Windows XP XP support ends today

[kemical]

Today being the 8th of April 2014 means that Microsoft have finally stopped supporting this amazing operating system. See the link below for more information.

What is Windows XP end of support?
Microsoft provided support for Windows XP for the past 12 years. But the time came for us, along with our hardware and software partners, to invest our resources toward supporting more recent technologies so that we can continue to deliver great new experiences.

As a result, technical assistance for Windows XP is no longer available, including automatic updates that help protect your PC.Microsoft has also stopped providing Microsoft Security Essentials for download on Windows XP. (If you already have Microsoft Security Essentials installed, you will continue to receive antimalware signature updates for a limited time, but this does not mean that your PC is secure because Microsoft is no longer providing security updates to help protect your PC.)

If you continue to use Windows XP now that support has ended, your computer will still work but it might become more vulnerable to security risks and viruses. Internet Explorer 8 is also no longer supported, so if your Windows XP PC is connected to the Internet and you use Internet Explorer 8 to surf the web, you might be exposing your PC to additional threats. Also, as more software and hardware manufacturers continue to optimize for more recent versions of Windows, you can expect to encounter more apps and devices that do not work with Windows XP.

Ref:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-support-help

 

[Neemobeer]

Agreed XP was great for it's time, but Windows 10 is superior in every regard vs XP. To Mikes point it still uses the NT kernel but it is indeed a complete rewrite and so is the Internet Explorer engine. MS basically gutted a lot of legacy support that really needed to go due to enhance the OS security model.

I've been involved in many large scale OS migrations (1000+ device) and they can be extremely difficult to execute mostly due to legacy applications that either don't have support, the company or people that created the software doesn't exist. I think we've been planning and developing our Windows 10 migration plan for at least a year at my current job. I built-out most of the imaging process for it and have been having a blast getting some older integral applications working on Windows 10.

 

[NicoAhrens]

Xp was a great OS for its time. I liked the colorful environment. I still used xp, if some applications would run there. I tried to find alternatives for running on xp, but I didn't find. So I've to say goodbye to xp but unfortunately everything has its time