I downloaded the scratch offline editor but every time I open it, I get the blue screen of death. I re-downloaded it but the same thing would happen. I noticed that the computer crashed every time it tried to open the “help files”. What is it?

Can you click that globe button right next to the smiley face? that will give us an info of what OS you are using. it should give something like this:
My browser / operating system: Unknown OS, Unknown Browser, No Flash version detected
what's wrong with Luakit's user agent

My browser / operating system: Windows XP, Chrome 49.0.2623.112, Flash 22.0 (release 0)

Hmm strange, Windows XP in 2016

TheDigitalDev wrote:

Hmm strange, Windows XP in 2016

^
@DeltaLimp if this is a school computer then I'd recommend telling the principal to upgrade from Windows XP
If this is a home computer you might also want to switch to a newer version of Windows
Windows XP is not safe to use these days and isn't compatible with most softwares

TheDigitalDev wrote:

Hmm strange, Windows XP in 2016

Not unusual..

..still ≈10% of all computers run it. That's a few million.

TheDigitalDev wrote:

Hmm strange, Windows XP in 2016

Windows XP is as stable as Windows 7. There is nothing wrong with using Windows XP in 2016, and when people say that “it's not secure” doesn't mean anything, all you need to do is get a good antivirus.

algmwc5 wrote:

TheDigitalDev wrote:

Hmm strange, Windows XP in 2016

^
@DeltaLimp if this is a school computer then I'd recommend telling the principal to upgrade from Windows XP
If this is a home computer you might also want to switch to a newer version of Windows
Windows XP is not safe to use these days and isn't compatible with most softwares

All you need to do is get a good antivirus, then your computer is safe. It doesn't really depend on what version of Windows you use.

dude341 wrote:

algmwc5 wrote:

TheDigitalDev wrote:

Hmm strange, Windows XP in 2016

^
@DeltaLimp if this is a school computer then I'd recommend telling the principal to upgrade from Windows XP
If this is a home computer you might also want to switch to a newer version of Windows
Windows XP is not safe to use these days and isn't compatible with most softwares

All you need to do is get a good antivirus, then your computer is safe. It doesn't really depend on what version of Windows you use.

why do you always oppose my arguments?
Most antivirus softwares are not compatible with Windows XP
Also, what version of Windows you're using depends. Newer versions usually are more stable and are more secure

dude341 wrote:

TheDigitalDev wrote:

Hmm strange, Windows XP in 2016

Windows XP is as stable as Windows 7. There is nothing wrong with using Windows XP in 2016, and when people say that “it's not secure” doesn't mean anything, all you need to do is get a good antivirus.

wrong
Windows XP is no longer supported. no more security patches and updates will be released for Windows XP
there are so many reasons why Windows XP is not secure

:l Can you discuss the security of Windows XP somewhere else? I need help with the offline editor, not which windows to get…

DeltaLimp wrote:

:l Can you discuss the security of Windows XP somewhere else? I need help with the offline editor, not which windows to get…

okay
Where did you download the editor? Also, have you checked that your system is compatible?

I don't want to add to the argument about Windows XP, but it actually doesn't seem to be compatible with the offline version of Scratch 2.0. I found this on another old topic:

Vetpetmon wrote:

Windows XP is no longer supported, and is outdated.

You can try downloading Scratch 1.4, although I'd hardly call it a great substitute.

The Scratch 2 download page wrote:

If you have an older computer, or cannot install the Scratch 2.0 offline editor, you can try installing Scratch 1.4.

Sorry, I'm afraid I can't be of any more help than that.

-Spectrum wrote:

I don't want to add to the argument about Windows XP, but it actually doesn't seem to be compatible with the offline version of Scratch 2.0. I found this on another old topic:

Vetpetmon wrote:

Windows XP is no longer supported, and is outdated.

You can try downloading Scratch 1.4, although I'd hardly call it a great substitute.

The Scratch 2 download page wrote:

If you have an older computer, or cannot install the Scratch 2.0 offline editor, you can try installing Scratch 1.4.

Sorry, I'm afraid I can't be of any more help than that.

This is correct, Scratch 2.0 does not support Windows XP
You'll have to try 1.4 or upgrade to windows 7/8/10

It's just blue

13dd15 wrote:

It's just blue

Please don't post in old topics. It's called necropost.