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Microsoft Counts Down To XP Death

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the along-with-everyone-else dept.

mikejuk writes "Microsoft have just released an end-of-support countdown gadget that ticks off the days until XP is no longer supported — but it only runs under Vista or Windows 7! It focuses the mind on the fact that XP is being forcibly retired. It is a wake-up call to think hard about the unpleasant situation and consider the alternatives.So as you watch the count down to XP's death tick by think about the problems created by using software that actually belongs to someone else..."

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  1. Activation by Jiro · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So what's going to happen to the online activation?

    Long ago when XP came out there was an issue of what happens when XP gets killed and there's no more activation. I believe Microsoft claimed that they were going to release a patch to take away the activation before killing XP, but I don't know if that's even true. And if it's not, people may be in serious trouble when their XP thinks their new harddrive requires phoning home and Microsoft refuses to answer. Forced upgrades for everyone.

  2. Time to concentrate on programming... by ArhcAngel · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's time for all coders to go over and give the guys at REACTOS a hand getting it out of Alpha.

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