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Old 04-12-2014, 04:14 PM   #49
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Re: All Things Technology Related Thread

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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule View Post
Ok,

So a question for everyone.

background - My mom is nearing 80 years old, uses XP, and Money 2003 for all her needs - she does do online banking with the couple of credit unions she uses, and outlook express (yes it's still out there). I keep her antivirus up, run malwarebytes often and don't think that she needs to worry about microsoft's end of support for XP. She uses a kindle, but gets very flustered with any small glitches. Personally, I dread the day she would have to go to windows 8, or even a Chromebook.

Question: In each individual's opinion, is the end of Microsoft support going to cascade quick enough to cause her enough grief that she ought to get a new system sooner rather than later? A sidebar is that her sister in Germany has no tech saavy family/friends, and if my mom ought to change should my aunt, who has a similar system there.
Hmmm, how about just taking away the admin rights like we were talking about above? Install Teamviewer (TeamViewer - Free Remote Control, Remote Access & Online Meetings) and set up an unattended install, so you can remote in anytime you need just in case. That would at least prevent some...
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