Registry Hack Enables Continued Updates For Windows XP 322
DroidJason1 (3589319) writes "A registry workaround, which tricks Windows Update into thinking you are running Windows Embedded POSReady 2009, allows you to get free security updates until 2019. All you need is a simple 32bit or 64bit registry entry in order to make this work. POSReady 2009 is slated to receive security updates for another five years. Microsoft ended support for Windows XP on April 8th of 2014."
Are you kidding me? (Score:5, Funny)
There's something called "Windows Embedded Piece Of Shit Ready 2009"?
Re:Excellent (Score:5, Funny)
THERE ARE FOUR UPDATES!!!
Re:Are you kidding me? (Score:4, Funny)
He said duty.
Re:Excellent (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Excellent (Score:5, Funny)
I'm not.
I'm also scared by the fact that this was aired 22 years ago.
Re:Excellent (Score:3, Funny)
There's a new Battlestar Galactica? Disney came out with their Kimba movie starring Matthew Broderick? Wow, the future is AWESOME! Did they bring back Dr. Who?
Re:Excellent (Score:5, Funny)
I think if your a company that relies on XP (not the POS edition) and you haven't isolated them on a special - no internet vlan - you have bigger issues than making sure your XP machine has security updates.
I thought all editions of Windows XP deserved the monicker POS?
(Note to the humor-impaired: Chill out, dude. At least I'm not making jokes about your pretend girlfriend, right?)
Re:New Critical XP Update... (Score:5, Funny)
Yo dawg, I... can't be bothered.
Re:Excellent (Score:5, Funny)
I thought all editions of Windows XP deserved the monicker POS?
(Note to the humor-impaired: Chill out, dude. At least I'm not making jokes about your pretend girlfriend, right?)
My pretend girlfriend runs Windows XP - sigh.
Re:Excellent (Score:5, Funny)
I was born closer to the first moon landing than to today. That's because I was born on the other side of it. Hell, I was born closer to WWII than to today. And in another year I'll be able to say that about WWI.
Kids. Get off my lawn.