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   Sjouke Burry  wrote in news:Xns9FD91C73F5C63sjoukeburrysoesterbe@   
   213.75.12.10:   
      
   > poachedeggs  wrote in news:6d1c3f96-cb41-   
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   > b282-34042063409f@t30g2000vbx.googlegroups.com:   
   >   
   >> I read yesterday that though the Updates will stop for XP in April   
   >> 2014 downgrading from Windows 7 (for whatever reason someone would do   
   >> this) will be enabled till 2020 and therefore it won't be 'obsolete'   
   >> till 2020. I can't remember if this was Wikipedia or some 50/50   
   >> reliable site. I knew about the 2014 thing but what should it mean in   
   >> practice that there will be no security updates from source? I often   
   >> see Windows 98 used in doctor's surgeries, through the windows of   
   >> pizza places and so on, sometimes in online situations and sometimes   
   >> not. Will it be that banks and the like will have to get shot of XP in   
   >> the run up to 2014 or are Microsoft's own security measures   
   >> overemphasised? Would it be stupid to be online up to 2020 using XP or   
   >> are the patches more of a precaution than anything?   
   >>   
   > I still use dos 6.22, win3.11 for workgroups, and win98.   
   > (besides my internetbuggy on xp pro).   
   > The 2014 thing just means that from then on, your XP   
   > will be stable, as long as it has a computer to run on,   
   > and M$ stops de-stabelizing the computer weekly..   
   > It might be smart, to search the web for a sreamlined boot   
   > cd recipe.   
   > Support stopping does not disable your computer(yet).   
   >   
   > I have streamlined xp and SP2 and and downloaded the big   
   > sp3 executables,WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe and   
   > xpsp3_5512.080413-2113_usa_x86fre_spcd.iso.   
   > The last one a CD, is a general purpose updater for comp clusters.   
   > So  I say, let M$ do its worst.   
   > I only wonder, when will they stop providing the activation   
   > routine.   
   > If they stop that they might be the target of a big class action.   
   > Hmm... google "save activation" ? Its suppoost te be a file   
   somewhere....   
   >   
   Ah! c:\windows\system32\wpa.dbl and wpa.bak.   
   put them on a floppy,together with autoexec.nt and config.nt   
   residing there!   
      
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