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yonder

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5. Last week I had to fire up my old, unwebbed XP Pro machine

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Tue May 23, 2023, 12:51 PM

May 2023

to find and revise an ancient AutoCad drawing. That was a sweet experience. After booting up clean and fast, ACAD effortlessly made the changes and saved/transferred the drawing and data files to a thumb drive - with no back talk from the OS either. I was reminded that before retiring, a simpler OS and applications made that work almost fun. Now, not so much.

I understand that Windows 12 will be coming down from the Mount pretty soon. Oh boy.

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Here's a weird change that arrived with the latest Windows update. [View all] OAITW r.2.0 May 2023 OP

Sounds like a cloud issue. Martin68 May 2023 #1

I think so, too. OAITW r.2.0 May 2023 #2

I had issues with Apple's iCloud, and stopped backing up all my photos and music there. Martin68 May 2023 #4

Check this out relayerbob May 2023 #3

Last week I had to fire up my old, unwebbed XP Pro machine yonder May 2023 #5

Agree with your post canetoad May 2023 #6