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posted by n1 on Wednesday April 09 2014, @10:37AM   Printer-friendly
from the have-things-really-improved dept.

Yesterday Microsoft ended support for Windows XP. While many users and even businesses continue to cling to the venerable OS there will be no further security updates and even with active anti-virus and malware protection, many users will be left unsecure reports the LA Times and various other news outlets.

There are some exceptions for the right customers.

The UK and Dutch governments have paid Microsoft multiple millions to extend support for Windows XP past the 8 April cutoff date.

The UK extension cost £5.5m but is only valid for a year, after which public-sector users will have to be moved to newer software.

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 09 2014, @11:40PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 09 2014, @11:40PM (#29150)

    it's never again going to connect to the internet
    From this day forward, air-gapped is the only logical way to run XP.
    Smarter still: Not on bare metal.
    A VM snapshot is the easiest way to re-image a borked Windoze install.
    All of this assumes that there's actually a Windoze-only app required.

    could have just deleted the icon for Ineternet Exploiter
    Click a Favorite?
    Click a link in an email?
    Doesn't the Windoze Help system still use Internet Exploder?
    I hope you were trying for humor.

    -- gewg_