How to keep Win XP updated
A bit of a hack, but this Extremetech article tells how to get 5 more years of MS support- kind of. Certainly not for everyone, but an interesting hack (and one that shows MS support ended purely t...
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1492 wrote:
I read about this hack early on, but not from this site. There's no guarantee that these updates will actually work to patch WIN XP vulnerabilities as they are designed for WIN XP embedded and server applications. Could just end up having a placebo effect? Plus, you don't think MS could kill this in an update that determines you're not running an embedded or server version of WIN XP?
A counterpoint is just how long should a company provide free update support for an OS?
I'm not sure, but I know my Linux gets updates most every day for vulnerabilities and improvements and hadn't failed me in the many years I have been runnng it and all for free.
