they claim to have it behind.
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