WinXP Support Expiration

Hi,
A friend told me that Microsoft will stop WinXP support in early 2014.
What that means (in part), if you have to re-install WinXP because of a hard
disk drive failure (common problem) or a "fouled up" system after that date,
you may not be able to "activate" the new installation of WinXP.

If you want to keep your computer(s) with WinXP "running" beyond that
date, I highly recommend that you back up your "system" with a hard disk
"image" copy to an external drive.

Also, I have several old Win98se/Winxp dual boot computers. I use
WINZIP in Win98 (logical drive C to "zip" up logical drive D: with WinXP.
Next, I save, "WinXP-D.ZIP" (filename I use) to a USB flash drive.

John

On 10 Jun 2012, wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

A friend told me that Microsoft will stop WinXP support in
early 2014.
What that means (in part), if you have to re-install WinXP because
of a hard disk drive failure (common problem) or a "fouled up"
system after that date, you may not be able to "activate" the new
installation of WinXP.

A quote I found, supposedly directly from a Microsoft spokesman:

"The end of Windows XP support will not affect activation, but rather
security updates and phone/online technical support."

On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 12:29:41 -0400, wrote:


A friend told me that Microsoft will stop WinXP support in early 2014.


Your friend is right with respect to the year, but wrong with respect
to the "early."


It's *August* 2014. See
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecyc...=en-gb&c2=1173


What that means (in part), if you have to re-install WinXP because of a hard
disk drive failure (common problem) or a "fouled up" system after that date,
you may not be able to "activate" the new installation of WinXP.


And that's not correct at all. I don't have a citation handy, but
Microsoft has said that that will not happen.


If you want to keep your computer(s) with WinXP "running" beyond that
date, I highly recommend that you back up your "system" with a hard disk
"image" copy to an external drive.


That's always a good thing to do, regardless of the support or
activation situation. But there's no reason why it's more important
when 8/2014 comes around.

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP

In message , "Ken Blake,
MVP" writes:
On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 12:29:41 -0400, wrote:
[]
What that means (in part), if you have to re-install WinXP because of a hard
disk drive failure (common problem) or a "fouled up" system after that date,
you may not be able to "activate" the new installation of WinXP.


And that's not correct at all. I don't have a citation handy, but
Microsoft has said that that will not happen.
[]
In fact, it is frequently claimed that it will be made self-activatable.
This is mostly, I suspect, wishful thinking - I haven't seen anyone
actually quote a source for it.
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wrote:
Hi,
A friend told me that Microsoft will stop WinXP support in early 2014.
What that means (in part), if you have to re-install WinXP because of a hard
disk drive failure (common problem) or a "fouled up" system after that date,
you may not be able to "activate" the new installation of WinXP.

If you want to keep your computer(s) with WinXP "running" beyond that
date, I highly recommend that you back up your "system" with a hard disk
"image" copy to an external drive.

Also, I have several old Win98se/Winxp dual boot computers. I use
WINZIP in Win98 (logical drive C to "zip" up logical drive D: with WinXP.
Next, I save, "WinXP-D.ZIP" (filename I use) to a USB flash drive.

John


I have one suggestion for you.

It may seem odd, but humor me.

Keep a copy of IE8 handy.

IE8-WindowsXP-x86-ENU.exe 16,883,056 bytes

I was not able to activate WinXP the other day (after a repair install),
until I installed IE8, activated, then uninstalled IE8. It has something
to do with local scripting permissions, something I tried to fix manually
but did not succeed.

So if you want to keep that copy of WinXP running (as activation
servers are supposed to continue running), you may need to resort
to IE8 temporarily, to avoid a local scripting issue. Then, you
can remove it if you like. But that's only going to work, as long
as you can get that copy of IE8.

Paul

On 10 Jun 2012, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

In fact, it is frequently claimed that it will be made
self-activatable. This is mostly, I suspect, wishful thinking - I
haven't seen anyone actually quote a source for it.

It would save everybody, Microsoft and the public, a lot of anguish if
it did.

On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 22:19:09 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message , "Ken Blake,
MVP" writes:
On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 12:29:41 -0400, wrote:
[]
What that means (in part), if you have to re-install WinXP because of a hard
disk drive failure (common problem) or a "fouled up" system after that date,
you may not be able to "activate" the new installation of WinXP.


And that's not correct at all. I don't have a citation handy, but
Microsoft has said that that will not happen.
[]
In fact, it is frequently claimed that it will be made self-activatable.
This is mostly, I suspect, wishful thinking - I haven't seen anyone
actually quote a source for it.


Right. "Claimed" is correct: I am almost sure that Microsoft never
said that.

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP