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posted by martyb on Monday March 20 2017, @01:24AM   Printer-friendly
from the wide-open-spaces-closed-shut dept.

One of Microsoft's most hated operating systems (Windows ME is difficult to beat on that front) is destined to die in less than a month.

Windows Vista, launched to a less-than-stellar reception on January 30, 2007, saw most of its support stopped back in 2012. On April 11 this year the hammer finally falls. Microsoft warned Vista users that their systems could be compromised by an attacker in the future, especially as Security Essentials support has also now ended for the operating system.

"Windows Vista customers will no longer receive new security updates, non-security hotfixes, free or paid assisted support options, or online technical content updates from Microsoft," Redmond said.

"Microsoft has provided support for Windows Vista for the past 10 years, but the time has come for us, along with our hardware and software partners, to invest our resources towards more recent technologies so that we can continue to deliver great new experiences."

My heart does ache for our brethren, the poor, huddled Windows masses.


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  • (Score: 2) by TheReaperD on Monday March 20 2017, @12:07PM (1 child)

    by TheReaperD (5556) on Monday March 20 2017, @12:07PM (#481453)

    You have to install a tool such as Spybot anti-beacon in order to keep the ads out of Windows 10 (running it myself). Otherwise, forget it.

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  • (Score: 2) by julian on Tuesday March 21 2017, @04:44AM

    by julian (6003) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday March 21 2017, @04:44AM (#481968)

    I've not installed such a tool and I still haven't seen any ads. I'm sure Windows is (or, at least is capable of) spying on everything that goes on in my computer, but that has been true since XP. I already don't trust Windows.

    It is networked to my other computers, however. This worries me, since it could be used as a beachhead into my network, other machines, and server not running Windows. I'm not sure how to mitigate this without making the machine impractically inconvenient to use. It has to have access to my NAS, for example.