As of April 14, 2009, free support from Microsoft for Windows XP will be laid to rest. Microsoft has officially stated that security patches and updates will continue for XP after that date.

Microsoft announced Tuesday that while it will move forward with its plans to discontinue sales of its Windows XP operating system, it will continue to provide support for the software for another six ...

Today marks the last day of official support for XP. So what does that mean for the aged operating system and its many steadfast users? Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a ...

Windows XP users will get another 18 months free of worry from security holes in Google’s Chrome browser. Google says it will support Chrome for Windows XP until at least April 2015, one year after ...

It should come as news to absolutely nobody: One year from yesterday — i.e. April 8, 2014 — the Extended Support period for Windows XP will end. What this means in concrete terms is that Microsoft ...

As planned, Microsoft Corp. will drop Windows XP out of what it calls “mainstream support” tomorrow, the company confirmed. “On April 14, Windows XP will transition from the mainstream support phase ...

When Windows 10 went out of support last month, roughly ten years after release, many were confused about whether to upgrade or keep running their existing iteration. Experts who recommended upgrading ...

You really, really need to dump Windows XP. No, really. 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 ...

Correction, 10:05 a.m. PDT April 8: This story misstated the type of support available after mainstream support ends next week. Under extended support, available for XP and business versions of Office ...

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Mozilla Corp. is considering dropping support for Windows 2000 and the earliest versions of XP when it ships the follow-up to Firefox 3.5 in 2010, online discussions show. In a series of messages on ...