When is xp not supported

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Joined Dec 28, Messages I have heard that after a certain date Microsoft will no longer be supported. If so when? Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Sign in. Privacy Policy. Password recovery. Hope you can help. It will continue to work and all your programs will continue to work and everything will seem normal. This will leave your computer increasingly vulnerable over time as miscreants target XP users whose computers will become increasingly more vulnerable.

Using Windows XP past April will increase your exposure to security exploits and possibly put your personal information at risk. But Windows XP will continue to work and so will all your programs. What I want to know is when XP no longer gets updates will Microsoft have a disk that you can get with all the past updates?

Because if you would have to do a restore on your XP computer how would you do updates that had already been sent? I purchased an XP disk with update disk so I can stay here for some time! Then I will send messages by angel! So whether you like it or now, maggots will always be maggots, and Windows XP will become their favorite target and no one will be there to patch up the holes in it.

Unfortunately, many of those holes will exist in XP too, with the result that malicious hackers will have a Microsoft-drawn treasure map to XP exploitation. Roger Kay, principal analyst at Endpoint Technologies Associates, a technology-marketing consultancy in Massachusetts, thinks many consumers won't need to worry about the end of support for Windows XP.

Most consumers usually buy a new operating system when they buy a new PC, he noted — and the last time new PCs running Windows XP were for sale in retail outlets was at least four or five years ago. Many, perhaps most, of those machines won't be discarded or upgraded by April. People who absolutely must use Windows XP for some reason, such as to run specialized software not available for later versions of Windows, or perhaps because they can't afford a new PC, should take several precautionary steps.

Both browsers will support XP, and continue to receive patches, beyond April. Outlook Express fans might want to consider the Mozilla Thunderbird email client or shifting all email to a Web-based service, such as Gmail or Microsoft's own Outlook. If an XP user doesn't already have a robust anti-virus software product, he or she should install one right away.

Free anti-virus software is fine, but paid is better. Most anti-virus software makers will support XP until Any home user with an XP machine should restructure user accounts so that only a seldom-used administrator account can install or modify software.