![]() ![]() I've been trying to figure out when Microsoft switched its policy from pulling XP updates to pulling MSE entirely. ![]() Who knows, Microsoft may be able to extract yet another buck from its aging multi-multi-billion-dollar cash cow - the operating system that, more than any other product, made Microsoft what it is today. Even after XP goes EOL, there will be people and companies willing to pay a reasonable amount to keep their systems on life support. I believe Microsoft should reconsider its decision and continue to support MSE on XP systems by offering inexpensive subscriptions (say, $29 per year) for patches and MSE updates for XP. This new revelation takes the sting to a new level of hurt: Microsoft is pulling the rug out from under XP's MSE entirely. ![]() ![]() We've all been anticipating, with no small amount of dread, Microsoft's threat to stop updating MSE malware definitions for Windows XP on April 8. Although it isn't clear when the decision was made, the official end-of-support Web page now states, "Microsoft will also stop providing Microsoft Security Essentials for download on Windows XP on this date." With three months to go until April 8 and the end of support for Windows XP, Microsoft has dropped another nasty surprise. ![]()
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