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[rwanttaja]

Just curious, what's your objection to Windows 10?

I have several tools I use regularly that aren't compatible with Windows 10, and compatible versions aren't available.

An example is Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0. I wrote a graphic orbit analysis tool in it, and am still using it for some consulting I've been doing since retirement and some hobby writing.

I also use it to automatically generate vbulletin code to make it simple to extract data from Excel to include tables in postings in the EAA forum and other fora.

	4551	100.0%
	Number	Percent	Secondary
LOP Undetermined	430	9.4%	2
LOP- Engine Internal	116	2.5%	30
LOP Exhaust/Turbo	7	0.2%	9
LOP Ignition (Non-Controller)	33	0.7%	19
LOP Engine Controller or Electronic Ignition	32	0.7%	18
LOP - drive system	46	1.0%	13
LOP - Oil System	31	0.7%	33
LOP - Carb Mech	37	0.8%	51
LOP - Cooling System	15	0.3%	8
LOP Fuel - Engine	48	1.1%	44
LOP Fuel - System	64	1.4%	69
LOP - Carb Ice	87	1.9%	13
LOP Fuel Exhaustion	148	3.3%	5
LOP Fuel Starvation	58	1.3%	8
LOP Fuel Contamination	46	1.0%	18

I am contemplating setting up a virtual machine running Windows 7 on a Windows 11 box that will allow me to still run these old programs. I currently do that *now*, using a virtual machine running Windows XP to run a drawing package that dates from the early 80s. Much of the graphics I used in articles and books in the early '90s (for instance, "Kitplane Construction" and my two nautical novels) were drawn in an early version of Canvas (16 bit), and the current version of Canvas won't load the old versions. So I run the old version of Canvas in a virtual XP window, call up an old drawing, and re-save it in Adobe Illustrator, which the new version *will* load.

There are literally hundreds of drawings, and no way to do this in bulk.

From my experience doing this, virtual windows are a pain to work in, so I'm hesitant to transition to Windows 11 and try to use them for the VisualBasic stuff. in addition, there's a program I wrote in VB that runs every time the computer boots up, and I'd lose that as well.

Several other tools I have aren't compatible with Windows 10/11, but updated versions are available. PITA to transition, though.

My Surface laptop is running Windows 11, as is my wife's computer. Got no problem with them, they're handling the home network better than my Windows 7 box. So I'm not just kicking and holding my breath because I don't wanna face an updated Windows.

Current plan is to buy another computer and use it as a dedicated Solidworks box. I'd tuck it out of the way and use a KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse switch) to swap back and forth between the Windows 7 and Windows 11 computers.

Ron Wanttaja