Microsoft extends support life of XP

[lywyre]

MICROSOFT HAS PROMISED to provide support services for its soon-to-be-retired Windows XP until 2014 because too many of its key business users are still running the ageing OS.

Source: http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/06/25/vole-extends-support-life-xp

[Indyan]

Gotta feel for Microsoft. This just goes to show that although the adoption rate of vista has increased over the past year, many people (esp enterprises) are extremely reluctant to use Vista.

[New]

Thanks for the news..XP rocks!

[MetalheadGautham]

quite obvious. enterprises can't afford to continuously upgrade hardware every 3 years. Their budget is more like one low cost upgrade every 15 years or so.

Thats why Enterprises need to switch to ***** based Thin Client setups.

Finally, its quite heartening to see that M$ did decide to extend support for WindowsXP.

[gxsaurav]

Their budget is more like one low cost upgrade every 15 years or so.

Lolz....beta, Enterprise main aakar kaam karo, upgrade cycle maloom ho jayega :D

Microsoft : Damned if they do, damned if they don't.

if they support XP, People say Vista sux, if they don't support XP people say MS is evil

[Pat]

Lolz....beta, Enterprise main aakar kaam karo, upgrade cycle maloom ho jayega :D


I am working in an enterprise too beta..jara mujhe bataa what did you find so funny?

Microsoft : Damned if they do, damned if they don't.

if they support XP, People say Vista sux, if they don't support XP people say MS is evilTheir extending support for XP clearly re-iterates the fact that business users aka Enterprises are not yet ready to up(down?)grade to vista.Period.

[MetalheadGautham]

Lolz....beta, Enterprise main aakar kaam karo, upgrade cycle maloom ho jayega :D

Microsoft : Damned if they do, damned if they don't.

if they support XP, People say Vista sux, if they don't support XP people say MS is evil
Dude, I am talking about small time enterprises, not offices of Reliance or Tata. Small as in the local retail outlet, the next door real estate agent, etc.

And when the F did I say vista sux *compared* to XP ? Even I advice people to go and get Vista instead of XP if they are buying an OS for their computer which is of today's standards. I myself will buy vista and not xp if I ever need to buy an OS for my family's use (There is always an array of 10000 distros out there for me, just waiting to be experimented with:D)

[CadCrazy]

Is forum mein kaun kaun hai jo MS support use karta hai :D

[praka123]

^try a poll

[Indyan]

if they support XP, People say Vista sux, if they don't support XP people say MS is evil
Them having to extend Xp's support repeatedly shows that something is wrong with Vista. You just cant deny that.
This is in fact unprecedented. When XP came out, yes it was more heavy on the system that 98 yet it didnt experience teething problems like Vista.
Vista should in fact do well, given that it was delayed by a almost a couple of years and there was a long gap between XP and Vista.
Yet, XP is not yet outdated and Vista is not the bleeding edge futuristic OS everyone hoped it would be. The advantages of Vista are simply not significant enough to make the upgrade compelling.
And that does imply, Vista is not the outstanding product MS claimed (and hoped) it would be.

[gary4gar]

XP is here to stay.....as still thousands of machines are running released decade ago, its name was windows 98. even i use it in our college, it runs on 32mb RAM.

So Xp will also not die anytime soon

[NucleusKore]

Good news for genuine users like myself. We will continue to get updates.

[CadCrazy]

Good news for genuine users like myself. We will continue to get updates.
Would you like to share your genuine key. I just want to compare it with my genuine one :D

[MetalheadGautham]

Good news for genuine users like myself. We will continue to get updates.
you use Windows XP Home right ? Can you tell me any differences from Windows XP Professional and Home ?

[gargtush]

you use Windows XP Home right ? Can you tell me any differences from Windows XP Professional and Home ?

i knw one..

"gpedit.msc"

[krates]

Would you like to share your genuine key. I just want to compare it with my genuine one :D

mee too :p

[Indyan]

you use Windows XP Home right ? Can you tell me any differences from Windows XP Professional and Home ?


See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP_editions#Home_and_Professional

[FilledVoid]

Somehow I think everyone knew this was coming. Definitely Enterprises don't wait that long to roll out their new hardware and it definitely isnt going to be a low cost one. But definitely upgrades would hit a nerve if it were every other year.

By the way Thin clients are rather a concept than being OS based. You can have thin clients on pretty much any platform.

[MetalheadGautham]

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP_editions#Home_and_Professional
Is Windows Vista also like this ?
XP Home looks sooo damn perfect now :D
It has just enough things to run games and be done with it.

But I hear Windows Vista does not have a Gamer's Edition:(

[FilledVoid]

But I hear Windows Vista does not have a Gamer's Edition

I'm quite new to the gaming arena so Im not sure about this, Is there an OS with a gaming edition out there? Also One of Vistas Strong points (As per ads) is performace of premium games on the Vista Platform I recall.

Source :http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/default.aspx Click Play Games.

[MetalheadGautham]

I'm quite new to the gaming arena so Im not sure about this, Is there an OS with a gaming edition out there? Also One of Vistas Strong points (As per ads) is performace of premium games on the Vista Platform I recall.

Source :http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/default.aspx Click Play Games.
By gaming edition, I mean an OS which is basically meant to just satisfy gaming needs.
No extra stuff, no bloat. Only gaming performance. And ofcourse, since the use won't be anything ecept gaming, price must also be very less.

As for Vista's strong point on gaming, its a joke really. By premium games, they mean DirectX 10. And only vista's premium editions support this. So obviously only these OSes can run those games well.

Most guys like me, who use another OS for practically anything and everything except gaming, need windows mainly for satisfying these er... "childish" desires.

Unfortunately, the Vista Home Basic edition is just TOO basic. It lacks DirectX. While at the same time, Windows XP Home sold a lot because it had everything families needed - it could play the latest games, it could ensure that there were not too many restrictions between users, since home use didn't need that, it was sleek and fast.

No wonder my friend, who triple boots Windows XP Home, Windows Professional and Windows XP MCE, uses Home for gaming. He was talking about high Frames Per Second in Home compared to pro and mce, but I laughed at him saying Windows XP is always the same. Now I guess I need to eat my words. :oops:

[Indyan]

There is no official gamer edition. But stripped down editions of vista termed gamers edition are available illegaly on warez and torrent sites.

[DigitDonz]

Like Vista's illegal cracked version, I have also seen some for Windows XP; Some thing such as Windows XP Royal Edition- Which comes in a DVD - Comes Pre-installed with,

:) Microsoft Office Enterprise Edition 2007
:) Adobe Design Premium CS3
:) Nero 8
:) Corel Draw X4 Graphics Suite
:) Norton 360

and many more essential tiny softwares...


All You get for as low as Rs. 50/- a Single DVD Pack.:p:o:p

[NucleusKore]

Looks like I'm late for an answer, and no I cannot share my key. Now have any of you tried to create more than four partitions in Vista Starter edition?

[azaad_shri75]

2014:p sound good, as I was in no mood to upgrade to vista, then we can go for windows 7:rolleyes:

[casanova]

Actually, I am sad that Microsoft is increasing the support for XP. Now, my productivity takes a beating while using xp @ office.

[ax3]

& this HAD 2 happen ...... XP is still prefered ......


@DigitDonz ....... cool .....

[gxsaurav]

As for Vista's strong point on gaming, its a joke really. By premium games, they mean DirectX 10. And only vista's premium editions support this. So obviously only these OSes can run those games well.

No, Wrong. Even Windows Vista home basic has full support to run Crysis in DirectX 10 mode with full performance. DirectX 10 support is common to all Vista editions.

Unfortunately, the Vista Home Basic edition is just TOO basic. It lacks DirectX.

LOLZ....stop calling yourself a techie from this moment. I publically declare u an idiot. Mods, ban me if u like for calling him an Idiot but he is when he says that "Windwos lacks directX"

[mastermunj]

long live xp :)

[FilledVoid]

@MetalheadG: Unfortunately, the Vista Home Basic edition is just TOO basic. It lacks DirectX. While at the same time, Windows XP Home sold a lot because it had everything families needed - it could play the latest games, it could ensure that there were not too many restrictions between users, since home use didn't need that, it was sleek and fast.

Please write your source or where you got this info cause I am amazed you even made that up. Please don't quote uncyclopedia either. Thanks.

[iNFiNiTE]

A good news for all those Windows XP users out there. As Indyan rightly pointed out that atm upgrading to Vista is not that attractive option, coz XP is useful and efficient enough to satisfy an avg Joe's needs. I have seen people still using 98 on old hardware just because they dont find the need to upgrade to XP let alone Vista.

Maybe in the coming years, when HighEnd PCs as available today are more common and Vista is patched enough to offer decent performance, the acceptability may rise. Or who knows, If Windows 7 is released with all these desired characteristics, many would simply forget Vista :D


By gaming edition, I mean an OS which is basically meant to just satisfy gaming needs.
No extra stuff, no bloat. Only gaming performance. And ofcourse, since the use won't be anything ecept gaming, price must also be very less.

Was the above reply supposed to be funny? Do you seriously believe that there is a "so-called" gaming os which is available for lower prices?


As for Vista's strong point on gaming, its a joke really. By premium games, they mean DirectX 10. And only vista's premium editions support this. So obviously only these OSes can run those games well.

Oh really? Ever heard of something called "Games for windows" ? Heard that latest games like Halo2, Ghost Recon 2 etc were realeased for Vista? If not, then i would suggest you to search of vista compatiable games on net and you would certainly find a long list.


Unfortunately, the Vista Home Basic edition is just TOO basic. It lacks DirectX. While at the same time, Windows XP Home sold a lot because it had everything families needed - it could play the latest games, it could ensure that there were not too many restrictions between users, since home use didn't need that, it was sleek and fast.

Are you trying to joke here? If yes, then let me tell you that its not working. Vista supports DX10 if you are unaware sir. And here is the list of Directx 10 Games WHICH ARE SUPPORTED BY VISTA. Go read (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_with_DirectX_10_support)

[Garbage]

I'm quite new to the gaming arena so Im not sure about this, Is there an OS with a gaming edition out there?


Please check out this (http://ultimateedition.info/ubuntu_ultimate_gamers/) :D

[iNFiNiTE]

^^ It's not exactly what you call a 'Gaming OS' ;)

[d1g1t]

Xbox, PlayStation, Wii?

[Garbage]

It _IS_ gaming edition... ( at least they say ;) ). And IMO, filled-void said exactly that... ;)

Take it easy.... :D

[praka123]

XP (http://microsuck.com) ?I thought M$ (http://badvista.fsf.org) decided to stop the thing from this month?still milking the old cow? :twisted:

aah!feeling the pain from umpc market may be?as Linux (http://getgnulinux.org) reigns there?

[Pat]

^^ MS pulls XP from retail-shelves end of this month as originally planned!

[dheeraj_kumar]

XP Rules. One of the most stable OS ever. As for other editions...

Introducing Microsoft Windows 7 - Now, with 20% less BSODs!

[Jayanth.M.P]

Giving support to XP is a good decision by microsoft.....they are not selling more copies of XP, just ensuring that the customers (business / personal) who already bought XP get the benifit. Now why are people jumping on this again ?