Is Windows vista still good to use?

[Saint2300]

I do not have money to buy visual studio 2015

 

[clifford_cooley]

There is a free version. I don't know what the differences are though.

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[Wolfie]

Because I need to run Visual Basic 6, I need Windows XP.

http://blog.danbrust.net/2015/09/14/installing-visual-basic-studio-6-on-windows-10/

 

[BigFeet]

Some say windows XP is still good to use.

No one who knows anything about security says that. If you use it offline, then it's fine.

 

[Wolfie]

No one who knows anything about security says that. If you use it offline, then it's fine.

Just ask the British governement!. They got hit big-time with the ransomeware bug "WannaCry" a while back!. .

Don't use XP unless you have 10 + firewalls, at least 20 VPN's routing via the NSA/CIA/KGB/MI5 servers!.

 

[BigFeet]

I have a PC running Windows 98se, but I would never even think about connecting it to the internet or my network.

 

[Saint2300]

Visual studio is not Free, it has expired date.

 

[Wolfie]

HI Saint2300,

there is a free alternative, I have no idea about how good it is:

http://www.openxava.org/ate/visual-basic-alternative

Nice long list here too, again: I have no idea how good they are!:

https://alternativeto.net/software/visual-studio/?license=free

 

[Saint2300]

Thanks, useful to me.

 

[clifford_cooley]

Nice long list here too, again: I have no idea how good they are!:
https://alternativeto.net/software/visual-studio/?license=free

I noticed Visual Studio Code which I mentioned earlier is listed within that list. I may check it out to see how badly I can screw up. lol

https://code.visualstudio.com/


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[clifford_cooley]

There is also this software. - Visual Studio Community
https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/community/

A fully-featured, extensible, free IDE for creating modern applications for Android, iOS, Windows, as well as web applications and cloud services.

I downloaded the 2015 version a year or two ago. There is a 2017 version out now.

 

[Trouble]

I dont use I E and never have only Firefox

Just a heads up

Today we are announcing June 2018 as the final end of life date for Firefox support on Windows XP and Vista. As one of the few browsers that continues to support Windows XP and Vista, Firefox users on these platforms can expect security updates until that date. Users do not need to take additional action to receive those updates.

We strongly encourage our users to upgrade to a version of Windows that is supported by Microsoft. Unsupported operating systems receive no security updates, have known exploits, and are dangerous for you to use.

SOURCE: https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2017/10/04/firefox-support-for-windows-xp-and-vista/

 

[Norton]

I still have XP on my Acer Notebook. I run "Pale Moon" Browser, as XP is no longer supported by MS. Pale Moon is actually a good browser alternative for any system.

 

[Wolfie]

I might check that out Norton.

https://www.palemoon.org/

 

[Trouble]

I think the title of this thread "Is Windows vista still good to use?"
IS just too subjective to answer with any degree of accuracy.
I guess we can all justify having an old system running an old OS for one reason or another.
I myself have an old XP laptop, I used to use back when I did a lot of phone stuff. It ran certain packages I used to root and mod some phones.
It presently has a thin layer of dust on it, as I don't do that anymore, but who knows, maybe someday again. In the mean time.....
It ain't eat'n no hay.

 

[Norton]

I might check that out Norton.

https://www.palemoon.org/

Wolfie Personally, I like the Pale Moon browser, Its way ahead of Edge.
There is also a Pale Moon browser edition for Windows 10.

 

[poorguy]

you'll be forced to move to Windows 10.

While I agree that you should move to a supported OS and Windows OSs are good OSs there is another alternative to Windows other than Apple which you might want to give a look at.

Only offering food for thought not trying to convert anyone.

My 2 cents worth.

 

[Defender01]

7 is better than Vista.....much much better. But both will loose support (security updates). So you'll be forced to move to Windows 10.

I agree i have W 7 its a good O S i have upgraded two PCs to W 7 from W 10.
If you are careful what your doing on the net as you should be with any O S your not forced into changing.
Why should you be forced into installing a O S you dont like or want.
Lately i have been playing around with Linux mint and was surprised how quick & easy it was connected straight on the internet and all my history / bookmarks and settings went straight over.
At the moment i have it on a flash drive so i can boot either windows or Linux.

 

[poorguy]

Lately i have been playing around with Linux mint and was surprised how quick & easy it was connected straight on the internet and all my history / bookmarks and settings went straight over.
At the moment i have it on a flash drive so i can boot either windows or Linux.

Hey Defender01,

This has been a useful resource for me although make certain you understand any of the tweaks or actions that you apply.

https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/

This has also useful to me.

https://linuxjourney.com/

PoorGuy

 

[Defender01]

Hey Defender01,

This has been a useful resource for me although make certain you understand any of the tweaks or actions that you apply.

https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/

This has also useful to me.

https://linuxjourney.com/

PoorGuy

Thanks for that PoorGuy some useful tips in there.
I may in time partion so i can duel boot from either.