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With all the hoopla surrounding the end of support for XP, I decided to see what was available for an old Win2K system. The update errors out, but clicking on the FAQ there brings this[^] up. It appears that support for Win2K SP4 and WinXP SP3 are still ongoing. See, nothing to worry about! 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I was under the impression that if you installed XP on a PC today, you would continue to get all updates up to the last one that was released on 8 April, 2014. Is that not correct?
/ravi
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I believe that is true, but where are you going to buy a WinXP license?  Actually, it looks like eBay is the answer in case you were wondering.
Another interesting thing is the Microsoft Security Essentials. On my XP system, that program keeps popping up a message saying support for the OS has ended, which means MSE itself will no longer be updated. However, it is still receiving updated virus and spyware definitions - the last update came in about 4 hours ago.
To those of you shaking your heads, I do intend to update to a newer OS, but I need to buy a few hardware upgrades first. That has once again been delayed as we need to pay for my wife's upcoming knee surgery  .
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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I too noticed the MSE behavior this morning. They make it really annoying by using the 'at risk' red theme. I only have one 'on the metal' XP system and a few VMs/XP modes only used for testing.
I know of many people who are still happy with XP running on 8+ year old hardware. A lot of them will probably be looking for another AV solution instead of buying new systems.
Good luck with the surgery. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I think there was a post a week or so ago either here or in Insider News, that mentioned Microsoft would introduce a popup reminder, so I was expecting something like that, but I really hope it will eventually stop popping up. I agree, the red theme and icon with the X makes it even more annoying.
kmoorevs wrote: Good luck with the surgery
Thanks man. The MRI shows that there is no damage to any tendons or bone, but there is 'something' in there that they want to do a biopsy on. We are hoping for the best.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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kmoorevs wrote: It appears that support for Win2K SP4 and WinXP SP3 are still ongoing
The page I looked at didn't include XP SP3, so I'll have to downgrade to SP2 to get that continued support!
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... morphing into Sofia Vergara![^] (Short Video, SFW)
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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ahmed zahmed wrote: (Short Video, SFW)
Yeah, boob wraps without nipples, so must be SFW
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Don't forget the head wrap with the disappearing hair
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
I hold an A-7 computer expert classification, Commodore. I'm well acquainted with Dr. Daystrom's theories and discoveries. The basic design of all our ship's computers are JavaScript.
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Are nipples without boobs more SFW then?
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Nipples means topless - according to 21st century American media. 
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Damn! 
What if the women wear shirts with holes in them? There's got to be a loop-hole.
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ahmed zahmed wrote: SFW
Perhaps, but I need mindbleach.
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What the hell! 
But then I watched it again, and her hair color changed, no wait! her hair disappeared... huh... now feeling less scared.
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At least they're dogfooding. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Ummm... Maybe I'm misreading it, but I see an A- (down because of no Forward Secrecy)
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The A+ was for the site that does the testing, not CP...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Ooops...didn't notice that 
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Follow the link I posted. 5 A+.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I see 
Thanks for the pointer
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Thanks for the link! Used it to check my banks, all ok as far as that link can tell.
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Interesting.
I have just tested my own site, few more pointers than codeproject. Not sure if I could do anything about it, unless I change my SSL provider. 
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Glenn Thanks Guys!
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