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posted by janrinok on Wednesday May 27 2015, @08:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the good-luck-with-that dept.

El Reg reports UK.gov confirms it's binned extended Windows XP support

The [UK government] signed up for Microsoft's OS [...] support service--aka a Custom Support Agreement--last year, but a recent meeting of government Technology Leaders decided enough is enough. A post on the Government Technology Blog says the Leaders "took a collective decision to not extend the support arrangement for 2015".

A support agreement that ended in April was therefore not renewed.

[...] An [undisclosed] number of agencies are still running XP, at least on some machines, leading the government digital service to suggest "We expect most remaining government devices using Windows XP will be able to mitigate any risks, using the CESG guidance."

[...] As we've reported, agencies including the Metropolitan Police, the [National Health Service], and [Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs] are still to finish XP migration projects.

Related: Microsoft Ends Support for Windows XP


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  • (Score: 2) by mendax on Wednesday May 27 2015, @09:29PM

    by mendax (2840) on Wednesday May 27 2015, @09:29PM (#188789)

    Nah... let them migrate to DOS. At least it's secure! And Windows 3.1 wasn't all *that* bad... except when it was.

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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by srobert on Wednesday May 27 2015, @10:58PM

    by srobert (4803) on Wednesday May 27 2015, @10:58PM (#188834)

    We're going to move all of our mission critical systems to MicroSoft Bob.

    • (Score: 2) by mendax on Thursday May 28 2015, @03:32AM

      by mendax (2840) on Thursday May 28 2015, @03:32AM (#188930)

      Who knows? It might result in an improvement!

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