Showing posts with label Windows XP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Windows XP. Show all posts
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One of the 95% of ATMs which NCR says are running Windows XP. -- 2fmagazine.com[/caption]
After 13 years Microsoft is about to finally turn off vital life support to the aging Windows XP operating system. But it's hard to properly say goodbye to XP, not because of love but because so many people still use it whether they want to or not.
On April 8, 2014, Microsoft will discontinue automatic security updates for Windows XP. Significantly, Microsoft says it will will also stop providing the XP-compatible Microsoft Security Essentials for download.
To say that this is going to create a huge security hole in the very fabric of human civilization may not be the overstatement it sounds like.
One of the 95% of ATMs which NCR says are running Windows XP. -- 2fmagazine.com[/caption]After 13 years Microsoft is about to finally turn off vital life support to the aging Windows XP operating system. But it's hard to properly say goodbye to XP, not because of love but because so many people still use it whether they want to or not.
On April 8, 2014, Microsoft will discontinue automatic security updates for Windows XP. Significantly, Microsoft says it will will also stop providing the XP-compatible Microsoft Security Essentials for download.
To say that this is going to create a huge security hole in the very fabric of human civilization may not be the overstatement it sounds like.
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XP's polite way of telling you, your computer's hooped, your hard drive may be toast, in which case your files are history, and your computer never really liked you anyways![/caption]
Two days ago, I went from hero over breakfast to zero by dinnertime. After restoring the Wi-Fi in Henry's HP Pavilion dv6000 over breakfast, I later proved unequal to the task of pulling Jezi's Acer emachine back from the brink of Windows Registry Hell. I did, at least, show her all her files were intact, accessible, and therefore recoverable.
XP's polite way of telling you, your computer's hooped, your hard drive may be toast, in which case your files are history, and your computer never really liked you anyways![/caption]Two days ago, I went from hero over breakfast to zero by dinnertime. After restoring the Wi-Fi in Henry's HP Pavilion dv6000 over breakfast, I later proved unequal to the task of pulling Jezi's Acer emachine back from the brink of Windows Registry Hell. I did, at least, show her all her files were intact, accessible, and therefore recoverable.
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