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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 18 2014, @04:31AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 18 2014, @04:31AM (#44770)

    XP isn't actually dead yet. It just shouldn't be on line.
    (This also describes some of the users.)
    I like that. I'm stealing it.

    I'd recommend these folks get a Chromebook [rather] than sink money into another version of windows.
    ...or get a $0 OS that does the tasks they do (out of the box, even) for the current box.
    (Munich was handing out Ubuntu CDs. I didn't see it mentioned explicitly, but is seems logical that directions to boot to it were on the shuck.)
    ...and surely these folks' neighborhood/town has a supply of nerds (e.g. the local LUG).

    Now, one of these days those decade-old HDDs will croak, so long-term, yeah, ChromeBook.

    .
    1 of the 2 justifiable ongoing use cases has been mentioned:
    Specialized gear with no drivers beyond XP.

    The other justifiable use case is an exotic "XP-only" app.
    With the coverage WINE has for XP APIs these days, again, the $0 OS just might be a solution.
    ...and again, those boxes that stay with XP should strictly be air-gapped affairs.

    -- gewg_