On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 2:02 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > P.J. Alling wrote: >> >> <Rant> > > Depending on how often you need to use the software that only runs on XP, > your best solution may be to set up a Win XP virtual machine. That way if > you get an update the breaks everything, you can go to a previously backed > up version of the VM. You could also, if you want, copy that VM to other > computers, even a Mac or a Linux box.
Full endorsement of this! I have VM's of Win98, WinXP, Win7 (and a few others like FreeBSD, and a Linux distro or three). I can run and test any Windows crud I need on my Mac and never get nuked. VMware, but there are free ones too. > The big question being is how much effort do you want to spend on saving a > little bit of work? Silly question! Consider what mail list he's on. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
