Latest XP info I have come across

bigbazza · Nov 11, 2010

Windows XP: Looking back, looking forward
By Fred Langa

From the FREE section of the Windows Secrets Newsletter.
Windows Secrets Newsletter • Issue 265 • 2010-11-11 • Circulation: over 400,000
The address of this issue is http://WindowsSecrets.com/comp/101111

On October 22, Microsoft pulled the plug on sales of Windows XP, ending the operating system's spectacular nine-year run.

With no new copies being sold, support for XP will start to decline. Fortunately, XP's long run has produced a ton of collected wisdom: everything you need to keep your copy going strong and — when ready — to help you move on.

The end of XP is a watershed moment. It's truly the most successful operating system in the history of personal computers. Windows 3.x was great in its day; it gave mass-market, affordable PCs the graphical prowess Microsoft needed to compete with the more expensive Macintosh computers. But it lasted only five years, from 1990 to 1995. XP's reign was twice as long!
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XP will get security patches until April 2014

Now that software development on XP has stopped, the most important question for XP users is future support. Microsoft plans no further Service Packs or feature enhancements for the OS. But given the astounding number of people still using XP, Microsoft says it will provide XP security updates through April 2014. (See Figure 2.) That should give large businesses sufficient time to complete their Win7 migration.
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Free content posted on Nov. 11, 2010:

TOP STORY By Fred Langa

• Windows XP: Looking back, looking forward
• XP will get security patches until April 2014
• Microsoft included many keys to XP's success
• XP's many blemishes are well documented
• Windows Secrets XP setup/maintenance articles
• "LangaLetter" XP setup/maintenance articles
• When you're ready to migrate from XP to Win7
• The ultimate XP knowledge base — the Web!
• Keep your XP environment inside Windows 7
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My note: Go to the edition link above, and scroll down for the articles above. Well worth it, IMHO. :major

Bazza

hrlow2 · Nov 11, 2010

Lots of things there that I have been having to Google for.
A real time saver.

bigbazza · Nov 12, 2010

Part out some $$$ and subscribe to the Newsletter. :-D Well worth it, IMO

Bazza

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hrlow2 said: ↑

Lots of things there that I have been having to Google for.
A real time saver.
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