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I want MS paint XP back!

  • 26-12-2011 12:09AM
    #1
    johnROSS
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭


    ok, so i've replaced my xp desktop with a laptop with windows 7. windows 7 is great, don't get me wrong, but new MS paint is unbelievably meh in contrast to paint xp. Is there a safe download for XP paint on the net? or will i have to say goodbye to it completely? please help, i'm devastated without it.
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  • #2
    Reamer Fanny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,828 ✭✭✭Reamer Fanny


    johnROSS wrote: »
    ok, so i've replaced my xp desktop with a laptop with windows 7. windows 7 is great, don't get me wrong, but new MS paint is unbelievably meh in contrast to paint xp. Is there a safe download for XP paint on the net? or will i have to say goodbye to it completely? please help, i'm devastated without it.

    MS paint on Windows 7 is much better IMO it has much more features like image cropping etc..


  • #3
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Its a bit more advanced but Paint.Net is pritty good :)

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  • #4
    johnROSS
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭johnROSS


    thanks yoyo, it seems good


  • #5
    johnROSS
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭johnROSS


    ok, deffo not liking paint.net after all. is there a carbon copy of xp paint, in all its simplicity, out there?


  • #6
    BostonB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,053 ✭✭✭✭BostonB


    What do you use it for?


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  • #7
    johnROSS
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭johnROSS


    editing photos in a comical way. i also used to use it for animating stuff


  • #8
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,490 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    johnROSS wrote: »
    ok, so i've replaced my xp desktop with a laptop with windows 7. windows 7 is great, don't get me wrong, but new MS paint is unbelievably meh in contrast to paint xp. Is there a safe download for XP paint on the net? or will i have to say goodbye to it completely? please help, i'm devastated without it.

    That's easy to sort johnROSS ;)

    Simply get to any XP machine and go to C:Windows\System32 & locate the file "mspaint.exe", copy it to a pendrive and move it to your Win7 laptop. It works fine on Win7 too.

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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