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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. Will those patches actually WORK? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I mean, correct me if I am off/wrong (didn't "RTFA" either) - but, those patches aren't FOR XP for the PC are they? That said - how will they work for XP for a PC??

    * Last I knew of, Windows XP's codebase isn't the "single unified VISTA/7/Server 2xxx/Tablet-smartphone" codebase MS spent the last X yrs. developing... so, how can those work?

    Put it THIS way: I hunted down patches for Windows 7 - SOME you can get online, others no way unless you use Windows update... but, you can find ones for say, Windows VISTA or Server 2008 online (not thru Windows Update) - will they work? No - they get rejected as wrong OS version etc.!

    Hence, my question in my subject-line above.

    APK

    P.S.=> Feel free to "set me straight" here but... that's the ONLY issue I saw with this trick (unless it's no issue)... apk