XPost: alt.windows-xp, microsoft.public.windowsxp.general   
   From: hello.world@example.com   
      
   On 06/04/2014 16:58, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:   
   > In message , DK   
   >  writes:   
   >> Will *any* Windows/Microsoft Update work on XP?   
   >>   
   >> Will old updates and fixes still be available online or not?   
   >>   
   >> E.g., if I have a computer that was offline since 2009, would it be   
   >> possible to update it to 2014 in May 2014?   
   >>   
   >> Also, if I continue running XP, would I be able to get Office 2007   
   >> or .NET security fixes on it?   
   >>   
   >> Strange that such a basic info is hard to find...   
   >>   
   >> Any ideas?   
   >   
   > Current thinking is that the *update* servers will remain online for a   
   > while at least (and the activation ones); how long is anybody's guess,   
   > but taking a sort of average of what people are thinking, "at least a   
   > year" seems to be popular.   
   >   
   > The info. is hard to find as MS - quite understandably IMO - don't   
   > want to commit themselves. They _have_ specifically said that   
   > _definition_ updates for MSE (though not updates to MSE itself, or   
   > even MSE itself at all) will continue to be not only available but   
   > generated, until IIRR 2015.   
   >   
   > You _should_, therefore, be able to get the updates (including O2007   
   > and .net, inasmuch as those are available for XP at all). The one   
   > problem with your old PC is that the current version of Windows Update   
   > (well, the servers that serve it) won't work with IE6; I'm not sure   
   > when the later versions of IE came out, but if that was after 2009 (or   
   > you hadn't updated it), you'd have to get IE8 separately - which you   
   > can still do, it's just not automatic. (I'm not sure if the current WU   
   > works with IE7 - I think not.)   
      
      
   I suspect MS will release an activation patch sometimes next year when   
   it has a good knowledge of how many people are still using XP. The   
   already released patches since SP3 will remain online for sometime   
   because it takes time to remove all of them.   
      
      
      
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