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Microsoft Pulling the Plug On Windows XP In Three Years

Posted by Unknown on from the kill-it-with-fire dept.

An anonymous reader wrote in with an article from myce. Microsoft will be discontinuing all support for Windows XP in Spring 2014. Coinciding with the announcement, Microsoft released a 1,000-day countdown gadget to help XP users pass the time until their IT departments get into gear. Maybe.

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  1. Ummm by The+MAZZTer · · Score: 5, Funny

    It can't help XP users pass the time since it requires Vista or 7!

    1. Re:Ummm by RiscIt · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's just the killer app they need to get everyone to upgrade!