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   PID: Synchronet 3.17c-Win32  Dec 29 2019 MSC 1924   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.10-Win32 r3.148 Dec 29 2019 MSC 1924   
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   Holger,   
      
   HG>My suggestion would be: Get a second hand PC with a Windows 10pro 32bit   
   HG>operating system installed or with a Windows 7pro 32bit installed and   
   HG>upgrade that to Win10 after having first noted the product key.   
      
   HG>The reason for a 32bit operating system is that with it you can use all   
   HG>your old applications. With a 64bit operating system you can't use most   
   HG>of your old ones.   
      
     That's what I did here. My late Mom's computer, and the BBS computer   
   have Windows 10 32-bit. I could not get a copy of that to install on an   
   older laptop (it originally had Windows Vista Basic on it), so I donated   
   it to a fellow Sysop, who wiped the drive, and put Linux on it for his   
   use. I bought a Lenovo Laptop with Windows 10 64-bit on it.   
      
     As a side note, I paid $140 at Best Buy for each copy of Windows 10   
   32-bit...Microsoft wanted $200 per copy. Can you say "corporate greed"??   
   That's why I don't buy a system right when a new OS comes out. Speaking   
   of which, I don't see any sign of another OS upgrade from Microsoft   
   for awhile, which likely disappoints their shareholders. But, I've got   
   the setups to work the way I want them. A friend of mine hates Windows   
   10, calling it "Satan's Little Sex Toy". :P But, this month, is the end   
   of security updates for Windows 7...and that's the only reason I   
   upgraded. With the Start8Menu utility from IObit (I use several of their   
   programs), I have the setups looking like Windows 7 instead of Windows   
   10.   
      
   Daryl, WX4QZ   
      
      
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