Windows XP: Everything you need to know

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	FAQ: What you need to know about the end of Windows XP support Microsoft issues its final security update this week for Windows XP, the 13-year-old operating system that remains the second most used platform in the world despite the certainty that after April 8 it will rapidly become dangerously insecure. Windows XP. Here is a set of questions and answers that help to explain this phenomenon and to offer some advice for those still using XP. Read More In this Issue Windows XP survival guide: How to upgrade (or not) The ultimate Windows XP quiz How to Support Windows XP Now That Microsoft Isn't 9 must-do's if you must stick with Windows XP Windows XP holdouts: Meet the diehard faithful who refuse to move on The Windows XP upgrade question: Windows 7 or Windows 8? 10 takeaways from Microsoft's Build conference 2014 How to protect yourself against a Windows 8.1 catastrophe Tech shifts that shook up the status quo and left the experts behind 10 (FREE!) Microsoft tools to make admins happier Windows XP survival guide: How to upgrade (or not) It's coming: XPocalypse--the end of Microsoft's support of Windows XP on April 8. Anyone who still has a PC with Windows XP is either scrambling to figure out what to do with it--or in some state of blissful denial about it all. Or, they are lashing themselves to the mast of their old XP schooner, determined to ride out the storm. Read More The ultimate Windows XP quiz Microsoft Windows XP is so beloved that users won't let it go. But how well do you know XP? Read More How to Support Windows XP Now That Microsoft Isn't Official Microsoft support for Windows XP ends tomorrow. However, as many as 20 percent of business endpoints still use the popular operating system. If your company ranks among those still using XP, here's how you can protect your machines from the forthcoming onslaught of security vulnerabilities. Read More 9 must-do's if you must stick with Windows XP Without updates after April 8 Windows XP is expected to fall prey to any number of zero-day attacks for which Microsoft will provide no defense, but there are some things die-hard XP users can do to make their machines safer. In its threat report for the second half of 2013, security vendor F-Secure sets down nine of them... Read More Windows XP holdouts: Meet the diehard faithful who refuse to move on After more than 12 years, Windows XP breathes its last gasp on Tuesday, April 8, when Microsoft will issue the final security update for the aging OS. Read More The Windows XP upgrade question: Windows 7 or Windows 8? Microsoft is ending support for Windows XP on April 8. While you're technically free to keep using the 12-year old operating system, doing so may put you at greater security risk for attack as future vulnerabilities go unpatched. Read More 10 takeaways from Microsoft's Build conference 2014 Microsoft started it's Build developers conference Wednesday with a three-hour keynote. Here are some of the highlights. Read More How to protect yourself against a Windows 8.1 catastrophe Read More Tech shifts that shook up the status quo and left the experts behind Sometimes you assume that a technology has reached its pinnacle. Usuallly you're wrong. Read More 10 (FREE!) Microsoft tools to make admins happier From migrating away from Windows XP to managing Active Directory, there's help at no cost. Read More
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