Weird that this wasn’t discovered until such time as MS wants to panic its herd into W8.
No, it's not weird at all if you'd remember that Microsoft has been issuing security updates for Windows XP for 12 years .......
Windows XP "security" has been so bad that the first Tuesday of every month became known as "PATCH TUESDAY" on a world-wide basis.
That's been going on for 12 years. The fact that Microsoft HAD TO issue updates over the course of 12 years to fix known and newly found vulnerabilities should be telling those of you who insist on running it and refusing to upgrade that any decision to continue running the most security hole laden OS in history is really a dumb decision on your parts.
Microsoft released a statement saying that the only way to protect against this, if you're running XP, is to upgrade to Win7 or Win8.
I'm shocked. Shocked!
Of course, they -are- correct, that's a true statement.
Unless you're a big corporation paying extortion money to Microsoft for continued XP update support (yes, it exists if you have enough money).
Seriously, what is everyone’s problem with Windows 8? It’s DIFFERENT, yes, but it’s functionally identical to the two previous operating systems. I just built a new gaming rig and deliberately installed Windows 8.1. It’s incredibly fast, it’s stable, and it can take advantage of all of the latest toys available on my hardware.
The “Start Page” is actually pretty awesome, and everyone I’ve met who’ve actually used it says they love it compared to cursoring through the little menu in the lower left corner of your window. Worst case, you hit Win+Q and start typing what you’re searching for. I’ve yet to throw something at the Win8 search that it couldn’t find.
I think more people should stop believing the hype and actually try Win8 for themselves. I was using Win7 for 5 years, and I loved it. I feel I’m going to love Win8 just as much.