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Support and upgrades for Windows XP is ending soon

Shorty2U — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 21:48:18 GMT

There is an entire article from Microsoft at the link below and yes its safe but if you don't trust it Google Microsoft yourselves and you can find it.

After April 8th Microsoft will no longer support OR have updates for Windows XP. The link tells you what to do because with no updates this can open you up to hacking.

Me- I am not thrilled. They want you to update to the new Windows, or its suggested to buy new puters. Yeah OK our laptops work well AND fast and are not that old (3 or 4 years?). So we wont be buying more now.

IMO they are getting like Apple. Money hungry. Keep updating and getting rid of old products, with ZERO support, so people keep spending more money to buy new ones when your old ones work fine.

For instance, I have an older iPod and I registered our new puters as per request but my new music didn't go onto my old iPod from my NEW puter (and yes I know how to do it), so I stopped using my iPod.

Also I have the 1st iPad and was using Instagram and suddenly it stopped working. Oh I need to update but it still doesn't work on Instagram because quote my iPad is "old". Ask them for help they want to charge you because the products are older. Baloney! Im not paying! They just want you to buy a new iPad. Pff I don't think so the old one works fine! (even though I rarely use it because its little and I prefer big as in my big laptop).

So anyway now Microsoft is getting like Apple IMO. I think they should all keep having updates and give help IF we spend a fortune on all these products and our products STILL work!

And as far as Windows XP its NOT that old yet.

Here is the link http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/end-support-help

Re: Support and upgrades for Windows XP is ending soon

chickenbutt — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 21:53:11 GMT

I think they should continue supporting the O/S also. But, in electronics, they prefer to make things obsolete as frequently as possible for the obvious reasons.

I only have one computer that is XP. I liked XP just fine but, with the newer levels of network security, I could not keep it online so I took it out of the mix. Too bad as it's a perfectly good working laptop aside from that.

I have one that is Vista, that I still use some. But the rest of mine are all Win7. I am not even ready for Win8. I think, since I have all laptops and laptops last me a lot better than desktops, I'll be good for a very long time.

Re: Support and upgrades for Windows XP is ending soon

Deb1010again — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 21:56:05 GMT

ITA. You make an excellent point.

O/T I hope your back is doing OK and you're getting sleep.

Re: Support and upgrades for Windows XP is ending soon

straykatz — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 22:05:19 GMT

You'll still be able to use computers with WinXP.....there just won't be anymore updates.

Re: Support and upgrades for Windows XP is ending soon

garmer — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 22:23:45 GMT

I liked XP. I am surprised though, that they supported it this long. It must be over 12 yrs old. I have Win7 in my machines, it's OK but, I still miss the XP.

Re: Support and upgrades for Windows XP is ending soon

straykatz — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 22:28:53 GMT

On 4/3/2014 garmer said:
I liked XP. I am surprised though, that they supported it this long. It must be over 12 yrs old. I have Win7 in my machines, it's OK but, I still miss the XP.

Win7 is next...Microsoft will stop mainstream support on January 12, 2015. But the company will keep providing extended support until January 14, 2020.

Re: Support and upgrades for Windows XP is ending soon

garmer — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 22:37:08 GMT

Thinking back, I remember hating to have to let go of 98, too. Just a creature of habit, I suppose.

Re: Support and upgrades for Windows XP is ending soon

chickenbutt — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 22:39:03 GMT

On 4/3/2014 garmer said:
Thinking back, I remember hating to have to let go of 98, too. Just a creature of habit, I suppose.

I was actually happy to let Win98 go. That was the one with the major BSOD problem.

I never had a Windows ME computer, but I always heard that that was a really bad one. Glad I dodged that bullet!

Re: Support and upgrades for Windows XP is ending soon

garmer — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 22:41:36 GMT

ME was horrible. A relative had that and went back to 98.

Re: Support and upgrades for Windows XP is ending soon

biancardi — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 22:56:45 GMT

windows XP is pretty darn old. Vista, Win7 & Win8. That is 4 releases ago.

mainstream support ended in 2009 and XP came out in 2001. That is 13 years ago. That is old for an OS.

Re: Support and upgrades for Windows XP is ending soon

Shorty2U — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 05:28:26 GMT

Update from the OP OMG Im an IDIOT. We have WINDOWS 7 on our laptops! Wait till I tell my husband tomorrow. And Im supposedly the computer person in the house! Here I am ranting and raving! After seeing Biancardis (thank you!) post I looked. I feel SO dumb now! I swore we had XP. LOL.

And thank you for asking Deb -My back is better than it was so far (fingers toes and everything crossed!).

Re: Support and upgrades for Windows XP is ending soon

luvmyteddy4 — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 05:45:43 GMT

What are we suppose to do with the XP notebook? I have one that works great but I bought a Window 7 a couple of years ago. They both have the same info on them. I finally unplugged the XP and don't use it but how do you get rid of it when it still has personal info on it.

Do I take it somewhere to have everything deleted or what? Would someone want to buy it for parts, you can't just throw them away. I don't want to spend any money on it especially since I don't use it anymore.

This isn't something I could do myself so I would need help.

Re: Support and upgrades for Windows XP is ending soon

glb613 — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 11:36:47 GMT

Take the hard drive out of the computer then recycle. You can also buy a program called wipe drive and it will wipe the drive multiple times making it unreadable. I've used it when donating or selling my old computers.

Wipe Drive

Re: Support and upgrades for Windows XP is ending soon

CouponQueen — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 12:34:45 GMT

I bought a new computer in January when they announced support ending.. It was time to upgrade to modern technology lol.

I wasn't a fan of Windows 8 UNTIL I got used to it. Nobody is good with change!

Re: Support and upgrades for Windows XP is ending soon

glb613 — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 13:46:12 GMT

On 4/4/2014 CouponQueen said:
I bought a new computer in January when they announced support ending.. It was time to upgrade to modern technology lol.

I wasn't a fan of Windows 8 UNTIL I got used to it. Nobody is good with change!

Speak for yourself. There are plenty of people who are good with change and like it.

Re: Support and upgrades for Windows XP is ending soon

151949 — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 14:10:57 GMT

We have an HP desktop that is about 12 years old. DH said he is going to continue to use it until it dies or freezes up then get one of the all in one new computers. In the meanwhile he has backed everything on this computer up onto CDs like our photos, and some important papers he has copied into there. We have printed paper copies of our tax returns. I think my hubby is happy to have an excuse to buy a new computer soon. i always use my tablet so this is all up to him- he uses the desktop.