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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: 1) by elgrantrolo on Sunday May 18 2014, @11:27AM

    by elgrantrolo (1903) on Sunday May 18 2014, @11:27AM (#44832) Journal

    My idea of "support" includes commitment and quality assurance. If people are willing to hack installation packages to move them from Windows 7 to XP that's clever as long as they don't convince themselves they are playing safe in any way, shape or form.