On 14/06/2018 22:27, none wrote:
Got an Averatec 3150P laptop still running XP Pro after 15 years,
maybe because I only drag it out nowadays on or maybe shortly after
Patch Tuesday to see if it still boots up and can snag whatever
updates are available. I was doing this via the registry hack that
spoofed XP Imbedded and POSReady 2009 (the one that promised updates
until next year). This worked fine until some event-don't recall
exactly what now-prompted Microsoft to temporarily resume updating XP
a little while back. Last updates I successfully got were at the end
of March (little late updating that month and have slacked off
since). Anyway, we're back to the eternal "searching for updates"
issue and Microsoft Security Essentials, which HAD started working
again, now won't update even after searching overnight. Any ideas as
to where I should go from here? Really would like to get those last
few months of updates that hack promised.

Why bother with updates on that clunker. It is insecure as it is and no
amount of updates is going to secure it. Just use it and be happy until
you can afford to buy a new machine or until you drop dead.

You must be the oldest person on these newsgroups.

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