[AT] OT - Windows XP

[Gunnells, Bradley R]

It's kind of like an old tractor that parts are no longer made for. It will continue to work. But for how long depends on how you use it.

There are not going to be security patches for it. So if it's on a desk and typing papers and not connected to the internet it should continue to run for a long long time. However if it's online it's only a matter of time before something happens to it or as Mattias said before other functions no longer are compatible.

Brad

On Mar 20, 2014, at 3:57 PM, Mattias Kessén <davidbrown950 at gmail.com> 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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