From: sctvguy1@invalid.net   
      
   On 2015-06-28 21:04:37 -0500, ~misfit~ said:   
      
   > Once upon a time on usenet ~misfit~ wrote:   
   >> Once upon a time on usenet ~misfit~ wrote:   
   >>> Once upon a time on usenet Robert Grimes wrote:   
   >> [snipped]   
   >>>> Google the Windows XP hack script.  It will allow you to get updates   
   >>>> until 2019.  I did this on both an old Dell that had XP SP3 and also   
   >>>> my VirtualBox install of XP on my Linux machine.   
   >>>   
   >>> Thanks for that, will look into it. :)   
   >>   
   >> So it took me a while but I recently looked into this. You say that   
   >> you've done this - Can I ask if all's going well on those machines?   
   >>   
   >> I'm being extra-careful as this T60 laptop running XP is my main   
   >> machine used for email etc. and as such is 'mission-critical'.   
   >   
   > Sorry, forgot to mention the main reason I'm asking you is that all the   
   > articles I can find on this 'mod' are over a year old so want to be   
   > sure it won't disable parts of my install that aren't typically seen in   
   > an embedded system.   
   >   
   > As a few articles I read said MS weren't happy that people were doing   
   > this I wondered if they'd found a way to push an update that would make   
   > life hard for those who have done it.   
   >   
   > Cheers,   
      
   So far, there have been no problems.  I am running this hack on an old   
   Dell Dimension tower, and on my XP VirtualMachine on Linux.  Microsoft   
   cannot really do anything to you, for all they know, you might be   
   running this on a point of sale machine!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)