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|    Alexander Grotewohl to Len Jacob    |
|    Re: window    |
|    25 Sep 25 22:05:11    |
      TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A47       MSGID: 1:120/616 081e4534       REPLY: 1:396/45.0 68d58ee8       TZUTC: -0400       On 25 Sep 2025, Len Jacob said the following...                LJ> hello, i want to to install window xp on a computer and run games, will        LJ> i need to update window xp in order to run games,even though microsoft        LJ> does not upgrade anymore        LJ> how can i run old program without the microsoft discontinued windowxp        LJ> upgrade?              there is a small package you can install, provided by a group of hobbyists, to       restore functionality to windows update. using that you can get your machine       up to the newest point possible. check out https://legacyupdate.net              i recently put together a machine to do that too.. play some old point and       click games that never made it to steam (or are incredibly broken otherwise)              just don't use it for day-to-day stuff (casual web browsing) anymore .. up to       date for xp definitely doesn't mean secure ;)              --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/25 (Windows/32)        * Origin: cold fusion - cfbbs.net - grand rapids, mi (1:120/616)       SEEN-BY: 18/200 104/119 105/81 106/201 114/10 120/616 128/187 129/14       SEEN-BY: 129/305 153/7715 154/10 50 110 218/700 220/10 30 90 221/6       SEEN-BY: 226/18 30 44 50 227/114 229/110 111 206 275 300 307 310 317       SEEN-BY: 229/400 426 428 470 664 700 705 266/512 280/464 291/111 292/854       SEEN-BY: 301/1 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45 460/58 633/280 712/848       SEEN-BY: 902/26 2320/105 3634/12 5075/35       PATH: 120/616 154/10 229/426           |
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