Windows XP SP1 Support Ends Tuesday

Windows XP SP1 Support Ends Tuesday 372

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday October 10, 2006 @01:33AM from the cut-off dept.

tophee writes "ZDNet reports that support for Windows XP SP1 and SP1a will be ending this coming Tuesday. From the article: 'Microsoft will end support for Windows XP Service Pack 1 and SP1a on Tuesday, leaving people no option but to upgrade to Service Pack 2 if they wish to continue to receive crucial components, including security software.' Colin Barker of ZDNet notes, 'There's little reason for anyone to still be running SP1; SP2 contained a range of improvements to XP's security.'"

Windows XP SP1 Support Ends Tuesday

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They forgot the scare quotes (Score:5, Funny)

by Scareduck ( 177470 ) writes: on Tuesday October 10, 2006 @01:35AM (#16374571) Homepage Journal

around "security".

Re:And once again... (Score:5, Funny)

by pilgrim23 ( 716938 ) writes: on Tuesday October 10, 2006 @01:41AM (#16374613)

I always figure that end of support meant Microsoft determined they finally got it right, and why mess with perfection? SP2 otoh is still a work in progress...and does it need more work...

Windows98 (Score:5, Funny)

by VincenzoRomano ( 881055 ) writes: on Tuesday October 10, 2006 @01:43AM (#16374627) Homepage Journal

Well, Windows 98 had a much longer life!
Was it a better ... ehm ... operating system?

Re:Heh (Score:2, Funny)

by LordEd ( 840443 ) writes: on Tuesday October 10, 2006 @01:45AM (#16374637)

Well, you'll at least get told to RTFM for a lot longer than Windows.

Re:Heh (Score:5, Funny)

by Kris_J ( 10111 ) * writes: on Tuesday October 10, 2006 @01:53AM (#16374681) Homepage Journal

I gave up on linux when the device drivers for one device needed a version of the kernel no later than X and the device drivers for a different device needed a version of the kernel at least as new as Y, where X was less than Y.

Re:Dialup (Score:5, Funny)

by bassgoonist ( 876907 ) writes: <{moc.liamg} {ta} {ecurb.m.noraa}> on Tuesday October 10, 2006 @02:14AM (#16374799) Journal

I set my grandparent's computer to autoupdate...they got SP2 after about 4 months of less than an hour a day average online time iirc.

Re:Windows what? (Score:3, Funny)

by Jugalator ( 259273 ) writes: on Tuesday October 10, 2006 @03:01AM (#16375033) Journal

What, are you living in a castle? :-p

Re:Lots of people still use W98... (Score:3, Funny)

by jesterpilot ( 906386 ) writes: on Tuesday October 10, 2006 @04:34AM (#16375395) Homepage

Obsolesence is a good reason to stick with W98. Modern malware is not compatible with it.

Ending support? (Score:2, Funny)

by gareth.fletcher ( 855305 ) writes: on Tuesday October 10, 2006 @05:33AM (#16375655)

When did it ever start?

Re:They'll prise Win2K from my cold dead hands. (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday October 10, 2006 @11:29AM (#16378405)

"Least bad version of Windows ever."

There, I fixed that for you.

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They forgot the scare quotes (Score:5, Funny)

Re:And once again... (Score:5, Funny)

Windows98 (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Heh (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Heh (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Dialup (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Windows what? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Lots of people still use W98... (Score:3, Funny)

Ending support? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:They'll prise Win2K from my cold dead hands. (Score:1, Funny)

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