[geeks] Windows XP EOL

[Nick B]

I wonder if MS is smart enough to very carefully price the ATM support
packages.  Once they drive that market away it will be very hard or
impossible to recapture.
Nick


On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Does WinXP require internet access to activate? (Yes, it does -
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307890/en-US Unless you are installing
> from
> OEM install discs that are pre-activated for use on OEM hardware on to OEM
> hardware)
>
> MS is suspending the development of patches/updates, and has already ceased
> selling new WinXP licenses. I don't think they will suspend OS activation,
> because that would cause too many hardships for users that have hardware
> problems, etc. and need to re-install the OS.
>
> Besides, MS is offering custom support packages for companies that require
> support and are incapable of transitioning off of WinXP by EOL date. As I
> understand it support for the first year is very expensive, and the second
> year is a multiple of that, and yet, some organizations will avail
> themselves of this service... I know ATM users (banks) are weighing their
> options - many ATMs use under-powered embedded systems that won't support
> Win7.
>
> Lionel
>
> On Monday, February 10, 2014, Dan Duncan <danduncan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > So Windows XP is finally going EOL again (they mean it this time!) and I
> > was wondering if anyone else still uses it much.  I own multiple licensed
> > copies which I still use for VMs and for playing the occasional legacy
> > game.  I periodically re-install which hasn't been a major issue but I'm
> > assuming that when support ends they'll also drop the ability to activate
> > the install which likely will cause me some grief.
> >
> > Any thoughts on how I can continue to keep XP running?
> >
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