End of windows xp support

[Buzz]

Only 10Mb? lol

Thanks for the spell check ... nothing worse than entering the wrong units !

I fixed the Mb / Gb error above ... thanks again.

[EagleMark]

I didn't even catch that!

I've got 8 Gb in both my Windows 7 laptops and no issues. My tuning toughbook only has 4Gb with XP and no issues. I think the only issue with TC is the install and compatibility mode.

[steveo]

i'll be running xp for many years on many of my machines.

there are two types of exploits that matter, which require patching by microsoft to solve for your operating system to be "safe" and "up to date".

the first is a client-side flaw.. this is something like "i go to a strange website, click something, and my computer is infected without me even installing anything". these are usually just hacking around the usual dialog boxes that ask you if you want to execute some code. well, guess what, you probably aren't USING any of the windows XP network clients anyway. install google chrome or firefox. internet explorer will continue to recieve updates anyway, that has nothing to do with XP being end of life.

the second is a server-side or "remote" flaw. well, unless there is a part of the windows XP TCP stack that turns out to be very faulty (which i doubt, since microsoft didnt write most of it anyway), that means you'd have to be running a built in XP server to be nailed by a remote flaw. DISABLE FILE SHARING if you aren't behind a very well protected internal network. duh. why teh hell you'd be running an XP fileserver is beyond me. lets be honest, you're all behind NAT routers anyway, so unless someone breaks into your router (rare) remote flaws are nearly impossible.

if you realize how these two things work, running windows XP with no updates or service packs is just as safe as a current version; so who cares if it never gets an update again

only other attack vector (a virus you actually download and install) is NOTHING to worry about in XP. why? because it never had any protection against those anyway.

[Buzz]

... I've got 8 Gb in both my Windows 7 laptops and no issues. My tuning toughbook only has 4Gb with XP and no issues. I think the only issue with TC is the install and compatibility mode ...

You are probably correct ... my experience may well be anecdotal ... I have four Notebooks that I use for tuning - one has XP and has never had any problems running TC2. I picked up a 11.6 inch Notebook running Windows 7 on a door crasher deal at Future Shop a year or so ago .... it seemed a little hit or miss with freezing while running TC2 - until I upgraded the RAM.