if the machine is still working, get a 3rd party antivirus and firewalll and u should b good to go for some time 2 come . currently running 2k on an old box here.
Doris At 12:47 PM 5/12/2014 +0100, you wrote:
Thanks, David. That's much like I thought. Not much point in buying Tune Up unless I get Vista on soon.Doesn't look worth it to me, but felt I should ask around first, so thanks for your comments.Carol P ----- Original Message ----- From: David W Wood <david.g3yxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx CC: Date: Monday, 12 May 2014 12.44 pm Subject: [access-uk] Re: DELL LAPTOP VISTA Ready or DUMP > > > Carol > > Avoid Vista like the plague! > Its short existence says it all! > > My guess is that the machine needs some tuning up. > I suspect, like me, you don't have the expertise to dive into the registry. > In view of this, I bought a utility called Tune Up utilities from a company > called Clevergridge. > I think it was about £20 as the UK conversion from Euros. > > > ATB > > David W Wood > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 12.29 PM > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] DELL LAPTOP VISTA Ready or DUMP > > Hi All, > > I have an 8-year-old Del computer which was running XP and became very > sluggish. Now that XP is no longer supported, I have to decide whether to > ditch it completely or obtain a copy of VISTA and get it up and running > again. It won't take Windows 7, unfortunately > > Is Vista really worth running and where might I obtain a cheap copy? If you > have one to sell, please let me know. > > CAROL P > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > l ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
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