Posts made by Burnied

@blackbird71 Meanwhile later versions have introduced a whole new raft of flaws that may still need to be found and corrected.
In any case running any version of any operating system without also running a decent virus checker is just asking for trouble. The old adage that Linux and the like don't get viruses has long been proven not only false but dangerous.
I rather hope that in the over 50 years, since I started programming computers, that I have learned enough to accept that no Program whatsoever (including Operating Systems) is entirely free of bugs.
I recently discovered that a program I wrote over 40 years ago and has been in use by the mod on a daily basis ever since has just been found to contain a serious flaw that has been there all this time (and fortunately not taken advantage of).

Just to let you know, I AM an experienced Windows user, having been a Microsoft MVP which I only had to give up because I had serious health problems ( probably early Covid before the pandemic).
I have tried all sorts of ways to get it to work. It must be some setting I have on my machine as I do tend to keep it well protected.
It would help if some sort of error was generated in a log somewhere, even the event log, but it just disappears.

It was 95 I was tryng

The site says the version i was trying runs under Win7

Windows versions tend to be more secure after years of use. Newer versions still have many holes in them that still need to be patched. Also if you steer away from dodgy sites and use a decent virus checker it is plenty secure enough.
Also MS do release emergency updates for serious problems.
Also older machines will not support the later versions.

@mathias87 Accepted, but you do need to know that Windows 7 was the last Windows version that the user had control of. Later versions are very very much under MS control and included loads of stuff that leaves users open to malware and other stuff that run whether you like it or not.

Well if you are typical of Opera users, I do not want to know about it any more!!

I have just downloaded Opera from this site and tried to install it. The install just does not even start.
Windows 7 Home premium, up to date.
Lenovo T43 laptop.
Avast disabled.
Only programs running are Process Explorer, but didn't work when I disabled that. and Xplorer2 which I use instead of File Explorer.
There is no entry in the event log.
My Windows user id does have admin privileges and I also tried running as Administrator.
I am a Windows technical advisor and I am stumped.