• Microsoft has resumed support for the Windows XP operating system. End of support for Windows XP

    Microsoft has officially announced that the period has ended Windows support XP SP2. For those who need further receiving free updates for this version of this software You need to install the latest service pack - SP3. User support with installed Windows XP SP3 will be available until April 2014.

    The corporation has officially announced that the support period has ended Windows XP SP2. For those who need to continue receiving free updates for this version operating system, you need to install the latest service pack - SP3. Support for users with installed Windows XP SP3 will be provided until April 2014.

    However, if necessary, install Windows XP SP3 Professional will be available for much longer, and quite officially. Despite the completion of various support cycles (including extended ones) and the fact that this version of the OS has not been available for a long time retail sales, it will be possible to install it within another 10 years, until 2020. To do this, you just need to use the downgrade option. All owners of pre-installed operating systems and . At the same time Windows 7 Professional is expected to be available before 2020, while Ultimate is expected to stop shipping five years before then.

    It should be noted that this is not the first time that the corporation has made such concessions. However, it is safe to assume that this will be the last concession to users.

    Recall that initially the transition time from Windows XP on Windows 7 limited to six months starting October 22, 2009, the date of sale of the latest OS version from . However, in June 2010, six months was increased to eighteen, so the right to rollback the version was retained until approximately April 2011. It was assumed that users of "older" versions Windows 7, and also Windows Vista can use the operating system if desired Windows XP Professional until released Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or until January 22, 2011 - whichever occurs first. However, now this restriction has been lifted, and the downgrade period has been extended until 2020.

    What forced me to take this unusual step was that the film, published in 2001, Windows XP continues to enjoy high popularity. Even though Windows 7 became the most popular version in the history of the corporation's family of operating systems: it continues to sell at a rate of 7 copies per second (as of June 23, 2010, 150 million licensed copies were sold Windows 7 And general manager Corporation Steve Ballmer suggested that this trend will continue until the end of this year). However, at the Worldwide Partner Conference 2010, USA, Washington, DC, it was announced that currently Windows XP still costs 74% of corporate computers, and the average age of business computers is 4.4 years, the highest in the last decade. In this regard, representative Brandon LeBlanc noted that “customers would not like to lose the right to roll back the version” and the corporation is meeting them halfway.

    Sources: www.cnews.ru, www.zdnet.com


    Microsoft is ending support for Windows XP and Office 2003. Customers who are still running Windows XP will receive a notification that their system is no longer supported.

    The Windows XP operating system appeared on the market more than 12 years ago. This is the first operating system to remain operational for so long. If you think about it, this is an amazing fact, because most of the events of that time are already perceived by us as ancient history, especially in such an industry as information technology.

    Naturally, the Internet public could not ignore this event, so I propose to look at what we were like 13 years ago.

    Today, among all versions of Windows, XP takes an honorable 2nd place. To be more precise, 27.69% of all Internet users in the world are still using Windows XP, including more than 50% of users in China.

    (according to Net Market Share)

    Why did Microsoft decide to stop supporting the popular Windows XP?

    No matter how much XP fans would like it, today it no longer fits well into our realities, and its support, I believe, takes up a lot of time and effort. This explains Microsoft's active promotion of the transition to new versions of Windows. One of the reasons is financial, but I don’t think it’s the main one, so I’ll offer five more key reasons.

    Five reasons to ditch Windows XP

    1. The inability to fully use modern hardware.

    Windows XP was developed at a time when computers were weaker than modern budget smartphones. Let's remember the system Windows requirements XP. Processor with a frequency of 233 megahertz, 64 megabytes RAM and 1.5 gigabytes of hard drive space. XP was designed for older computers and is simply not able to take full advantage of modern hardware.

    2. Compatibility issues.

    Already now I am faced with the fact that under Windows XP there are no drivers for many modern devices, it is logical to expect that after the cessation of support the situation will only get worse. Not immediately, but over time, software and driver manufacturers will not want to support outdated system and will leave XP users without their products.

    3. Limited performance

    Even though XP consumes fewer resources, modern computers Newer versions from Microsoft allow for faster system performance. Recording information on hard drive, copying or, for example, unpacking an archive will take significantly less time on modern hardware under Windows 7 or G8 than under XP.

    4. Outdated design

    Windows XP is outdated not only morally, but also externally. The appearance of the system was developed with an eye on the power of computers thirteen years ago. Beautiful animation and other effects were considered too resource-intensive in those days. The point is debatable, not for everyone, but using the same “seven” is much more pleasant.

    5. Information security threats

    In times Windows release XP, the attitude towards system security was completely different, and what seems natural today simply did not occur to the developers then. The attitude towards the vulnerability of the system was more frivolous than it is now. I offer a table of threats then and today.

    Over the past 13 years, the idea of ​​system security has changed significantly. New technologies have appeared, and already at the very early stage of preparation, algorithms and code are tested special checks, systems are assessed for resistance to penetration from the outside. Windows XP was developed a long time ago, and during its development, the security of the system kernel was not given the same attention that is required now.

    Risks of continued use of Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003

    Windows XP will not stop working. You can continue to use XP, but be prepared to take some risks.

    1. Security: using software without official support, you will not be able to receive security updates and other important fixes. In other words, Microsoft is stopping patching unpatched XP vulnerabilities. This essentially means that your computer will be more vulnerable to cyber attacks. Windows XP will be like a target at a shooting gallery.

    2. Reduced support from hardware manufacturers and software providers: inability to use new equipment (modems, printers, various devices input/output information) and various software(programs, new computer games, etc.). Software and hardware manufacturers have already begun to stop supporting Windows XP. You'll have to stay with outdated, insecure versions.

    It's not all bad yet, particularly as far as antivirus software developers are concerned. Many vendors have stated that they have no specific plans to end support for their products on Windows XP, and will continue to support them for at least the next two years. So AVG, Avast, Bullguard, Check Point / ZoneAlarm, Comodo, Fortinet, F-Secure, Ikarus, K7 Computing, McAfee, Microworld, Panda Security, Quickheal, Tencent - all these products will at least be supported for XP for another 2 years .

    ESET announced that its antivirus solutions ESET NOD32 will support Windows XP at least until the end of April 2017. Kaspersky Lab will continue support until 2018 (2016 for enterprise solutions).

    What to do for those who, for one reason or another, cannot or do not want to give up Windows XP and switch to newer operating systems:

    1. Set up a regular backup the most valuable data on your computer.

    2. Make sure your Windows XP has everything installed existing updates, that is, all updates up to April 8, 2014 must be applied.

    3. Keep all software up to date. Make sure you are using the latest Adobe versions Flash, Adobe Reader,Java, Microsoft Office, your web browser, etc.

    4. For those who do not access the network from a computer to Windows based XP, turn off your Internet connection.

    5. Make sure that up-to-date antivirus software is installed on your computer and is regularly updated.

    At one time it was very good system, which met all the requirements of that time and gave users very good level performance, reliability and comfort. But its time has passed, technology has moved far ahead. Keeping this system on the market will do more harm than good. Let's thank her, but we need to abandon her, moving to more modern solutions.

    By the way, soon, perhaps in May, my video course will be released, entirely dedicated to installing the Windows operating system. I know that most users remain on Windows XP due to fear of installing the operating system itself. Many would be happy to cross, but remain hostage due to their own fears and many questions related to Windows installation. For example, such as: what version and Windows bit depth choose where to download the original Windows image, how to record it, how to boot from a disk or flash drive, how to activate Windows? Of course there are a lot of questions. I promise you will get answers to all these questions in this video course.

    Yesterday I visited the new Technological Microsoft Center at a kind of “wake” for Windows XP.
    Today, April 8, 2014, support for Windows XP and Office 2003 has ended. In fact, this means that Microsoft is no longer providing technical advice on these products, updating technical documentation on them and stops releasing updates for them. Of course, you can continue to use XP and Office 2003, and you can even install them again, but they will not be updated (more precisely, they will be updated with all the updates released to date).


    According to the results of a TelecomDaily study, today in Russian organizations almost 42% of workstations operate on Windows XP.

    Only 46.5% of those currently using Windows XP plan to upgrade to new versions of Windows.

    Of those who are planning to switch to new version Only 35.6% of Windows are ready to do this this year.

    It would seem that the support has ended and okay. The system works great and you can continue to use it (which I still do to this day). However, there are a few aspects that I haven't thought about.

    Inevitably, more and more vulnerabilities are found in the system. In 2014, five such vulnerabilities were discovered in Windows XP. It might seem like a small number, but each of them can be enough to infect the system.

    As you know, hackers study every new security update in order to exploit the vulnerability it covers on those systems where this update has not been installed. Some of the code in Windows XP and new versions of Windows is the same, so there is a danger that new updates for Windows 7 and 8 will provide attackers with information about new vulnerabilities in Windows XP.

    In new Windows versions Many new security technologies have emerged.

    Vulnerability of systems with all current updates was tested on 184 exploits. Windows XP SP3 was able to defeat almost all exploits. EMET helped reduce the number of dangerous exploits to 21, Windows 7 missed only ten.

    Resistance to infection across different browsers.

    Unfortunately, the likelihood of a computer being infected with a virus Windows control XP is 6 times higher than Windows 8.

    As you know, Windows XP is used in the vast majority of ATMs. Those of them who work on Windows XP embedded are luckier - its support has been extended until 2016. Of course, there is no browser and ATMs work with banks via VPN, so the likelihood of infection is much lower, but it still exists.

    I asked Microsoft representatives whether it would be possible to install updates for Windows XP embedded on regular Windows XP. They answered that it wouldn’t work.

    And all organizations that accept payments by plastic cards will now be forced to leave Windows XP, since the international Payment Card Industry DSS standard requires a monthly update of the operating system, and in Windows XP this is now impossible.

    I still use Windows XP and had no intention of changing it to something else in the foreseeable future, but yesterday, when I heard about all these problems, I was thinking hard.

    p.s. If you haven't seen it yet, watch the sad video in the previous post.

    Hi all! I feel that after this post all sorts of “stones” will be thrown at me, because today I want to tell you that I still use Windows XP. And I don’t even ask myself such a question as ! Yes, yes, technology is developing, progress is rapidly moving forward, the largest companies in the world Information technology offer the latest modern systems, and I’m still devoted to the old operating system.

    My acquaintance with Windows XP started back in 2003, when I got my first computer. Wait, it turns out my “communication” with computers began 11 years ago! Wow! It's a shame that I spent most of this time on computer games, watching movies and all sorts of other crap like studying, for example! I joke about studying, I didn’t waste my time on it, that’s a fact! Of these 11 years of “communication” with computers, I have been blogging for 2 whole years. How am I doing? I tried to study... But let me remind you, everything is different now! Now I know how to blog correctly! By the way, if you want, you can read my short biography.

    Now you’re definitely going to throw stones at me, but I want to suggest you read a little history of the Windows XP operating system, just a couple of lines. Windows XP appeared at the end of October 2001 and was a development of the Windows 2000 operating system. The new operating system has changed significantly GUI, many new functions have been added, the system has been improved in many ways. But then this operating system was replaced by a new one, not successful in some ways, but successful in others, Windows Vista. This happened at the beginning of 2007. Then came Windows 7, then Windows 8, what next? In general, I shouldn’t have started this topic, I don’t like it!

    I should get out of it, otherwise I promised, but I’m writing some kind of bullshit! Time to add some interest to this post! Now I'll tell you why I still use Windows XP.

    5 reasons why I don't wonder about reinstalling Windows XP.

    1. Habit

    Windows XP became the first operating system that I “met” with. It was installed on my first computer 11 years ago, and is now installed on my laptop, on which I work on my blog. I still use this operating system because I got used to it. I also like the graphical interface, I know how everything works where, I can quickly eliminate errors that arise in the system. Of course, I came across the latest operating systems, but somehow I didn’t get along with them. I can’t imagine how I will work if I change the operating system? Honestly, I'm used to XP!

    2. Everything suits you

    Reinstall Windows XP? Why, strictly speaking, should I change the operating system? I’m happy with everything about this one too! I am satisfied with the speed of work, ease of use, and in general I am satisfied with everything! I can work with my blog, I can easily log into the blog’s administrative panel, I can edit code, process images, and so on. I can do anything blog related! Why do I need a system update? I can do without it!

    3. Laziness

    Well, where would we be without this? And she makes her own adjustments to my software on the computer! Who came up with “laziness” anyway? She always gets in the way, gets into everything she doesn't ask for! But I try to fight it, although sometimes it doesn’t work! This is not main reason that my computer still has Windows XP, but there is some truth in it!

    4. Outdated PC

    This is not an unimportant point, since my computer, or to be more precise, my laptop, is almost 7 years old! I know, I know, it's time to change, I'm working on it! 7 years ago Windows XP was popular, which is why it ended up on my PC. That’s why it still remains, since it “corresponds” to my “hardware”! If I change my computer, I’ll think about changing the operating system, but for now I’ll use XP.

    5. If everything works, then it’s better not to interfere

    The golden rule of the AVTOVAZ plant! Joke!

    If I decide to change the operating system on my computer, then perhaps some equipment will not be able to work, some applications will also become inoperable! I will need to update drivers, look for compatibility, and so on... Therefore, since everything is in working order, then I won’t bother!

    The combination of these five factors determines my use of the Windows XP operating system today!

    I'm used to it, I'm happy with everything about it, I'm a little too lazy to update the system, besides, my computer is outdated, and in general, if everything works, then why bother! I'll put it aside reinstalling Windows XP Until better times, and I will continue to use it!

    That's all for today, read, use the operating system you see fit, for now everyone...

    Microsoft is official ends support for Windows XP on April 8, 2014. This means that from this moment on, drivers, patches and security updates will no longer be released for this system (including within the framework of traditional ones), and the system itself will stop developing and will forever remain in the form that it has reached.

    This does not mean that systems running Windows XP will no longer work after this date, but the lack of support significantly increases the risk of a system becoming infected with viruses, malicious attacks, and other security threats. However, given the popularity of the platform, Microsoft promises to update antivirus programs and bases for XP until mid-2015.

    Windows XP End of Support Notice (KB2934207)

    To alert all XP users that they are running an outdated operating system, starting from March 8 All computers running Windows XP will receive an end-of-support notification. The text of the message is as follows:

    This message first appeared on the computers of XP users on March 8th and will continue to appear regularly on the 8th of every month. By checking the box " Don't show this message again", further display of the message can be disabled.

    A warning message will appear on all Windows XP computers that have been configured automatic download and installing updates from the site Windows Update. The message will begin to appear after installing update KB2934207 (Windows XP End of Support Notification).

    Update KB2934207 was released on March 5th and looks like this in Windows Update:

    Windows XP End of Support Notice (KB2934207).

    Size: 511 KB

    This update is intended to notify users that support for Windows XP will end on April 8, 2014.

    After installing update KB2934207 (Windows XP EoS), a new executable file C:\Windows\System32\xp_eos.exe, the launch of which, in fact, causes a message about the end of support to appear.

    How to remove the end of support message for Windows XP

    Remove update with end of support notification from command line you can do this:

    C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB2934207$\spuninst\spuninst.exe" /quiet /norestart

    You can also use the installation wizard Windows components(Windows Component Wizard) disable component Microsoft Windows XP End of Service Notification.

    We block the appearance of the message: Windows XP End of Support

    If you want to block the message from appearing on Windows XP computers that are configured to receive updates from a corporate (internal) server / SCCM, you must disapprove the installation of update KB2934207.

    If Windows update XP EoS is already installed on the system; you can disable its further appearance through the registry:

    For this in the thread HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion you need to create a key of type REG_DWORD with the name DisableEOSNotification and meaning 1 .

    You can create the DisableEOSNotification key and set it to the desired value from the command line:

    reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion /v DisableEOSNotification /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

    Block Windows XP End of Support notification using Group Policy

    To block the appearance Windows windows XP End of Support on many computers at once, it is best to use the functionality group policies. You can either create a corresponding startup script ( Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Windows Settings -> Scripts (Startup/Shudown) -> Startup) with the command from the previous section, or use the capabilities of Group Policy Preferences (to do this, all computers with XP must have the KB943729 update, which ensures GPP works on computers with XP).

    To do this, in the section Computer Configuration -> Preferences -> Windows Settings -> Registry let's create new element(New -> Registry Item) with parameters:

    Action: Update Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

    Key Path: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

    ValueName:DisableEOSNotification

    Value Data: 1

    It remains to extend the policy to machines with XP. To make the policy apply only to PCs running Windows XP, you can add the appropriate .

    Information. According to NetMarketShare, Windows XP is still the second most popular Windows operating system in the world with a share of 28.5% (Windows 7 is in first place with 47.3%, Windows 8/8.1 is in third place with 10.8%). Interestingly, only about 10.7% of site visitors use Windows XP.

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