I think some assistance packages should be considered by the government to keep the less fortunate connected. One word: Linux. Get a copy of any of the lightweight distributions , whack it onto your machine, never pay for an operating system again. Does that mean they will no longer be able to jump on the net or use their emails? If that is their only connection to the world [remote location etc. The underprivileged are going to get left behind…..
Computers are obsolete a week after you get them home. Evanjames — you say support for Win7 until That gives another 6 years before everyone will have to upgrade again. I have a firewall and occasionally I fire up a virus checker. Once in a blue moon I use the process monitor and internet connection window to check for unauthorised activity and it always comes up clean. I also run a XP virtual machine which has exactly as much exposure to the outside world as it needs, the USB-serial adaptor.
Banks will do some crying as most teller machines run on XP. I recently bought a laptop running Windows 8. The laptop came without any system disc or Windows product key. When the system stopped working I had to persuade the manufacturer to take the laptop back and re-image the disc.
If you buy a Windows 7 or Windows 8 PC without a product key or system restore disc, be sure to create a backup system disc image before you do anything else! Windows XP is for people with simple brains for whom the concept of actually have a modern OS is too scary to contemplate, or too hard to learn.
I stupidly use XP and even more stupidly without a single patch, just the Service Pack 1A or 2 or whatever it was. I am of the illusion that this is all that is involved in keeping a computer secure because I am completely naive. I used XP for about five years, and found the transition to 7 easy — quite similar but as you would hope with some improvements — e.
The fact that 8. Microsoft have a history of alternating between good tolerable and bad utterly execrable releases, so Win9 or whatever idiot name it gets ought to be usable again. View Results. Opinion Need a fast answer to a difficult legal question? Our experts have you covered. What are others doing? Tags microsoft windows 7 Windows XP. Submit Cancel. By Harish Kumar. Most Read Articles. Adobe may sue customers using the older version of Photoshop. Best Cameras Best Selling Upcoming.
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max. Vivo X70 Pro Plus. Apple iPhone 12 Pro. Redmi Note 10 Pro Max. Motorola Moto G Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra. Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra. Xiaomi Mi 10i. But the time came for us, along with our hardware and software partners, to invest our resources toward supporting more recent technologies so that we can continue to deliver great new experiences. As a result, technical assistance for Windows XP is no longer available, including automatic updates that help protect your PC.
If you already have Microsoft Security Essentials installed, you'll continue to receive antimalware signature updates for a limited time. However, please note that Microsoft Security Essentials or any other antivirus software will have limited effectiveness on PCs that do not have the latest security updates.
If you continue to use Windows XP now that support has ended, your computer will still work but it might become more vulnerable to security risks and viruses. Internet Explorer 8 is also no longer supported, so if your Windows XP PC is connected to the Internet and you use Internet Explorer 8 to surf the web, you might be exposing your PC to additional threats.
Also, as more software and hardware manufacturers continue to optimize for more recent versions of Windows, you can expect to encounter more apps and devices that do not work with Windows XP. What does it mean if my version of Windows is no longer supported? Which version of Windows am I running? Very few older computers are able to run Windows 10, which is the latest version of Windows. There are the XP diehards, and the Windows 7 and 8 migrators. But in a world facing up to the end of Windows XP support, one UK organisation belongs to another significant group — those breaking with Microsoft as their principal OS provider.
Microsoft's end of routine security patching and software updates on 8 April helped push the London borough of Barking and Dagenham to a decision it might otherwise not have taken over the fate of its 3, Windows XP desktops and laptops. Lucock said it had become clear that the local authority was locked into a regular Windows operating system refresh cycle that it could no longer afford. Barking and Dagenham outsourced its IT in December to Elevate East London, which is a joint-venture between the council and services firm Agilisys.
Lucock and systems architect Rupert Hay-Campbell are responsible for strategy, policy and investment while Elevate looks after delivery. Windows 10 power tips: Secret shortcuts to your favorite settings. Are you tired of clicking through categories to find a specific Windows 10 setting? If you know the right commands, you can create shortcuts that take you to specific pages with a single click. What we did realise was that we couldn't keep on doing ICT in the same way we had done before," Lucock said.
Three options were on the table. The standard approach was just to replace most of the XP desktops with a newer version of Windows. Because the council bought out of its Microsoft Enterprise Agreement a couple of years ago, it has perpetual licences that cover it up to Windows 7. So that was one of the options — just do more of the same but with a newer version of Windows," Lucock said. Then there was the possibility of repurposing much of the existing hardware as thin-client terminals, investing in new thin-client terminals and then running Citrix XenDesktop or VMware Horizon VDI.
One is that it's a browser and not just a thin client. So initially the Chromebooks and Chromeboxes will be used as thin-client terminals accessing published applications through Citrix," Lucock said.
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