Good Afternoon One et al........
Whilst not having posted for a while (years??) I have pretty much enjoyed lurking and reading posts here on an almost daily basis. I knew that eventually another topic may well come up that I might be able to make comment on, that I actually have a little knowledge on.
And today it has come to pass.........
WRT Windows XP. Etended support finished Apr 2014, however as has been mentioned upstream UK government splashed the cash and got an extension to provide support from Microsoft for an extra period of time.
Microsoft also sells (sold) another product - Windows PosReady2009 - a spin off from Windows Embedded 2009.
Windows Embedded Standard 2009. This product is an updated release of the toolkit and componentized version of Windows XP. It was originally released in 2008; and Extended Support will end on Jan. 8, 2019.
Windows Embedded POSReady 2009. This product for point-of-sale devices reflects the updates available in Windows Embedded Standard 2009. It was originally released in 2009, and extended support will end on April 9, 2019.
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/window ... -embedded/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It has been possible and well documented how editing the registry in WinXP will gain xp users the posready critical updates till April 9th 2019.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/registry-h ... indows-xp/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Thogh to be fair just because people out there have applied this to the registry and have been recieving updates, as Microsoft says these updates were never tested on Win XP machines only embedded XP systems.
This would suggest to me that the Wiondows XP architecture and Posready 2009 are if not identical then fairly similar enough to have allowed Microsoft to lump xp and xp embedded into the same security patch they released earlier today, as they say:-
Customers can now download security updates for Windows Server 2003 SP2 x64, Windows Server 2003 SP2 x86, Windows XP SP2 x64, Windows XP SP3 x86, Windows XP Embedded SP3 x86, Windows 8 x86, and Windows 8 x64.
Will continue to keep reading and who knows maybe comment again soon........
Kind Regards.