Hi PMc

 

Welcome to the Community Forums.

 

I presume that the sites are detecting that you are running under WinXP, which is no longer supported by Microsoft, and making a suggestion from that?

 

If that is the case then whether to upgrade or not is a moot point to some. Personally, if yo are going to upgrade then the only way to go is WIndows 8.1, becauase although WIndows 10 is on the cards (i) it has been delayed until autumn this year & (ii) it is widely mooted that Win10 will be a free upgrade for Win8.1 users.

 

Having said that do some research as you will find Win8.1 quite a difference when compared to WinXP.

 

Perhaps @ would be happy to provide some advice as I know that he has and does run different Win versions under VM, and so may have some apposite insight into this question?

 

Hope that helps?

 

Regards, Baldrick

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Hello and Welcome to the Webroot Community!

 

I agree Windows 8.1 if you can and you will get the free upgrade to Windows 10 via Windows Update when it is released and I actually like the Windows 10 Preview and I'm sure the final product is going to make many users happy! https://www.google.com/search?q=Windows+10+Preview&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=ruymVMjYE4WSyASZ-YKQBg&ved=0CDAQsAQ&biw=1600&bih=685&gws_rd=cr if you would like to try the Windows 10 Preview just go here but since you have XP you would have to do a clean install of Windows 10 Preview: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows/preview-iso and more info here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows/preview

 

Thanks for the Ping Baldrick!

 

Cheers,

 

Daniel ;)

 

http://DigitalWalt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Windows-10-Download.jpg

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Hi Daniel

 

No worries...and thanks for the pick up...I thought that you might well...as usual...have some interesting and very pertinent input into this discussion. :D

 

Regards, Baldrick

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