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truedelphi

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21. Didn't the OP state we now had until July? Or did I mis-read that?
Wed Mar 19, 2014, 04:39 AM
Mar 2014

In any event, thank you for the excellent information you are posting on this discussion.

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it pisses me off they are ending support. I will simply take that computer off the internet. hlthe2b Mar 2014 #1
90%+ of the infected computers I work on have ALL the updates and it didn't help. hobbit709 Mar 2014 #2
There are other ways... jtuck004 Mar 2014 #3
Thank you. That is VERY helpful! hlthe2b Mar 2014 #4
Now that I've made the sale and have your money... jtuck004 Mar 2014 #5
the one I'm planning to use... hlthe2b Mar 2014 #6
Micro$oft has a habit of disappearing things. I would download all the updates now. jtuck004 Mar 2014 #7
Didn't the OP state we now had until July? Or did I mis-read that? truedelphi Mar 2014 #21
Support ends for XP in April. If you have Security Essentials, Microsoft's jtuck004 Mar 2014 #22
MS has a free virtual machine called XP Mode.. frylock Mar 2014 #17
Great... Do you know... hlthe2b Mar 2014 #18
hi hlthe2b, ucrdem Mar 2014 #19
it runs like any other type of virtual machine.. frylock Mar 2014 #20
They should Open Source the entire OS... ChromeFoundry Mar 2014 #8
great ideas ! nt steve2470 Mar 2014 #9
ReactOS has a long way to go before it's usable. hobbit709 Mar 2014 #23
Just a quick XP question: Paper Roses Mar 2014 #10
you are still vulnerable after April 8th but... steve2470 Mar 2014 #11
I would start a new OP asking for help steve2470 Mar 2014 #12
MSE will support XP until 2015 hobbit709 Mar 2014 #13
as hobbit said, I would DEFINITELY not use Internet Explorer any more steve2470 Mar 2014 #14
Hi, Thanks to all. I have Firefox as my browser. Paper Roses Mar 2014 #15
Outlook.com should be just fine steve2470 Mar 2014 #16
Microsoft is overloading my computer with ridiculous warnings.... Mondavi Apr 2014 #24
So has anybody had any verified security issues Denzil_DC Jun 2014 #25
For a while I couldn't use spellcheck here on DU (and that lasted two weeks.) truedelphi Jul 2014 #26
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