[The Register] Cheat WinXP Death...

[The_Unbeliever]

Howto Windows XP's date with destiny has passed. As of Tuesday, Microsoft will NOT be releasing any new security updates. With one in five PCs still running Windows XP, there's a chance you are among those whose computer is now running an unsupported operating system. What now?

Doing an in-place upgrade to Windows 7 isn't a good choice. Yes, it will keep all your apps and settings, but it'll also preserve all the clutter and crud that slows down an old Windows install, and you're limited to 32-bit Windows 7. You really need to nuke and start over.

But there's another, little-known way to replace your old, unsupported OS with a new one that's safe, current, gets updates and comes free of charge. The answer: run Windows XP as a zombie OS on something else.

Yup, it's XP Mode to the rescue, folks. But, this time, some common sense prevails - disable internet access completely and run it with lots of things stripped out, just to tide you over until you can do a proper reinstall/upgrade to either Win7 or Win8.

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[dualmeister]

Or wait for the security updates to leak onto the internet

http://www.howtogeek.com/186754/mic...pdates-for-windows-xp-but-you-cant-have-them/

 

[NomNom]

Or just upgrade.

 

[Space_Chief]

Or just upgrade.

Just don't use a PC either.