Posted on 05/01/2014 10:50:49 AM PDT by dayglored
Microsoft is helping the estimated hundreds of millions of customers still running Windows XP, which it stopped supporting earlier this month, by providing an emergency update to fix a critical bug in its Internet Explorer browser.
Microsoft Corp rushed to create the fix after learning of the bug in the operating system over the weekend when cybersecurity firm FireEye Inc warned that a sophisticated group of hackers had exploited the bug to launch attacks in a campaign dubbed "Operation Clandestine Fox.
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The ones that are dying because Microsoft hasn't come out with a truly great, compelling operating system in a decade other than Windows 7, and arguably that is still being upstaged by the un-dead, Refuses-To-Die WinXP.
I applaud Microsoft for supporting XP that long. They had every right to kill support a long time ago if they wanted to. But they were forced to yield to the marketplace of users and businesses who demanded continued support.
Unfortunately, they didn't come out with anything (other than Win7) that could hold a candle to XP for simple usefulness.
And their hardware partners are dead, dead, dead. They were subsisting on tiny margins because of the race-to-the-bottom of PC hardware prices, and then the combination of Vista and Win8, at the same time Apple was bringing out the iPhone/iPad family, dropped the bottom out entirely.
And then Microsoft comes out with Surface. Geez, it's a wonder that the PC hardware makers didn't burn Redmond to the ground.
Yep. It's a known drawback of buying Apple's stuff. Limited upgrade life.
The upside? It's got a long useful lifetime, and typically very high resale value. During its lifetime it's generally dependable and just works.
For many people, that's the better deal. Ain't a free market with choices just dandy? :)
Just last night I saw a commercial that touted PCMatic’s ability to “support WinXP which MS has abandoned.” Or words to that effect. What’s up with that? Not that I want to use XP in the future—my non-Apple machines use Win7 64-bit which I like.
TC
“Downloaded and applied to XP SP3.”
Where did you find the link to the download? I’m on XP and need to do this. Thanks!
Start -—> Control Panel ——> Security Center -—> Check for latest updates....
My kids don’t seem to have any problems with Apple Tech.
I think they absorb it while they’re sleeping.
PC-Matic is a "maintenance" package that does various anti-virus, registry-cleaning, and other general system tasks. It gets good reviews, generally.
HOWEVER, it does NOT provide security patches and updates for Windows or any Windows components such as Internet Explorer or Microsoft Office.
They're just doing some fancy marketing (read: white lies) by implying that they're picking up where Microsoft left off. It's not true.
> Not that I want to use XP in the future—my non-Apple machines use Win7 64-bit which I like.
Windows 7 is terrific. I think it's the best OS Microsoft has ever put out.
Oh; I did that earlier today. I thought there might be something else. Thanks so much!
What's an iPhone? I still use a rotary phone.
If your computer will run XP, it will run Windows 7 with no problem. No need to buy a new computer.
Not a fully official Apple Mac Ping, but they are talking about Apple products and some of you may have Windows XP on a Virtual PC on your Macs, so what the heck. . . PING!
Why? My daughter is running my hand-me-down four year old iPad without problems. It runs the apps suitable for it and most of the apps on the App Store. My ex-wife was running my SEVEN year old iPhone original model until two months ago with the original battery. . . still going strong! Alternatively, I just installed Apple OSX.9 Mavericks, the latest Mac operating system, on my SEVEN YEAR OLD 24" iMac with no problems. Works faster than it did with the OSX4 Tiger it shipped with. . . and it's running Windows 8.1 as well. It's not obsolete at all.
Yeah, good call. I imagine there are a lot of us with Mac hardware running Windows (including XP) in BootCamp, not to mention VMware, Parallels, VirtualBox, etc.
In fact, I have a harder time these days justifying putting Windows on bare metal (other than as dual boot like BootCamp). I rarely need raw-metal peripheral access (virtualized access is like 99% effective), and when I do, I tend to use the BootCamp partition.
On the other hand I have also found that older Apple hardware that no longer can be upgraded with the latest Apple software is still perfectly suitable for installing Windows on the metal. When I'm forced to upgrade to newer Apple hardware, the older hardware continues to serve just fine with Redmond's offerings.
Only it isn't that “free” sometimes.
My original iPad is running fine, no problems at all.
It must depend on which apps you are using.
Apple is inherently easier. That was and is their big advantage.
Anyway, xfinity defaults to an old app and I think the message was that that app was could soon be obsoleted. I can still log in via the web browser but that is a bit of a pain.
There were a couple of other apps that were giving me problems, too. Drudge? Brietbart? Actually, I was surprised to find out that I had to pay for the ipad apps whereas they are free on my android.
Anyway....
I checked the Internet for a solution and found a lot of angry and irate people. The posts were from a year ago.
Xfinity didn’t work for me. Complained that I needed the iosx6?
I have a pretty old high end video card. Probably from 2004? The mb is probably 5 years old.
My other mb is newer and the mb is more current.
Also, I am running Vegas Video with a specific version of .net. I am wondering if it will work.
I guess that I can run the compatibility check.
Also, is win 7 an option? I thought that MS were directing everyone to win 8.1.
Not so. My 4-year-old iPad 1 is still being used daily by my wife. It is far from obsolete. Same goes for my iPad 2. MS is definitely worse. One of the reasons I primarily use my Macs and iPads is that I got tired of all the viruses and patch-fixes on my MS-based PCs. I still use Windows XP, both on a desktop and in a Parallels virtual setup on my Mac. When Windows croaks (as it often does), I can simply copy a backup file into place for Parallels. My Mac OSX has never croaked. Neither have my iPads. I'm a former Windows and NT administrator, with a lot of experience fixing Windows (including training at Microsoft). So unless you have had some equivalent training from Apple, then why should anyone listen to you?
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