Thread: Windows XP support ending

Originally Posted by incisor

how about you keep doing your diesels and i'll keep doing computers

i don't say things for the feel good factor of saying them...

look at what i said...

more info on time lines here

AV-TEST - The Independent IT-Security Institute: The End Is Nigh for Windows XP: These Anti-Virus Software Products Will Continue to Protect XP after the End of Support

Well that's a total of 15 major AntiVirus players who have no current plans to cease XP support.
Another 14 give timeframes ranging from 2 years to 5 years out. Only the M$ products in there are ending shortly.

Time to panic? Maybe 2019.

Originally Posted by Dougal

Only the M$ products in there are ending shortly.

Time to panic? Maybe 2019.

as i said earlier

it will be fine as it is now till the anti virus programs stop supporting it if you don't need to update any other software.

if the boxes aren't on the net then there is little chance there will be issues

if they are... then they are full of KNOWN holes that are never going to be fixed.

most exist in the gui shell integration and are common components in IE and any other browser that uses those components... and that is most of them to varying degrees.

add some java and a little flash and you'll be owned eventually.... whether your smart enough to know is another concept all together...

Originally Posted by Dougal

If it's a work computer, then upgrading isn't even your problem......

But that wasn't your question. Your question was "Seriously who uses I.E.".

Thanks for all the reply's guy's. Very informative.

Currently I'm using a mix of I.E. 8 & Chrome ( mostly Chrome). Run Norton 360. So hopefully XP will see me out for another couple of years. Things seam to be getting a bit slower. I've got an Intel Core 2 duo @ 2.33 GHz. As much Ram as it can handle & a 250 GB HDD ( not very big by today's standards ). Was all pretty good when it was set up , but that was a few years ago now.

Thanks Again

Gary

If you don't have much RAM (under 4GB ), I suggest running Windows 7 32 bit or even better, Ubuntu.

For those in business, WinXP use is a BIG issue in Europe - where if you lose customer data using a known vulnerable system, you're in breach of data protection laws.

Most of my day job for the last month has been trying to get employees to move off WinXP and onto Win7 or RHEL.

I have a couple of hundred PC's deployed in PNG, have to flush out the last few XP machines for other compatibility reasons with new software. However Win 7 Pro will be fine for the next few years. Hopefully Microsoft will come to their senses with Win 9, Win 8 was a mad panic to be Tablet compatible and they forgot their business users.

To a business XP should be considered a liability going forward. Do you really want to deal with a company that is keeping data on a system where security of your information is in question because they can no longer keep their systems up to date.

Any exploits that show up in the newer versions of windows will immediately be tested against XP but won't be patched anti-virus or not this problem will only keep getting worse for xp.

If you do have to run it for software compatibility reasons I would be isolating it from the rest of your network and putting policies in place as to what it can be used for.

These machines are in the back blocks, lucky to have power, (Genset), no phone, no Internet, no usb, no CD, they just do a job.