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Subject:Re: Windows 11 - The end of Paradox compatibility?
Date:Tue, 29 Jun 2021 12:06:55 -0500
From:Mark Bannister <markRemove@THISinjection-moldings.com>
Newsgroups:pnews.paradox-discussions
On 6/28/2021 9:03 PM, Tom Krieg wrote:
> Here's a report from one who knows. It's been snipped.

> I agree with the author. Security. Microsoft is ramping up security in 
> the Windows ecosystem. It has to. 30 year old x86 programs, in my 
> opinion, won't be deemed to be secure enough to be allowed to run on the 
> platform. I predict the only way you'll be able to run Paradox is in a 
> sandboxed local cloud or hybrid VM running an older version of Windows.
> 

Pdox runs just fine in a Win98 VM now.  There are some trade-offs and 
you would want to block web access for security.  I don't know about you 
but I have a slew of Win98 licenses laying around that I'm sure will work.
-- 
Mark Bannister



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