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JSWolf · 05-15-2016, 06:09 AM

The reason you cannot use Calibre past 2.0 with Windows XP is that a lot of XP installs are on hardware not capable of running Calibre 2.x and sometimes it's due to XP itself. So instead of having a support nightmare for those where Calibre 2.x won't run properly, it was decided not to allow Calibre 2.x to run under XP. If your hardware is capable of running Calibre 2.x, the way to be able to use Calibre past 2.0 is to upgrade to Windows 7 or later.

05-15-2016, 06:09 AM	#40
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,957 Karma: 128903250 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	The reason you cannot use Calibre past 2.0 with Windows XP is that a lot of XP installs are on hardware not capable of running Calibre 2.x and sometimes it's due to XP itself. So instead of having a support nightmare for those where Calibre 2.x won't run properly, it was decided not to allow Calibre 2.x to run under XP. If your hardware is capable of running Calibre 2.x, the way to be able to use Calibre past 2.0 is to upgrade to Windows 7 or later.