Windows XP updates?
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This is way out of scope for this forum but...
There is an old PC running Windows XP here. It runs some programs that don't work on any later Windows versions.
Anyway, the other day I shut it down at night. Only it did not shut down immediately as is normal. No, it started to update itself. 6 updates, took nearly an hour. Then it shut down.
Well, I thought this was a bit odd. XP has been unsupported for a year or more. As far as I know there are no updates for XP any more.
Searching on the net I find there are some registry hacks that can extract recent XP updates. But for sure there has been no registry hacks going on here.
Anyone have any idea what has happened here?
Was that a batch of legit recent XP updates. Or have we been hacked badly?
There is an old PC running Windows XP here. It runs some programs that don't work on any later Windows versions.
Anyway, the other day I shut it down at night. Only it did not shut down immediately as is normal. No, it started to update itself. 6 updates, took nearly an hour. Then it shut down.
Well, I thought this was a bit odd. XP has been unsupported for a year or more. As far as I know there are no updates for XP any more.
Searching on the net I find there are some registry hacks that can extract recent XP updates. But for sure there has been no registry hacks going on here.
Anyone have any idea what has happened here?
Was that a batch of legit recent XP updates. Or have we been hacked badly?
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That's fine until one of those updates bricks the thing. Or causes the old software it is used for to not run any more.
I must find a way to migrate this OS into a VM before that old PC expires or the killer update comes down the pipe.
And you can't imagine how much time is wasted in my robotics class for the kids' laptops to install their automatic upgrades.
-Phil
My real problem is that my hardware outlasts Microsoft's support cycle, and I don't see any reason to buy more hardware just because the OS is no longer supported.
Apple seems to provide support and upgrades until your hardware finally fails.