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As some of you know, I'm a broadcast engineer and I work as encoder on a broadcast channel. This time, we were shooting a report on healthy food and one of our reporter has been discussing this matter with one of the experts in the field that works in a lab and makes analysis on milk and other things. I was kinda surprised when I found out that the computer they use to run tests on the analysed samples is actually running Windows XP: This made my day.

I was recently on a tour to Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant and saw some PCs running XP

I agree, and thanks! =D

True enough. Let's move on. It's OK by me. And, BTW, welcome to MSFN!

That's why I recommend using both. I haven't used any version of Windows as my main OS since December 2005. I have Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 8.1 all running in VMs (I use VirtualBox). One of the advantages of doing this is that I don't have to use Windows 8.1 any more than necessary, which is good because I don't like using it. I'd much rather use Windows XP. I also don't have to worry about looking for newer hardware that is still compatible with Windows XP since I'm not trying to run it on "bare metal". Phil

With all due respect, let me tell you what: ProxHTTPSProxyMII (available from @heinoganda by request via PM) provides full certificates (ciphers) and TLS 1.1/1.2 (although the latest updates have now solved the TLS issue) for both IE8 and other browsers (esp. Chrome 49). Thence, Chrome 49 / ProxHTTPSProxyMII fully solve the HTML5 issue. @roytam1's New Moon and Basilisk/UXP (best, IMO) also do solve the HTML5 and cipher issue, not requiring the addition of ProxHTTPSProxyMII. So I think we're pretty well covered on this matter. IMO there isn't any real HTML5 / cipher / TLS issue with XP at the moment. Moreover, @heinoganda also has been providing a certificate updater for the root cerificates and a flash updater specific for Chrome 49, allowing it to remain easy to use and functinal. Using IE8 just for MU/WU and either the latest Basilisk/UXP or Chrome 49 / ProxHTTPSProxyMII has provided me a fully satisfactory browsing experience up to now, and I bet it'll continue so for as long as @heinoganda and @roytam1 kindly keep on supporting the community with their awesome work.