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Turn PayPal into Gift Cards, Win8 Product Keys and better Linux Icons

Converting PayPal to Gift Cards lets you monetize the PayPal balance, even if your merchant of choice does not accept PayPal:  http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/pay-paypal-balance-sites-dont-accept/ Need to find your Win8 Product Key? Look no further:  http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/four-places-find-windows-8-product-key/ Niftier icons for Linux can be freely downloaded using the tips at http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-beautiful-alternatives-default-linux-icons/

What to do about Windows XP

Updated 22 April 2014 with new items 9-11, enhanced item 1. On April 8, 2014, Microsoft issued  their last update to Windows XP . They will update the Microsoft Security Essentials anti-virus for another year, but a) traditional viruses are no longer the majority of security and malware problems, and b) Microsoft has been explicit that Microsoft Security Essentials was a minimal anti-virus system, anyway, and formally recommends getting a better anti-virus . I do recommend migrating to Win7 or Win 8.1 Upgrade 1 if your finances and hardware will permit. A free utility from Microsoft downloadable from  http://www.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/xp/transfer-your-data.aspx  makes it easy to move your data to the new Windows, and  http://www.laplink.com/  (not free, around $80) does that  and  lets you move compatible Windows XP programs, as well as data.  But, what to do, especially if your system is not powerful enough to run Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 and the new (free and required)