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Windows XP support continues!

Jivesinger
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From a Microsoft Security Advisory here, dated 1 May 2014:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2014/05/01/out-of-band-release-to-address-microsoft-security-advisory-2963983.aspx
Very interesting...
http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2014/05/01/out-of-band-release-to-address-microsoft-security-advisory-2963983.aspx
We have made the decision to issue a security update for Windows XP users. Windows XP is no longer supported by Microsoft, and we continue to encourage customers to migrate to a modern operating system, such as Windows 7 or 8.1.
Very interesting...
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Yes the don't support the OS but apparently they are still supporting Internet Explorer.
I actually think is mixed blessing as it does nothing to encourage people to get off XP.0 -
colin79666 wrote: »Yes the don't support the OS but apparently they are still supporting Internet Explorer.
(But IE8 on Vista may still be supported I think?)0
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