Windows XP Dies Final Death As Embedded POSReady 2009 Reaches End of Life

'Extended support for Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 -- the last
supported version of Windows based on Windows XP -- ended on April 9,
2019, marking the final end of the Windows NT 5.1 product line after
17 years, 7 months, and 16 days. Counting this edition, Windows XP is
the longest-lived version of Windows ever -- a record which is
unlikely to be beaten.

Despite the nominal end of support for Windows XP five years ago, the
existence of POSReady 2009 allowed users to receive security updates
on Windows XP Home and Professional SP3 through the use of a registry
hack. Microsoft dissuaded users from doing this, stating that they "do
not fully protect Windows XP customers," though no attempt was
apparently made to prevent users from using this hack. With POSReady
reaching the end of support, the flow of these security updates will
likewise come to an end.'

-- source: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/19/04/10/0017208

Cheers, Peter
-- 
Peter Reutemann
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Waikato, NZ
+64 (7) 858-5174
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/
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