Published on April 8, 2014 By Island Dog In Personal Computing

winxpOver 12 years after it has launched, Microsoft is finally cutting lose the operating system so many of us have a history with……Windows XP.  Starting today Microsoft will no longer offer any type of support, security patches, updates, fixes, etc. for Windows XP.  Now this doesn’t mean XP is going to stop working if you are using it, but going forward you are now running the risk of a vulnerable OS,and in all honesty it’s time to upgrade.

If you still want to use XP, there’s still options:

Ready to upgrade?  Let me point you in the right direction:

  • Upgrade to Windows 7 or Windows 8.  You can find OS upgrades at Newegg or Amazon.
  • Need a new PC? The Microsoft Store is offering $100 savings to upgrade your old PC.
  • Best Buy is offering a similar promotion.

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on Apr 08, 2014

R.I.P.X.P.

on Apr 08, 2014

Well, that's just effin' typical......

This happening the day after I finally got my XP box properly set up, to (maybe) start skinning again.....

*Kicks a kitten*

*Jumps off a cliff*

on Apr 08, 2014

You can always skin for 7 snowy.

on Apr 08, 2014

Bye bye XP.

on Apr 08, 2014


You can always skin for 7 snowy.

Nope, ain't never happening. I jumped ship when the Vista/Windows 7 bits were added to SKS. I had enough trouble navigating around it as it was with just XP.

on Apr 08, 2014

Not a particularly good thing for many (of us) small businesses.  Just finished throwing away 10 perfectly good machines that did exactly what we needed them to do* and replacing them at a cost of about $9000, not counting my time.

*Thank you, Bill Clinton & HIPAA.

on Apr 08, 2014

I think we'd look at it differently if GM went out and cut the brake lines on all vehicles older than 10 years and said, "Sorry, replacement brake lines are no longer available, you'll need a new car."

on Apr 08, 2014

I was with you, until you recommend Windows 8...


Upgrade to Windows 7 or Windows 8.  You can find OS upgrades at Newegg or Amazon.
Need a new PC? The Microsoft Store is offering $100 savings to upgrade your old PC.
Best Buy is offering a similar promotion.

on Apr 08, 2014

I don't use Windows 8 as my main OS, I use Windows 7, but there is nothing at all wrong with using Windows 8 if you install Start 8 and OldNewExplorer. You basically cannot even tell the difference. I was against Windows 8 too until it was possible to make it look and operate almost exactly like Windows 7.

on Apr 08, 2014


The only reason I switched to win 7 64-bit was because I purchased an SSD drive......which doesn't play nice with XP. All my software is still 32-bit.

I've had way more problems with win 7 in the short 4 monthes of owning it than I ever had with win XP and the 12+ years of owning it.

I'm not against the new OS....oh wait....win 8 is the new OS now....and I am against that. I'm not against win 7; it's just that most software and hardware being used even today has more compatibility with win XP than it does with 64 bit technology. Microsoft should have waited another 10 years before releasing win 8 and instead released some kind of service pack for win 7 that provided the mobile effect they were hoping for.

 

on Apr 08, 2014

See Ya, Windows XP

Yup, good riddance!  Never liked you anyway, with your Fi sher Price UI and butt ugly colour scheme.  I only used you because Stardock offrered nice software that could pretty you up some.... and God, didn't you need it.  Admittedly, you did offer some advantages over Win 98SE, but as soon as Vista was released you were history on any PC in my house.

Oh, and I won't be coming to the funeral.  Nope, got better things to do than come p*ss on your grave... like celebrate the life of Windows 8.1 and await its older sister in Win 9.   I know we parted several years ago.... but goodbye.... again.

And Snowy, you can still skin for XP if you like, there may be some here at WC who would appreciate it, so not all is lost if Win 7 and subsequent OSes are not your cup of tea.  Heck, I might even appreciate it, if and when I get my XP gaming box up and running... needs some parts and I spent my PC budget on my new beasty earlier in the year.

on Apr 08, 2014

I don't use Windows 8 as my main OS, I use Windows 7, but there is nothing at all wrong with using Windows 8 if you install Start 8 and OldNewExplorer. You basically cannot even tell the difference. I was against Windows 8 too until it was possible to make it look and operate almost exactly like Windows 7.

I've been saying this like forever... Win 8 is exactly the same as Win 7 when you add Start8 and bypass the Metro UI.

on Apr 08, 2014

Guess I'd better back this thing up.  Now where did I put those 5.25" floppies?

on Apr 08, 2014

DaveRI

Guess I'd better back this thing up.  Now where did I put those 5.25" floppies?

I had one of those once, but it shrank with age.... cos now it's only a 2.5 floppy.

In fact, I have two of them, though I may just throw them out as they're just taking up space among my bits n' pieces and I can see no further use for them, what with card readers and USB sticks pretty much making them obsolete.

As for when I get this XP box running, it will not be connected to the internet at all, so it'll be safe as a stand alone.  I wouldn't be bothering except that alot of games I have simply will not run on Vista or later, so it's back to old ugly if I wanna play 'em.

on Apr 08, 2014

Well, XP is still my main OS since my laptop hardware can't run Vista, it 's still good enough for my job

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