The End is Near for Windows XP

Support Ending April 8

From an article on CNN.com

On April 8, Windows XP's life is coming to an end.  On that day, Microsoft will stop issuing security updates to the 12-year-old operating system and it will cease nearly all technical support as well.

You wouldn't think that killing off an operating system that debuted in the first year of the Bush administration would ruffle too many feathers, but an amazing 29 percent of computers across the globe are still running Windows XP, according to NetMarketShare.  That makes it the world's second most widely used operating system, just behind Windows 7.

Microsoft's plan to end support for XP doesn't mean that a third of the world's PCs will just stop functioning on April 8 - but there are some very real consequences of continuing to use the operating system.

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