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    Posted on August 12, 2024 at 02:42 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    ON SECURITY

    Susan Bradley

    By Susan Bradley

    With any major change from one OS version to another, such as the leap from Windows 10 to 11, I determine whether to keep the old version around, just to run an application that hasn’t yet made the leap.

    I could keep an old PC on hand with the older OS and app. That might be useful if the older app has a more useful feature than the new version. It’s probably easier to do this in a business setting, where holding on to an old PC is less disruptive, but even home users can keep older technology if they’ve got the space.

    The alternative is to create a virtual machine (VM) on the new PC — one that runs the old OS and thus the older app.

    Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.33.0, 2024-08-12).

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