Microsoft sets post-retirement patching record with Windows XP fix, 5 years after support ended
The update – aimed at stopping the spread of WannaCry-like malware – must be manually downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog.
The update – aimed at stopping the spread of WannaCry-like malware – must be manually downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog.
Google quietly announced Tuesday that Gmail will stop supporting older versions of its Chrome browser, in a move that will put another nail in the coffins of Windows XP and Windows Vista.
It took four months, but Windows 10 is now more widely-used than Windows XP by one metric.
Half of enterprises will have started Windows 10 deployments by January 2017.
“XP migration helped boost commercial PC spending earlier this year."
Labour has complained to the Ombudsman following what they claim to be a refusal by Internal Affairs minister Peter Dunne to respond to Official Information Act requests on the number of government agencies continuing to run computers on the Microsoft Windows XP operating system.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has completed the upgrade of all of its 2740 PC and laptops to Microsoft’s latest operating system, Windows 8.1.
Microsoft stopped support for Windows XP on April 8: Meaning, no more software or security updates for the nearly 13-year-old OS, despite it still holding onto just under 30% of the desktop OS market (according to NetMarketShare). Microsoft wants XP users to upgrade to a newer Windows OS, preferably Windows 8.1. Yet many people are determined to hold on - you’ll have to pry Windows XP from their PC’s cold, dead hard drive. Here are nine reasons why.
Microsoft stops its support of the Windows XP operating system today, leaving around 260,000 New Zealand PCs still running the 12-year old software vulnerable to complications.
The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) expects that most government agencies will have moved off Microsoft XP by April 8 and says that of those which haven’t, most should have moved within three months.
Companies in Australia and New Zealand are well ahead of world pace in moving away from Windows XP – which is widely expected to become a security nightmare once Microsoft discontinues updates for the platform next Monday – but hundreds of thousands of regional PCs are still running the operating system, according to new statistics from Trend Micro.
Organisations that haven’t migrated off the Windows XP operating system have until 8 April 2014 before support and patching ends.
The latest in ICT systems can be of no use when your staff don’t know how to use them effectively. With the right investment in training staff, even the slightest bit, can result in surprising gains and improved productivity.
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