Win7 is no longer updating so what's the big deal for XP? Get a new AV that is backward compatible!
Funny, I get new updates every month shortly after the second Tuesday and, occasionally, afterward.
Good luck finding an AV for XP after 04/08/2014. A few might cover XP for a short while after that but don't count on it.
I only get an update a month, sometimes an update in two months! The last update for me was in April 2013.
Just got an update that is 131 MB in size. I check windows update every time I am online. Very odd indeed!
Win7 is no longer updating so what's the big deal for XP? Get a new AV that is backward compatible!
Funny, I get new updates every month shortly after the second Tuesday and, occasionally, afterward.
Good luck finding an AV for XP after 04/08/2014. A few might cover XP for a short while after that but don't count on it.
I only get an update a month, sometimes an update in two months! The last update for me was in April 2013.
Just got an update that is 131 MB in size. I check windows update every time I am online. Very odd indeed!
Very odd as in something's wrong. I get at least half a dozen every month.
Windows XP struggles to support most of the modern hardware, and is very unstable in comparison to Windows 7.
Hi there
Don't forget that by running Windows XP as a Virtual Machine you can run it INDEFINITELY into the future - you don't need to connect XP to the Internet and by sharing network drives etc you can transfer data to and from the XP machine. By not connecting to the internet you wouldn't have to worry about security updates either.
A lot of people run XP systems for dedicated Engineering / Lab / other specialized hardware that can work perfectly for DECADES such as Lab measuring gear. This stuff isn't in any way "compromised" by not having updates / security systems in place. The HOST machine will keep the VM isolated.
I don't see "Lack of hardware support" as a big issue -- on a modern machine a 2GB Virtual XP machine would consume so few resources you wouldn't even know you were running it and it would perform far faster than on the original hardware it was installed on.
Here's an Icelandic version of XP running as a VM -- works fine and does everything I need it to do - I'm still running some Minidisc hardware and studio apps for example MD simple Burner application -- works fine on the VM although support for the hardware has long ceased to exist on newer OS'es. I have a decent Canon Scanner as well that only works on XP and a whole load more of eseoteric hardware that I have no intention of junking for ages yet -- why should I.
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Custom built, several laptops HP/ASUS OS: Linux CENTOS 7 / various Windows OS'es and servers CPU: Intel i7 Intel i5 Memory: 8GB, 16GB Graphics Card: On Motherboard Sound Card: Realtek HD audio Monitor(s) Displays: Apple Cinema display, Samsung LCD Screen Resolution: 1920 X 1080 Mouse: Toshiba wireless laser Hard Drives: 4 X 1TB SATA Internet Speed: > 20MB up
I don't see "Lack of hardware support" as a big issue -- on a modern machine a 2GB Virtual XP machine would consume so few resources you wouldn't even know you were running it and it would perform far faster than on the original hardware it was installed on.
Especially true if the installer was axed down to remove most unnecessary services and components. (like for example all the update services, which become useless beyond 2014, and bulk of the company network services)
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: custom built OS: Win 7 Pro 64-bit 7601 CPU: AMD Phenom 9650 QuadCore, revision DR-B3 Motherboard: ASUS M4A78 Memory: 5 GB yes I run 2x 2GB and 1x 1GB, different brand, spank me. Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512 Mb, unknown manufacturer. Sound Card: Crappy Realtek Integrated Audio Monitor(s) Displays: Fujitsu Siemens P19-3P Screen Resolution: 1280 x 1024 x 32 bits @ 60 Hz Oh yeah, 4:3 rocks! Keyboard: Microsoft, PS/2, white. Mouse: Optical, logitec. PSU: whatever, around 450w Case: Scavenged from old company PC, 10+ years old Cooling: CPU fan, GPU fan, case fan, nothing fancy Hard Drives: (1) MAXTOR S TM3320613AS SATA Disk Device (2) STM35004 18AS SATA Disk Device (3) TOSHIBA USB 2.5"-HDD Internet Speed: effective max speeds: 70-ish kB/s down 30-ish kB/s up Browser: Firefox with FXChrome to make it look like Google Chrome :P Antivirus: Avira, free edition. Other Info: Was discarded by previous owner due to "horrible performance".
Was running Win Xp from a IDE drive. Yeah. Was a pain.
SATA II drive and Win7 and it zips away! Yay!
When support for XP ends this April, I can understand that no further Security/Enhancement updates will be coming down the pipe. My question is this - If I have to reload my Windows XP SP1 system, will updates prior to April 2014 still be available to download & install. IE: Sp2, Sp3 etc.
Or does...
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