You probably already know, but Windows XP goes out of support on April 8th

Post by **Denyer** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 5:27 pm

So it'd be a very good idea to avoid using any machines still running it for online banking, shopping or email (which shopping sites are usually linked to) -- antivirus and firewalls alone won't be enough.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows ... pport.aspx

Now's the time to stage interventions with people who aren't aware of this sort of stuff.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 7:20 am

This will be the ultimate nightmare project to complete:

http://www.neowin.net/news/uk-governmen ... xp-support

Interventions should have started months if not longer ago. At work, we spent the last year phasing out XP boxes. After a year of new machines setups and OS upgrades, we finished yesterday beating out the deadline.

I never realized how deeply embedded it was through out the various academic units until faced with the challenge of clearing it up.

Slayer-Fan123 · Post by **Slayer-Fan123** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 8:36 am

Man, XP has been around forever...

Post by **Clay** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 3:49 pm

But what about Windows Millennium?

Post by **Denyer** » Sun Apr 06, 2014 3:26 pm

I think we've got to assume any WinMe boxes collapsed under the weight of malware whilst that OS was still in support, TBH.

Mood music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Sf4ryFP7w When the fires of hell see the world ignite / Gonna light the cigar I've been waiting to light --Ginger

Jim wrote:This will be the ultimate nightmare project to complete:

I'd be surprised if much changes for them this year -- the cost is a pittance compared to the time investment in replacing ordinary kit, nevermind stuff that's XP-specific. Depends what they can negotiate for the following period.

A few weeks ago most machines at [unspecified public sector organisation] were XP and I wouldn't expect that to have all been sorted by the 8th; the driver will be PSN re-inspection rather than the MS support cut-off date. Couple that with extremely outdated browser plugins and a reluctance to disable software execution from user profile folders because of the support overhead, and there are a few major ransomware-or-worse incidents waiting to happen.