End of Windows XP support

[Hooovahh]

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RobCole@Work wrote:

I know this is month out of date or so, but I read an interesting article today saying that Windows XP is getting more secure. The argument goes that as fewer people use it, it becomes less of a target for hackers. Much more productive to find a hole in a well-used OS.

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With that logic Windows 3.11 for workgroups would be secure.  No idea if it is true or not.  Windows 98SE was a solid OS wonder how hard it would be to run that on a modern PC.  Windows 2000 would probably work easier.

[taper]

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@Hooovahh wrote:

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With that logic Windows 3.11 for workgroups would be secure.  No idea if it is true or not.  Windows 98SE was a solid OS wonder how hard it would be to run that on a modern PC.  Windows 2000 would probably work easier.

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No support for 64bit processors, hard drives over 137GB, USB flash drives or printers.  Limited to FAT32 filesystem, doubt many websites would load correctly(old Java, flash, etc), old style Microsoft support for various standards(read: they made their own buggy version, which worked when they had 95% market share).  3rd party drivers made some of that sorta work.  98SE was good for it's day but pretty useless now.

[altenbach]

But will it run this? 😄

 

[taper]

98 was still DOS based, so maybe.  Little before my time.

I like NI's phone number from that era.  1-800-IEEE-488.

[altenbach]

I looke up that bridge point parkway address on google maps. It is literally at the end of the road. 😄

[Hooovahh]

That's still the number I use to call NI. It goes right to a person and then they redirect you.

Also the unofficial Widows 98 service pack would fix a lot of those feature issues. USB thumb ddrie, NTFS support and not sure why you would be limited to 137gb. And just use a 3rd party browser. Some old Mozilla probably runs ok.

[RTSLVU]

I still have LabView 5.1 and 6i both run fine on Windows 98

[altenbach]

I found an old LabVIEW demo (3.1.1) and it won't run at all under Windows 7.

It still runs just fine under Windows XP mode. 😄 (Yes, I copied the files from the two floppies long ago).

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[altenbach]

It is basically a stripped down LabVIEW version that only allows the included demo programs. IT is LabVIEW 3.1.1

 

[crossrulz]

Here's what I get when I try to open my copy of LabVIEW 3.1.1. (Window 7)

My LabVIEW 4.0.1 copy seems to work just find though.