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Curtains for Windows XP

Curtains for Windows XP

For some time now, Microsoft has been nudging users of Windows XP to upgrade to the latest Windows operating system. MS announce sometime last year that it will stop providing support and releasing security patches for Windows XP from the 8th of April 2014. With less than a month before support and security updates for the software ceases, many current and past users of Windows XP has been reminiscing or bidding good riddance to the software.

It is quite surprising that millions of individuals and businesses still uses Windows XP. Discontinuing support, especially the absence of security updates will certainly force most users to upgrade (or abandon PC all together and move to tablet computer).

A technology company called 10ZiG has created a countdown clock that is counting down to the curtains on Windows XP. They have also compiled a list of things XP users will not miss about the software, here are some of my favorites from the list:

3. You just can’t get the drivers
Forget about hooking up new technology with the greatest of ease. Outdated XP doesn’t have the drivers to make it so. If you’re using new hardware, chances are you’re going to need to trawl the internet to find a driver that works – all the while risking downloading one of those many XP security threats by accident in the process.
4. Intrusive Windows updates drive us crazy
Whatever you’re doing, no matter how important, Windows Update interrupts asking to restart your computer. In a blind mid-work panic it is all too easy to hit OK rather than to stall the little blighter for 15 minutes.

MS has created support pages for those who are still on Windows XP thinking of what to do after April 18th 2014, you can find the site here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/xp/default.aspx