End of Windows XP support!

[steveo]

if you want actual security, air gap is the way to go. why even connect it to the 'net just for a few bins?

no windows xp flaw could ever be exploited, as long as all you're doing is transferring stuff on a usb stick or something

that is, if keep your MAIN machine virus free, so the usb stick doesn't become infected (although disabling usb autorun on the xp machine kills off 99% of those viruses..)

[EagleMark]

Chances of me getting a virus in is slim even on my desktop! I have protection, I don't go to sites where you have to click on stuff, my wife is constantly asking me "Should I click on, open, go here, update this, download that etc...?" She's learning what is safe. The kids computer and phone can not access my network, he and friends have their own guest wireless network. Plus my kid has never got a virus, he knows better. I never click on or open anything in my email. Unless it's something tune related and even then it's checked by virus protection first.

When I used to fix virus infested machines, 70% of them were loaded with porn, 29% were kids gaming or torrents, the other 1% were old people who clicked on stuff in email that had no idea where it came from but wanted to see whatever it was that was sent? "It may have been a picture of my grandkids!"

[Six_Shooter]

I haven't used XP in about 5 years, been Win7 since then.

I do have an XP laptop, but my Grandfather has it right now, because the W2K laptop he was given died. I never really used that laptop other than to test some network connectivity and to use when friends and I went to the track, and needed two logging laptops.

For anti-virus, I've been using AVG free for years and haven't experienced any issues.

[EagleMark]

AVG! That's the one I was trying to remember!

Must have been a few years ago at our Old Farts Club aka Computer Users Group we started using Security Essentials on the refurbished computers we fixed up and gave away. It was just to easy, automatic for the people we gave them to. So I switched.

But if Jim is right and Security Essentials is going to still be updated for XP... then the only worry I had is gone.

[User Nameless]

I cruize the inner webz with my trusty Commodore-64 and a basic monochrome CRT monitor. I like WinXP - lots of great software for that system has been built over the years. I still have versions of Giant Anti-Spyware stashed away somewhere. That was the software Microsoft adopted for their own Windows AntiSpyware program. The user interface was nothing like it is now, but if you can recall the GUI of the first beta release, that's it.

Try this out for your XP updates and other stuff.
http://www.nliteos.com/
I recall this being great for stripping down the OS for a more compact and customized installation. I think it has the availability to aid with service packs and customized updating. apt-get install update WINXPPRO

[1project2many]

I cruize the inner webz with my trusty Commodore-64 and a basic monochrome CRT monitor.

Hahaha.... must have taken an hour just to type that reply!

[User Nameless]

Hahaha.... must have taken an hour just to type that reply!

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