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Microsoft Kills Support For XP SP2
Trailrunner7 writes "Microsoft's announcement this week that it is preparing to end support for machines running Windows XP SP2 not only represents a challenge for the thousands of businesses still running SP2, but also is the end of an era for both Microsoft and its customers. It wasn't until 2004 that the final release of XP SP2 hit the streets, but when it did, it represented a huge step forward in security for Windows users. It wasn't necessarily the feature set that mattered as much as the fact that the protections were enabled by default and taken out of the users' hands."
I ended support for Microsoft products a few years ago.
Rich And Stupid is not so bad as Working For Rich And Stupid.
MS bludgeons XPSP2 to death like a small defenseless kitten.
"assassinates" would be better
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - Evelyn Beatrice Hall, re Voltaire
Way back when I had XP SP1, installing SP2 borked *my* machine. Had to do a full reinstall.
Just sayin'.
I prefer decapitates.
all 3 of them
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - Evelyn Beatrice Hall, re Voltaire
Anyone using XP 64bit has pretty much been doing that since the day they installed the OS anyway.
Persistent Volume manager for Kubernetes - https://github.com/dwimsey/openshift-pvmanager
Next thing you know, they'll be dropping support for my MSDOS systems too!
Way back when I had 2k, installing XP borked my machine. So I switched to Linux.
Just sayin'.
Everyone said I was daft to install Windows 3.1 (before WFW 3.11) on a 286, but I installed it anyways.
At first, it borked my machine. So I did a reinstall which burned down and then borked my machine. The third install burned down, fell over and then borked my machine... but the fourth one stayed up!
And that's what you'll get, lad.
>Microsoft Kills Support
I've often thought that death was the appropriate punishment for MS Support. I'm glad that they took care of it for us.
Some mornings it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints to get out of bed.
Way back when I had a typewriter, installing IBMDOS borked my machine. I couldn't figure out how to use the floppy disk. I put it in just like paper, right? The disk just jammed and I had to trash everything. I should have given up then.
Life. Is. Good.
Wee, wee, wee all the way home.
"But this one goes to 11!"
We can still call the Psychic Hotline, though, right?
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"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
Back when I was using Vista, I .. Oh, wait, this is the wrong end of the thread.
They whose government reduces their essential liberties for temporary security, receive neither liberty nor security.