SuperTaz Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/04/10/death-watch-microsoft-to-kill-windows-xp-in-two-years/ The end is coming. Repent! That's the message from Microsoft as it reminded consumers that its support for Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003 will end on April 8, 2014. According to Microsoft marketing director Stella Chernyak that means the software giant will nix security updates, non-security hot-fixes and technical support after that date. So let the countdown begin. You now have less than two years to get your affairs in order and hightail it to more current software. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMagnet Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 can't believe they are supporting it that long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiebie Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=11662 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knives* Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 No offence but this is (very) old news. They announced the discontinuation of support as being 2014 several years back. This will include IE6 out of the picture too which Microsoft is looking to eliminate. XP has been an amazing OS but good riddance. People need to move on. I believe it will end up being more cost-effective being on a more modern OS such as Windows 7/8/etc. Companies should upgrade every 3-5 years, not every 10-13. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMagnet Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 i think this announcement was in conjunction with trying to sell new units and get the preview of 8 out there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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