It sounds like a grace period: From April 8, 2017 onwards, Windows XP will no longer be supported with updates and security patches. A change to one of the successors such as Windows 7 or Windows 8 is advisable. Microsoft is currently announcing this by press release, and at the same time warns of the general dangers that a twelve-year-old operating system entails. These encapsulate dwindling hardware support and increased malware risk.
Windows XP was released on October 21, 2001, and is based on a "long-overdue security architecture". One such is susceptible to current malware, practically a found food for their programmers. Oliver Gürtler, head of the Windows business unit at Microsoft Deutschland, says, "Windows XP is an end-of-life model, which leaves the IT security and all sensitive data - whether as a company or a private individual - at a considerable risk
Microsoft reported in October 2012 that Windows XP compared to Windows 7 in a certain period of time twice as often as the target of cybercriminals. In addition to the overhead of the cleanup, "increased maintenance costs of IT, paid support for software applications, and often lost productive working hours due to increased help desk requests and necessary reboots" are the key to a change.
Microsoft actually wanted Windows XP two years ago. Due to the immense distribution, especially in companies, the Redmonder had extended the period from 2011 to 2017. According to Microsoft, according to Windows XP surveys of NetApplications, 38.7 percent of all computers worldwide still run. Only Windows 7 is stronger with 45 percent. The new Windows 8, according to the analyst service despite the sale of 60 million Windows 8 licenses at only five percent. Anyone who wants to switch between Windows 7 and Windows 8 should take a look at our editorial recommendation.
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