XP retired into 50 days countdown

Source: Internet
Author: User
Keywords Microsoft 2003 xp retired
[Guide] After April 8, Microsoft will officially stop its service support for XP systems, including Office 2003. Currently visiting Microsoft's official website in China, you can see a hint about the impending retirement of XP. Morning News (reporter ms) Microsoft Windows XP system retired into the 50-day countdown. It is understood that after April 8, Microsoft will officially stop the XP system, including Office 2003 service Support, Microsoft's official website for XP users of the proposal is to change a new computer, because only a handful of XP computers can support the direct upgrade to Microsoft's latest Windows8.1 system. However, the data show that China's XP system users as high as 200 million, so XP "retired" attracted high attention. At present, Internet users visit Microsoft China's official website to find that "Microsoft's support for Windows XP will end on April 8, 2014." Do not use a prompt that is not protected. According to Microsoft officials, if you continue to use XP after the end of the support, although the computer can still work, it may be more vulnerable to security risks and virus attacks. In addition, because more software and hardware manufacturers have updated their products, a large number of applications and devices will not be available in XP. It is understood that since 2001, XP operating system has been working continuously for 12 years, is the longest operating system so far. Data show that the global market share of XP accounted for about 25%, and China's XP market share of up to 70%. XP retired, what should users do? On Microsoft's official website: Only a handful of older computers can be upgraded to Microsoft's latest Windows 8.1 system, and users can download upgrade assistants to see if their computers can be upgraded. So Microsoft advises most users to buy a new computer and says the computer is much cheaper than it was 10 years ago. Microsoft's recommendations were hit by a number of users. The ZDC Internet Research Center focused on the impact of the incident on users. Research results show that 80% of users know the story, but still have 60% user said XP stop service will continue to use, which is not accustomed to the new system is the majority of users adhere to the main reason for the use of XP. For this phenomenon, China's security companies seem to play a "ferry" role. 360 yesterday, said that if XP hackers found serious loopholes can not be patched, the vast number of netizens and enterprises and institutions of computers will face Trojan virus infection, sensitive information leakage, and even business systems and production systems can not run the risk of normal operation. As a result, 360 will continue to protect XP after April 8, and provide protection against the emerging vulnerabilities of XP until XP truly exits the stage of history.
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