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XP to get security updates til 2019

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An article by Barry Fox in PCW (UK magazine) says that XP will get security updates until 2019 and bug fixes until 2014. Also SP3 out this year. XP sales to end soon though.
 
That really is an astonishing level of support (if true of course) - wish more companies (not just software companies) were as good!
 
Can someone post a better citation for this. I couldn't find anything after a few minutes with google. I'm suspicious of everything I hear around April 1 if it's good news.

If this is true, I suggest that a retail copy of XP would be a very good investment for the long-term even if you currently own a machine with an OEM version installed.

The "OEM" version can't be transfered to a new machine according to the license and MS has a way to enforce this via their online registration and update process.

I suggest avoiding "upgrade" version. unless you've done it before and know what it will ask for as proof.
 
Article outlined the fact that XP was coming off the shelves pretty soon. Microsoft gave Barry Fox Some garbled info about updates. He tried to make sense of it and got microsoft to confirm info is correct. They confirmed.
Magazine is called Personnal Computer World. Been going for years. Predates PCWorld shop. I posted on 2nd of April.
I was going to post that Microsoft were going to release XP as open source on April the 1st but thought better of it.
 
BigAl said:
Can someone post a better citation for this. I couldn't find anything after a few minutes with google. I'm suspicious of everything I hear around April 1 if it's good news.

If this is true, I suggest that a retail copy of XP would be a very good investment for the long-term even if you currently own a machine with an OEM version installed.

The "OEM" version can't be transfered to a new machine according to the license and MS has a way to enforce this via their online registration and update process.

I suggest avoiding "upgrade" version. unless you've done it before and know what it will ask for as proof.
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I presume, if you are using a commerical version of XP on a second computer,that Microsoft will charge a fee for a new activation code?
 
I think it is down to Vista and 'Vista ready' computers that XP is still ongoing. I don't think Microsoft were aware that so many business users wanted to stick with XP. I can find computers in my workplace running 2000.
 
dudalb said:
I presume, if you are using a commerical version of XP on a second computer,that Microsoft will charge a fee for a new activation code?
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Yes, if you use two computers at once, but MS probably won't sell you an new activation code after 2009. XP/Retail with your original code can be moved to one machine after another forever as long as you don't it use on two machines at once. In practice, you'll have a window of use that allows you to run both and move your apps and data over.

More precisely, XP/OEM is locked to your motherboard. If it dies and you buy a new one that isn't identical, it won't activate and XP will cease to work after 30 days, or at least MS has the right and the technology built into the update process to make that happen.

Buying a new, identical motherboard is very hard if a machine is no-name.
 
BigAl said:
Yes, if you use two computers at once, but MS probably won't sell you an new activation code after 2009. XP/Retail with your original code can be moved to one machine after another forever as long as you don't it use on two machines at once. In practice, you'll have a window of use that allows you to run both and move your apps and data over.

More precisely, XP/OEM is locked to your motherboard. If it dies and you buy a new one that isn't identical, it won't activate and XP will cease to work after 30 days, or at least MS has the right and the technology built into the update process to make that happen.

Buying a new, identical motherboard is very hard if a machine is no-name.
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I've had no issues at all re-activating OEM XP on a new motherboard; all it takes is a 5-minute call to their activation line, and answering questions like, "Are you using this on more than one computer?" and "Have you activated this copy before?" As far as I can tell, the only difference in the CoA codes is that, if they detect the right combination of MB, BIOS, and serial number, they don't require activation at all. They'll still activate just fine, just manually.
 
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