Re: Renewing XP support (was Re: W2K issues; hitherto unknown SP "5" (was Re: W2K - Harry has it!))

[J R FOX jr_fox@xxxxxxxxxx]

I haven't yet found the article or column to which I referred, in case it was something other than what has recently been mentioned here -- at this point more of an exercise in finding something that I know had crossed my screen.  What I have found so far were these:

http://blogs.microsoft.com/cybertrust/2013/08/15/the-risk-of-running-windows-xp-after-support-ends-april-2014/

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/still-on-windows-xp-heres-some-bad-advice-80911845810.html

https://news.yahoo.com/windows-xp-enjoying-very-strong-life-death-013011314.html

https://news.yahoo.com/windows-7-slow-sunset-continues-october-31st-deadline-011549506.html


(Some of which again raises the
 question of whether there are any serious 'gotchas' to consider.)  I have a few more places to look.

This also reminds me of an important general principle someone pointed out once in a forum.  The internet is *nothing like* a very good library, governed by the Dewey Decimal System, and where no one ever fails to return a book: websites or entire domains come and go; things that were published "go 404" all the time.  So, a bookmark, or even Google may not help you.  (I've got plenty of now-dead and useless bookmarks.)  When I come across something that appears to have some
 continuing reference value, I try to take no chances.  Either I print it out to hardcopy, or save it to disk in HTML or as a PDF.  That is a lock, if it is detailed, technical, 'How To' type information, which may later disappear.  


   Jordan





 
 
 
 
  From: Bill Troop 
 To: xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
 Sent: Sunday, October 5, 2014 3:00 PM
 Subject: Renewing XP support (was Re: W2K issues; hitherto unknown SP "5" (was Re: W2K - Harry has it!))
  
 


This is great! One must wonder what the Microsoft response will be. Even
as of August, XP's market share was well over 20%, dwarfing Win 8's
market share


http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/01/windows-xps-market-share-fell-by-less-than-1-in-august/
http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/01/windows-xps-market-share-fell-by-less-than-1-in-august/



One wonders if MS won't in the end be forced to make the support
official. With so many older computers out there which probably cannot
run 7 or 10, those users really don't have any other Windows choice.



At 05/10/2014 21:30, you wrote:

I run XP Pro 32 bit, applied the
registry patch as per the link below and am getting the updates on every
Patch Tuesday for two machines, one an HP, the other a Lenovo. No
problems so far.  Good until 2019 according to the links below.



Windows XP fixes flaws for free if you turn PCs into CASH REGISTERS

German tinkerer finds a workaround for the XPocalypse

By Richard Chirgwin, 26 May 2014

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/26/german_tinkerer_gets_around_xpocalypse/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/26/german_tinkerer_gets_around_xpocalypse/





The site with the registry patch for XP Pro 32 bit and 64 bit are here



http://www.sebijk.com/community/board15-other/board73-tutorials/2985-getting-xp-updates/?s=a6fcdcc59528e6c8a6239d4779c3cb46f92f9924





 
http://www.sebijk.com/community/board15-other/board73-tutorials/2985-getting-xp-updates/
http://www.sebijk.com/community/board15-other/board73-tutorials/2985-getting-xp-updates/






On 06-Oct-14 6:24 AM, J R FOX wrote: 

I don't know if this was ever
mentioned here, but I read something online a few months back that
requires confirmation, but it did sound intriguing.  The gist of it
was that some companies had arranged for continued security patches for
XP on some sort of subscription basis.  This was supposedly under
wraps and not being publicized.  The point being that some companies
had a way to extend their (safe) use of XP.  The question was, just
_where_ were these "Patches AFTER the Products Announced
End-of-Life" obtainable ?  And the piece I read at least
implied that someone had cracked the availability for these -- for
all.