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thinking of getting a windows 7 desktop setup

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i love my windows XP setup, but i feel like i might get more out of a windows 7 as far as retro computing is concerned. i use a desktop computer for CD-ROM gaming, burning my own music onto CD-Rs, and browsing protoweb & escargot messaging through ethernet. with windows 7, i plan to do all that and more, plus use the windows live essentials. any other recommendations/precautions you’d suggest?
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Re: thinking of getting a windows 7 desktop setup

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Outlook 2013 is better for emails then Live Mail is
Office 2013 (https://archive.org/details/microsoft-office-professional-plus-2013) may use Metro's UI, but it runs perfectly on Windows 7 and has lots of new features
Use this for drivers - DriverPack
Use this for more functionality - download.wsusoffline.net/
Use this for internet browsing - ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/115.14.0esr/win64/en-US/Firefox%20Setup%20115.14.0esr.exe
Use this for gadgets - win7gadgets.com/
Use this for downloads - motrix.app/download
Use this for CDBurning - cdburnerxp.se/
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