[AT] OT - Windows XP

[Mike]

Mattias, I have heard similar stories, and have read that if you insist 
on keeping XP, not to use IE at all, but rather Firefox, Chrome, Opera etc.

Mike M

On 3/20/2014 4:57 PM, Mattias Kessén wrote:
> Problems are already occurring and will increase for example with Xp you
> can only update to IE ver 8 but some banks demand ver. 11.
>
> Mattias
>
> Typed with large fingers on a small screen
> Den 20 mar 2014 21:37 skrev "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>:
>
>> On 3/20/2014 9:53 AM, Mike wrote:
>>> Hi guys, sorry for the OT post, but I know there are a few guys on here
>>> that are up on the latest IT stuff. Long story short, my Dad read an
>>> article by Kim Komando in last Sundays paper regarding the end of
>>> Microsoft's support for Windows XP on April 14th. The article basically
>>> stated that if you haven't already, you should drop XP like a hot potato
>>> and migrate to Windows 7 or 8 because it will become very vulnerable to
>>> attack.  His machine is an older Dell that won't support Windows 7, so
>>> the only option is a new computer. Are these security concerns more hype
>>> than substance, or are they legitimate concerns?
>> Its true Microsoft is discontinuing support for XP in April. I received
>> an alert about it. I still have XP on my old desktop and had no worries
>> about continuing to use it.
>> I have not heard the stories about any security concerns though. I will
>> have to look into that as I had no plans to change up . I have Windows 7
>> on this laptop and am happy
>> with it but heard that Windows 8 is not something I would want.
>>
>> Ralph in Sask.
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