How to continue getting free security updates for Windows XP until 2019

[BornSlippy]

http://betanews.com/2014/05/26/how-to-continue-getting-free-security-updates-for-windows-xp-until-2019/

[pondus]

Microsoft Says Don't Use Windows XP Registry Hack

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/microsoft-hack-windows-xp-registry-embedded,news-48023.html

[CWB]

silghtly off topic ...

from the site responses :

"It's not that big of a deal, who runs XP on thier main computer anyway ?, it would have to be pretty ancient, and who would build a computer just to stick XP on it, that said I have no problem with that fix on a couple of my older computers, experimentation is something thats not new to me, even on my main computers, thats the good thing about mirror imaging C:\ drives and having multiple partitions, XP is obsolete anyway so what is there to lose."

 

the author of this response is being rather presumptuous .

as for "ancient" ... i have a friend that has an XP machine that is all of 5 years old .

i also recall that ron recently built a brand-spanking-new comp and dropped XP in it .

 

as for the "registry hack" ... it is just that and done with the idea in mind to circumvent the measures put in place by microsoft .

i find this to be , in essence , no different than "bootlegging" a copy of any OS or software and circumventing the devices put in place to prevent "piracy" .

[AdvancedSetup]

LOL - I like this comment on the site:

 

 

How about just leaving it alone now Microsoft? You said you're not patching and supporting XP any more, so just walk away - why keep bringing up the fact you're not supporting it by continually commenting on it?

 

 

[whonew]

They just updated mine for malicious content, so they know I am still alive

[GT500]

Microsoft Says Don't Use Windows XP Registry Hack

Of course, they'd rather sell you a new operating system.

I'm not sure I'd want to do this 'hack' to get updates installed for Windows XP though.

[Firefox]

It seems as a simple fix, might try it out on a computer just to test it...

[pondus]

XP Update Extender

http://pxc-coding.com/portfolio/xp-update-extender/

[frogman1435]

Windows XP has a special place in my heart. All those il 2 sturmovik flight sims I played on it, but I would not use it on an older machine without at hardware firewall, something like a cheap barebone with hardened iptables and hosts file. In some countries, they cannot afford newer hardware to support the new Microsoft OS, but they can use lightweight distros

[Firefox]

XP Update Extender http://pxc-coding.com/portfolio/xp-update-extender/

Have you tried this software out?