“Sorry to get sidetracked.”
No problem. For me the migration from Windows for Workgroups to Win95 wasn’t too bad. Most of my software was MS-DOS based and 95 let you use the command line pretty easy. IIRC that started to go with Win98 and completely disappeared thereafter.
When XP came along I was pretty happy with it so of course they proceeded to replace it with Vista. MS just can’t leave well enough alone can they ?
Questio...
I currently have a Win10 machine that I hate. None of my old software will work on it.
Is there anyway I could download XP onto the same machine and use XP whenever I wanted to?
I’m horribly deficient in the computer knowledge field. The ever changing Windows releases made me throw up my hands and give up long ago.
Yes, you just have to run Windows XP in a “Virtual Machine”. There is free virtual machine software available such as Virtual Box or VMware Workstation Player, or if you upgrade Windows 10 to from Home to Pro you can use the built in Hyper-V. The cheapest way to upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Pro is to buy a license on eBay. I don't actually know why the eBay licenses keep working but I haven't had any of them go bad. Just pick one of the cheapest vendors who has a good feedback over a period of time.
You have to do some work arounds to get sound to in a Windows XP virtual machine in Hyper-V so if you need sound, it would probably be easier to use Virtual Box, or the free VMware Workstation Player. It is really not that difficult and has some advantages over a physical machine.