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Microsoft no longer supports Windows XP…
Click here to read how Microsoft has finally retired support for Windows XP.
Who cares if Microsoft no longer supports Windows XP…
Click here to read how you can make Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1 look a lot like Windows XP anyway.
Look out for Killer Asteroids…
Click here to learn about the latest analysis regarding the frequency of Asteroid strikes on Earth.
About a year ago, I reviewed the update history on my main office PC. It was placed in service in June 2006 and runs XP Pro. I occasionally check the update history just to… Oh I don’t know, boredom, curiosity. A year ago after 40 months in service the answer is 380. If it had been older the number would have been even more since this one was commissioned after the release of SP1!
Today just 1 year later the count is 520 (512 successful, 6 failed, 2 skipped?).
UPDATE (10/18/2010): That was before the most recent “Update Tuesday” October 12th. The count is now up to 536!!!
I just reviewed the update history on my main office PC. It was placed in service in June 2006 and runs XP Pro. I wanted to check the update history after the most recent flurry of “security” updates. So I got curious to see how many it has had in total in the 3+ years it has been in service. There’s the answer 380. If it had been older the number would have been even more since this one was commissioned after the release of SP1!