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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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You're growing out of some of your problems, but there are others that
you're growing into.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Sunday May 18 2014, @12:24PM
Excellent learning situation. Closed source with EOL support on near impossible upgrade environments ought to upgrade the foresight in some people. And keeping people on WinXP makes development for [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_(software) ]Wine[/url] so much easier. Which in turn will provide a nice upgrade path.
The next upgrade objects with a possible hard wall in sight are smartphones. Can't upgrade and can't use them unless upgraded to what the market in the literal sense requires. And the hardware crypto mechanism as well as lack of API documentation will hinder any serious upgrades. Should you succeed the warranty is revoked.