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Over at MSFN Forums, user 'harkaz' has described a simple 3-step method of applying newer Microsoft updates to Windows XP operating systems.
He says: "The constraints are entirely artificial. Porting is easy as 1-2-3 ... So Windows XP can have semi-official support until 2019!"
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How to Apply MS Updates to Windows XP until 2019
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by tathra on Sunday May 18 2014, @01:57AM
most businesses have a valid reason to stick with XP, that i understand. the "cost" statement was referring to all the home users sticking with XP whose reasons basically boil down to, "i dont want to upgrade".
i did consider the possibility that some of the code might still be used in current versions, but thought when windows 9 came out, which may be out by the time their contractually-obligated support for XP ends, that there would be enough versions in between that nothing currently useful could be gleaned from XP's code, or that there would have been enough changes to the code that they could release enough of it for a community to maintain it without releasing anything critical to the current version. naive perhaps, but with the nearly-inevitable linux migration, unless they decide to support XP forever, finding a way to do it might be their best option.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by ls671 on Sunday May 18 2014, @02:05AM
"most businesses have a valid reason to stick with XP"
Businesses that insist on sticking to XP will be able to get patches from MS. It will just cost them extra money and it tends to be very expensive. This is business as usual.
I have only seen that happening with government agencies so far, maybe some "businesses" do it too but I have never heard of it.
Everything I write is lies, including this sentence.
(Score: 2) by Angry Jesus on Sunday May 18 2014, @02:57AM
> I have only seen that happening with government agencies so far, maybe some
> "businesses" do it too but I have never heard of it.
Banks with outdated ATM machines [reuters.com]
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Sunday May 18 2014, @03:41PM
Also, quite a few credit card readers in stores.
Impeach Donald Saruman and his sidekick Elon Sauron
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Sunday May 18 2014, @03:37PM
the "cost" statement was referring to all the home users sticking with XP whose reasons basically boil down to, "i dont want to upgrade".
Wrong. The "cost" statement was referring to all the home users sticking with XP whose reasons basically boil down to, "I can't afford to upgrade". There are fifty MILLION poverty-stricken people in the US alone, and none of them can afford a new computer nor can install an operating system.
Impeach Donald Saruman and his sidekick Elon Sauron
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 18 2014, @06:56PM
none of them can afford a new computer
No need to buy anything.
With the correct OS, you're good until your hardware completely quits working.
A proper OS will come with all the apps you need and can be had for $0 and updated eternally for $0. [google.com]
nor can install an operating system
3 year old installing Ubuntu [google.com]
-- gewg_
(Score: 2) by Tork on Sunday May 18 2014, @11:26PM
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