Regarding the demise of XP
A simple binary (yes/no) question .....
If I try to update XP next week/month/year,
will it work with updates up to the 8th of April ....
or will it simply not work?
If I try to update XP next week/month/year,
will it work with updates up to the 8th of April ....
or will it simply not work?
Adam Leinss
Yes, it will pull all updates up until April 8th
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XP, itself, will continue to work. Microsoft is not going to send a "kill" command out to it or anything, but it will be unsupported by Microsoft. That means critical security updates and fixes will no longer be provided. This could possibly keep open many security holes in the legacy operating system. I have an XP VM for backwards compatibility (and to test solutions for answering questions), but for purposes other than testing, XP is done. That also includes MS Office 2003 as well.
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I know XP will continue to work forever (just the same as Windows 3.1 does)
So am I safe leaving updating a few customer machines until next week or must they be done immediately?
I know XP will continue to work forever (just the same as Windows 3.1 does)
So am I safe leaving updating a few customer machines until next week or must they be done immediately?
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Thanks everyone
As long as customers have XP, I'll have to have it (besides I need it for winfax Pro)
Every alternate version of windows is either great or a (partial) flop.
Win 3.0 - Flop
Win 3.1 - Great
Win 95 - Flop
Win 98 - Great
2000 - Flop
XP - Great
Vista - Flop
Win 7 - Great
Win 8 - Flop
Win 9 - Will probable be great and will show up Win 8 as a flop
As long as customers have XP, I'll have to have it (besides I need it for winfax Pro)
Every alternate version of windows is either great or a (partial) flop.
Win 3.0 - Flop
Win 3.1 - Great
Win 95 - Flop
Win 98 - Great
2000 - Flop
XP - Great
Vista - Flop
Win 7 - Great
Win 8 - Flop
Win 9 - Will probable be great and will show up Win 8 as a flop
Glad I could help!
For what it's worth, today, April 8, 2014, Microsoft released one more (last?) set of security updates for Windows XP. Get them while they're Hot!!
@mustish1 - Thank you and I was happy to help you with this.
I did update my two Windows XP Virtual Machines today and all worked as I expected it would. I will try Windows XP updates later this week to see if the updater works.
Here is what does not work. Microsoft Security Essentials on XP now will not update at all now.
If you have a real XP machine, make sure you get good virus protection that is still working
Here is what does not work. Microsoft Security Essentials on XP now will not update at all now.
If you have a real XP machine, make sure you get good virus protection that is still working