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Some twelve-and-a-half years after Windows XP first went on sale, Microsoft is turning off support for the operating system. From 8 April there'll be no further free updates or security patches ...

An old machine running Windows XP (or Vista, I guess). This point is probably obvious, but for the sake of completionism, I'm including it. Fast track to Windows 10 upgrade.

Today is the 20th anniversary of Windows XP, and although the operating system reached the end of support in 2014, way too many people continue to use the insecure version of Windows.

In 2007, Windows Vista — the successor to XP — was released. It was considered an inferior, bloated and unusable system by many commentators, including Time magazine .

The best way for Windows XP customers to protect their systems is to upgrade to a more modern operating system, like Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. In short, you use the updates at your own risk.

Windows XP was great, and many users still love the operating system, but…it’s more than a decade old. At the rate technology evolves, that makes Windows XP a near-relic.

This will run the program in Windows XP Compatibility mode. Click "Next" to continue. Select "Yes, save these settings for the program" and click "Close the troubleshooter" to close the window.

Windows XP Installation data: In order to install windows on your new virtual machine, you’ll need your Windows XP installation disc, or a downloaded .ISO file with the data that comes on that disc.

N E W   Y O R K, Oct. 25 -- With its big-budget launch of Windows XP, Microsoft is partying like it's 1995. But with the economy struggling and personal computer sales dipping, will consumers ...