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Registry Hack Enables Continued Updates For Windows XP

Posted by samzenpus on from the buying-time dept.

DroidJason1 (3589319) writes "A registry workaround, which tricks Windows Update into thinking you are running Windows Embedded POSReady 2009, allows you to get free security updates until 2019. All you need is a simple 32bit or 64bit registry entry in order to make this work. POSReady 2009 is slated to receive security updates for another five years. Microsoft ended support for Windows XP on April 8th of 2014."

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  1. Are you kidding me? by ArcadeMan · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's something called "Windows Embedded Piece Of Shit Ready 2009"?

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    1. Re:Are you kidding me? by sjames · · Score: 3, Funny

      He said duty.

  2. Re:Excellent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    THERE ARE FOUR UPDATES!!!

  3. Re:Excellent by barlevg · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is much funnier if you assume that ArcadeMan is all three ACs in this thread.

  4. Re:Excellent by ArcadeMan · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm not.

    I'm also scared by the fact that this was aired 22 years ago.

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  5. Re:Excellent by uCallHimDrJ0NES · · Score: 2, Funny

    There's a new Battlestar Galactica? Disney came out with their Kimba movie starring Matthew Broderick? Wow, the future is AWESOME! Did they bring back Dr. Who?

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  6. Re:Excellent by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think if your a company that relies on XP (not the POS edition) and you haven't isolated them on a special - no internet vlan - you have bigger issues than making sure your XP machine has security updates.

    I thought all editions of Windows XP deserved the monicker POS?

    (Note to the humor-impaired: Chill out, dude. At least I'm not making jokes about your pretend girlfriend, right?)

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  7. Re:New Critical XP Update... by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yo dawg, I... can't be bothered.

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  8. Re:Excellent by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought all editions of Windows XP deserved the monicker POS?

    (Note to the humor-impaired: Chill out, dude. At least I'm not making jokes about your pretend girlfriend, right?)

    My pretend girlfriend runs Windows XP - sigh.

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  9. Re:Excellent by Chelloveck · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was born closer to the first moon landing than to today. That's because I was born on the other side of it. Hell, I was born closer to WWII than to today. And in another year I'll be able to say that about WWI.

    Kids. Get off my lawn.

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