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Computer Help and Support

Mondavi

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24. Microsoft is overloading my computer with ridiculous warnings....

Reply to Paper Roses (Reply #10)

Sat Apr 19, 2014, 05:58 AM

Apr 2014

of every kind:
One is b.s. about e-mail or websites which suggests that there is something wrong with either and do you want to see all the info, or just that "securely" delivered? This happens if I go to google where they aren't supplying photos and everytime there's a new news report they do it all over again.

Another is about 20-30 "risk" warnings I was getting from MSE stating that as we all know Microsoft no longer supports apps I'm trying to use, but if I click below I can restart it.
?????????? What? So many of these msgs that (when I replied to them) they were paralyzing my computer.

Finally, I've just uninstalled Microsoft Security Essentials.

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Windows XP Security Issues: Fact Vs. Fiction [View all] steve2470 Mar 2014 OP

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