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Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support
InfoWorld ^ | April 14, 2014 | Woody Leonhard

Posted on 04/15/2014 10:53:03 AM PDT by Utilizer

In what is surely the most customer-antagonistic move of the new Windows regime, Steve Thomas at Microsoft posted a TechNet article on Saturday stating categorically that Microsoft will no longer issue security patches for Windows 8.1, starting in May. Call this the "let them eat cake" approach to support for Microsoft's flagship operating system.

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Yes, you read that right: With three weeks left until Windows 8.1 end of support -- until the next round of security patches appear with Windows 8.1 not included in the party list -- Microsoft still hasn't figured out how to get Windows 8.1 Update out to the corporate update distribution channel.

There's been progress on one (rarely reported) error: Microsoft has a patch you can run if you're hitting error 80071A91 when installing Windows 8.1 Update. It's detailed in KB 2939087.

Tell me again Microsoft how you're cutting off Windows 8.1 updates so that "customers benefit from the best support and servicing experience"? Pshaw -- it sounds to me more like some customer-tone-deaf person in the organization has decided to minimize the patching budget by cutting off the company's most recent customers.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: ms; os; update; windows; windows8; windows81
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Oh, and just in case you happen to re-read this thread, what you are looking for in regards to a WinXP-like replacement that is not WinXP does not exist. You want something that will run Windows programs just like XP does but is not the Official MS Windows OS: There is no such distro. Microsoft still has not released the decades-old source code for even Win95a so it remains proprietary even after all this time.

They certainly have not indicated any intention of releasing the source code for XP even though they will no longer support it.

Sorry to have overloaded you with data, FReeper Reset. Best advice is just to avoid connecting to the internet on your XP computers or installing any new programs.

61 posted on 04/16/2014 6:46:47 AM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the mooslimbs trying to kill them-)
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It is not a well written article, to be sure. Basically, you need to install 8.1 Update to continue to receive Security Patches for the ‘doze distro.


62 posted on 04/16/2014 6:49:02 AM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the mooslimbs trying to kill them-)
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