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How to Apply MS Updates to Windows XP until 2019

posted by LaminatorX on Sunday May 18 2014, @12:15AM   Printer-friendly
from the Prolonging-the-Inevitable dept.

Anonymous Coward writes:

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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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by ls671 on Sunday May 18 2014, @02:05AM

    by ls671 (891) on Sunday May 18 2014, @02:05AM (#44755) Homepage

    "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.

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  • (Score: 2) by Angry Jesus on Sunday May 18 2014, @02:57AM

    by Angry Jesus (182) on Sunday May 18 2014, @02:57AM (#44759)

    > 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    Banks with outdated ATM machines [reuters.com]