Can You Still Get Windows XP?

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ChiefGrasscutter wrote: »

Now that is a VERY interesting point.
If Win XP can be accessed from inside win7 pro in virtual mode, and you have to keep updating it......then surely MS will have to keep on supplying security updates for XP after their currently stated cut off date of 2014.....................?

There's nothing special about XP Mode; support for Windows XP regardless of source will still end in 2014.

PS you also need a PC capable of hardware visualisation to enable you to run XP virtual mode within Win 7 pro.

That requirement was removed over 2 years ago.

hartcjhart

OP I agree with your parents,I use XP and my brother has 7,when he asks me how to do something I am totally lost on 7 but a piece of cake on XP,

What is the big deal with XP updates ending???

waddler_8

hartcjhart wrote: »

What is the big deal with XP updates ending???

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/help/what-does-end-of-support-mean

TakeThis

ChiefGrasscutter wrote: »

Now that is a VERY interesting point.
If Win XP can be accessed from inside win7 pro in virtual mode, and you have to keep updating it......then surely MS will have to keep on supplying security updates for XP after their currently stated cut off date of 2014.....................?

PS you also need a PC capable of hardware visualisation to enable you to run XP virtual mode within Win 7 pro.

All AMD CPUs are capable.

cottager

demystified wrote: »

The other thing that bugs me is the dumbing down of the search function but I installed 3rd party software to get that working satisfactorily again.

Which was...?
(I'm collecting notes together about this and that for when I change over.)

closed

http://www.voidtools.com/

cottager

Thanks... like the look of that.

prowla

TakeThis wrote: »

All AMD CPUs are capable.

I think that needs some qualification - obviously not all AMD CPUs have hardware virtualization support.

TakeThis

prowla wrote: »

I think that needs some qualification - obviously not all AMD CPUs have hardware virtualization support.

So which don't? I of course am speaking of current models.
Any AMD purchased now will include AMD-V.

prowla

TakeThis wrote: »

So which don't? I of course am speaking of current models.
Any AMD purchased now will include AMD-V.

There you go - that's a qualification for a start...:)