Hack XP for Five Years of Patches
The hack is easy enough to implement by changing a value in the Registry in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\WPA\PosReady. Quite simply, this hack tricks Microsoft Update in XP to continue to providing updates for it. I am not going to get into actually actually doing the hack for a couple of reasons. First, you can find it all over by doing a simple Google search. And secondly, according to Microsoft, it might not be all it’s cracked up to be, and the company warns against it.
Microsoft Advising Against Hack
Microsoft learned about the popularity of this hack and issued the following statement to ZDNet: Microsoft ended support for XP this year, sans a recent update for an IE vulnerability. You might think this hack will provide security updates moving forward, and that’s better than none. However, as Microsoft states, it can end up making your system unstable as they aren’t meant for the consumer version of XP. If you are still a “hanger on” to XP, make sure to check out my article: Windows XP is About to Die, Now What which provides you will several things you can graduate to. And if you are still using XP on your primary computer, it’s just time to bite the bullet and upgrade to Windows 7 or 8.1. That’s the best advice we can give, since the newer versions are inherently more secure anyway. Also, if you are going to upgrade to a newer version of Windows, but haven’t yet done it. Check out these articles to help you through the process:
Windows XP is About to Die, Now What?How to Transfer Your Bookmarks from XP to ChromebookMoving on From XP? Collect Your Software Product Keys FirstMicrosoft is Giving Away PCmover Express to XP UsersFree Windows 7 Starter Guide for XP UsersHow to Upgrade from XP to Windows 8
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