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| author | Roy Badami <roy@gnomon.org.uk> | 2014-04-16 21:42:24 +0100 |
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| committer | bitcoindev <bitcoindev@gnusha.org> | 2014-04-16 20:42:37 +0000 |
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Re: [Bitcoin-development] Warning message when running wallet in Windows XP (or drop support?)
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