Microsoft Pulling the Plug On Windows XP In Three Years

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Posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday July 12, 2011 @04:41PM from the kill-it-with-fire dept.

An anonymous reader wrote in with an article from myce. Microsoft will be discontinuing all support for Windows XP in Spring 2014. Coinciding with the announcement, Microsoft released a 1,000-day countdown gadget to help XP users pass the time until their IT departments get into gear. Maybe.

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by The MAZZTer ( 911996 ) writes: <.moc.liamg. .ta. .tzzagem.> on Tuesday July 12, 2011 @04:42PM (#36740014) Homepage

It can't help XP users pass the time since it requires Vista or 7!

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by 0123456 ( 636235 ) writes: on Tuesday July 12, 2011 @04:58PM (#36740346)

It can't help XP users pass the time since it requires Vista or 7!
Does it run in Wine?

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by RiscIt ( 95258 ) writes: on Tuesday July 12, 2011 @05:40PM (#36741122) Homepage Journal

It's just the killer app they need to get everyone to upgrade!

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