Windows XP SP2 Support Ends Tomorrow

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Windows XP SP2 Support Ends Tomorrow 251

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday July 12, 2010 @09:37AM from the better-get-patching dept.

Vectormatic writes "As can be seen on the product page for Windows XP, support for SP2 ends tomorrow, while the majority of Windows XP users still haven't upgraded to SP3. This could open up millions of users/businesses to exploitation, since security updates for SP2 will stop coming in while security fixes to SP3 may clue hackers in to vulnerabilities."

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Is SP3 the one with the bigger GBs? (Score:5, Funny)

by GigsVT ( 208848 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2010 @09:44AM (#32873906) Journal

Is it 3G and does it have the wifis?

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Re:Note (Score:5, Funny)

by fuzzyfuzzyfungus ( 1223518 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2010 @09:46AM (#32873916) Journal

Luckily, XP x64 was always basically immune anyway. It's pretty hard to get 0wn3d when you can't find a NIC driver...

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Re:Citation on the 50% number (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday July 12, 2010 @10:28AM (#32874360)

Nice to know that 50% is a "vast majority" :)

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Re:Astonishing (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday July 12, 2010 @10:40AM (#32874474)

Well, if it was loose, you should definitely corral it. Having loose data running around is dangerous. You could lose an eye or something.

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Re:Oh Noes!!! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday July 12, 2010 @10:52AM (#32874580)

It turned me into a newt!

Well I got better...

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Re:Oh Noes!!! (Score:3, Funny)

by localman57 ( 1340533 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2010 @11:08AM (#32874748)

What a BS! I tried SP3, but it messed up my website. For some strange reason all the text I entered got posted twice :(
Crap! Is that what causes that?
Crap! Is that what causes that?

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Re:Huh? (Score:5, Funny)

by fyngyrz ( 762201 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2010 @11:12AM (#32874792) Homepage Journal

"you can't firewall stupidity"

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Is SP3 the one with the bigger GBs? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Note (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Citation on the 50% number (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Astonishing (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Oh Noes!!! (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Oh Noes!!! (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Huh? (Score:5, Funny)

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