I suggest you never connect your XP computer to the internet. I've never considered OneNote substitutes because I never use it. Thunderbird is almost but not quite an Outlook substitute.Īll the commonly suggested alternatives are perfectly acceptable substitutes for Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Since, like me, you use MS Office Outlook, you won't find complete non-MS substitutes. Many people are using Office 2010 so keep an eye on that forum section to see if those users start screaming about malware.
Neither will mine, I still use Office 2007.Ī hole in Office is not as risky as a hole in Windows because any malware would first have to get through Windows' defences before it could attack Office. When researchers find vulnerabilities in currently-supported version of Office, MS issues an update that patches the hole. There is a risk but it is impossible to quantify it.
I am running Windows 10 Pro, 21H2 if that helps at all :) Outlook I think is the main troublesome one there. I have the Home and Business edition of 2010 and I do use all the programs, (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Outlook). I think I'll be fine but I'm just doubting myself a bit. I'm just a little worried with how everyone makes it sound when software goes EOL.
I still have Office 2003 and Windows XP on another computer of mine and although it doesn't get used much it's been okay ever since EOL. Okay sorry for the ramble, as I said above I'm just looking to see how much of a risk it really would be to run Office 2010 now. Just seems slower and the UI isn't very pleasing to me. I currently have installed Office 2013, I got a licence for it with a previous PC and forgot about it until a while ago. I have considered using Open Office or Libre Office, I just haven't used them much yet and really should have a proper look at them one day if I decide Office 2010 isn't worth the risk anymore. I also don't feel like it's worth upgrading to Office 2021 or the likes as it's expensive and goes EOL anyway in October 2026 (only 5 years.) I don't want to have Office 365 as I don't want to be paying a subscription every month or year for software that I don't use enough for it to be worth the money. Hello! I just want to have some advice please on whether you think running Office 2010 is still okay now.
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