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Microsoft Ends Support for Windows XP

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

SuperCharlie writes:

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: 2) by Reziac on Thursday April 17 2014, @01:44AM

    by Reziac (2489) on Thursday April 17 2014, @01:44AM (#32485) Homepage

    Found it, and TinyXP (gotta try these as soon as I have room to mess with extra PCs again) ... TPB to the rescue of old machines!

    And thereby discovered there was once Godly XP -- which would run on just 20mb RAM (designed for gaming, but imagine it on an old laptop) -- mentioned on

    http://aspireonesoftware.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/ godly-xp-sp3/ [wordpress.com]

    but the links are dead and I could not find a copy. :(

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    And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
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