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Windows XP users will be warned of support ending with a pop-up

March 3, 2014 by admin

As the end of Windows XP’s support gets ever closer—just over a month to go—Microsoft has shown what it’s going to do to inform users of the change.

Windows XP machines that have automatic updates enabled will be sent a pop-up message on March 8 to tell them that Windows XP will lose support on April 8. From the message, XP users will be able to visit the end-of-support website. The message will pop up on the eighth of every month unless users elect to never see it again.

If you’re not sure if you’re using Windows XP or not, Microsoft has a site that will try to tell you. There are, no doubt, ways of getting it to tell Mac users that they’re running Windows XP, too, so we anticipate plenty of sarcastic pictures on Twitter.

Over the years, Microsoft has offered various migration tools for moving files and settings from one machine to another; Windows Easy Transfer and the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard are two examples. The company is now promoting a third tool to Windows XP users in its continued efforts to get them to upgrade to Windows 8.1—later this week, Laplink’s PCmover Express for Windows XP will be downloadable from Microsoft. This isn’t actually a new promotion, though, as Laplink has offered the software for free for a few months to those moving from XP to 8.1.

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/03/windows-xp-users-will-be-warned-of-support-ending-with-a-popup/

Filed Under: Computer Doctors News Tagged With: Windows XP

Windows XP Users Six Times More Likely To Be Hacked

November 7, 2013 by admin

Microsoft Windows  XP Support ends in…

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SEATTLE — Microsoft’s venerable Windows XP operating system is six times more likely to be successfully hacked than newer Windows 7 and Windows 8 personal computers.

Microsoft disclosed that metric at the RSA Conference in Amsterdam this morning. The software giant hopes to compel XP users to dump XP and upgrade to Windows 7 or Windows 8 — before it ends all XP support, including issuing security patches. That will happen come April 8, 2014.

“XP has been a beloved operating system for millions and millions of people around the world, but after 12 years of service it simply can’t mitigate the threats we’re seeing modern-day attackers use,” says Tim Rains, director of Microsoft Trustworthy Computing. [Read more…]

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