The 500-Day Countdown to Windows XP’s Death Starts Tomorrow

[MrExplorer]

Spoiler

Friday marks not only the start of the holiday shopping season, but also the debut of the 500-day countdown to Windows XP’s death.

Microsoft will end support for the 11-year-old operating system on April 8, 2014, as the Redmond-based technology titan is encouraging users to make the move to a newer OS and thus rely on a much safer environment.

Microsoft Gold Partner Camwood claims that Windows 7 (not Windows 8!) will become a key product in the next years.

“However, the main factor that should mean every company is already starting to move to Windows 7 or even 8 is the risk of a security breach. Once support for XP is discontinued, enterprises running XP will probably become more susceptible to cyberattack or system meltdown,” Kevin Gemmel, head of professional services at Camwood explained.

Microsoft is reminding users every once in a while that moving to a newer Windows operating system is a crucial task, especially because Windows XP no longer represents a secure working environment.

Furthermore, some apps will stop supporting Windows XP and will run solely on Windows 7 and Windows 8, Microsoft’s latest two operating systems.

“If Windows XP is still being run in your environment and you feel that migration will not be complete by April 8, 2014, or you haven't begun migration yet, Microsoft is eager to help,” the company said.

But Gemmel thinks that Windows XP’s end is a crucial moment for all businesses and companies still relying on this particular operating system. The move to a newer Windows iteration is absolutely necessary, he said, as risks are enormous, especially when it comes to security.

“The end of XP support is a potential time bomb, and the clock is ticking. With all the potential compatibility and security issues looming from legacy systems, businesses need to understand migration is a necessary step to secure their valuable data,” he stated.

 

[Exterminator]

http://countingdownto.com/countdown/184239

 

[WinAndLinuxTutorials]

Cool, I am always lazy to upgrade the outdated BIOS of my father's laptop, which does not support anything above XP. I think I should do that after exactly one month, when the exams finish.

 

[Jack]

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Microsoft will end support for the 11-year-old operating system on April 8, 2014, as the Redmond-based technology titan is encouraging users to make the move to a newer OS and thus rely on a much safer environment.

The last concern of those who run on Windows XP is Microsoft support...
Realistically speaking all the XP home users either have very old computers which can't handle the Windows 7/8 specs or they just don't care at all about security and technology.
This is the hundred time I read a news about a count down timer for XP so I have a deja-vu feeling.......

 

[Plexx]

There are still quite some companies running XP as opposed to windows 7 due to costs.

Costs as in software compatible or software that has been made in house and upgrading/recoding would use up capital and time that some companies cant afford at this stage of the economy, not windows 7 Enterprise.

Let's hope 500 days are enough for them to make a move, although such companies usually have decent servers and security protecting their infrastructure.

I still keep XP on an old machine but for older games gaming with dual boot with Linux for self learning purposes.

 

[MrExplorer]

There are still quite some companies running XP as opposed to windows 7 due to costs.

Costs as in software compatible or software that has been made in house and upgrading/recoding would use up capital and time that some companies cant afford at this stage of the economy, not windows 7 Enterprise.

Let's hope 500 days are enough for them to make a move, although such companies usually have decent servers and security protecting their infrastructure.

I still keep XP on an old machine but for older games gaming with dual boot with Linux for self learning purposes.

You are saying right there are many companies using windows xp

 

[imsoadude]

I know im going to keep using xp on some of my desktops great os and still very reliable gonna be a hard transition

 

[Exterminator]

I still have it on one of my drives and it was a great OS.Problem is without updates and support vulnerability is a huge issue.I myself didnt switch to Windows Vista and didnt switch to Windows 7 well into its release.Today security is such an important issue and technology is miles ahead of what it once was.

 

[zorror]

Older systems can't handle 7 and XP is their only choice MS is almost asking them to move on to LINUX Mint or throw their systems away

 

[MrExplorer]

Older systems can't handle 7 and XP is their only choice MS is almost asking them to move on to LINUX Mint or throw their systems away

yes that is big problem for the users having older pc they only have the choice to buy a new one of switch to linux