ExtremeTech

Windows XP rises from the grave: Simple hack gives you five more years of updates

With a simple registry hack, you can net yourself five more years of official Microsoft updates for your aging Windows XP machine. Microsoft, though, says you really shouldn't do it -- and that you ...
Ars Technica

Windows 95, 98, and other decrepit versions can grab online updates again

If you have any interest in retro-computing, you know it can be difficult to round up the last official bug fixes and updates available for early Internet-era versions of Windows like 95, 98, and NT 4 ...
ExtremeTech

Windows XP finally put to sleep by Microsoft - but it will still haunt us for years to come

Fair citizens of the interwebs, I bring sad tidings: Windows XP is officially dead. As of this morning, April 8, Microsoft has officially end-of-lifed (EOL) Windows XP. If you're still running Windows ...
Computerworld

Is Microsoft abandoning XP security updates?

Windows is insecure. That’s a given. But, Microsoft does issue monthly security patches-the first Tuesday of every month on Patch Tuesday-for many of Windows’ security problems. Now, however, there’s ...
CRN

Faster Updates, More Security To Arrive In XP SP2

XP SP2 will streamline Windows software updates using a new version of Automatic Update (AU) client, said Mike Nash, senior executive in charge of security at Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., during a ...