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In message , BillW50  
writes:
>In news:kat9ef$iul$1@dont-email.me,
>HankG typed:
[]
>> I believe that I read that 8 does not contain a compatability mode.
>> Not good.  I'm still running Office Professional '95 & 97 (all legal,
>> by the way).  My Word and Excel work just fine in OpenOffice.  Tried

(I take it you mean your Word and Excel _files_ do. [If you have 
OpenOffice, why are you still running Office Pro '95 and '7 - or vice 
versa?])

>> Access, but having difficulty.  Since retiring, don't really need it
>> anymore.
>> HankG
>
>Naw... Windows 8 *does* have compatibility mode. It lists:
>
>Windows 95
>Windows 98 / Windows Me
>Windows XP (Service Pack 2)
>Windows XP (Service Pack 3)
>Windows Vista
>Windows Vista (Service Pack 1)
>Windows Vista (Service Pack 2)
>Windows 7
>
You should know by now, Bill, that you're not allowed to defend 8 to 
those who have decided they don't like it (-:

(No Windows 3.1, or previous? Let alone DOS [I presume it does in fact 
have command prompt, under whatever name they've chosen this time]?)
-- 
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Can a blue man sing the whites?
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