Hi, We all know that there are a LOT of PCs out there still running XP and they will continue to run XP for a considerable time for very very good reasons, but that all support for XP ends begining of April 2014 (40 days as of tday) and so no new updates will be done for XP beyond then. Gtkterm Alternative To Hyperterminal Of Windows. I wonder if anyone (espeially from Microsoft) knows what will happen to the Update service?

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Will it keep running so that existing updates are stil available, or will it just be switched off? If it is going to be switched off will Microsoft be releasing a downloadable 'roll-up' of all updates since SP3 (call it SP4 or SP3+ for arguments sake)? If it is not going to do this, then what has Microsoft to say to all those who will continue to need to rebuild XP machines (i.e.

Reinstall XP from scratch) because the applications and syem these systems run DO NOT run under 8 (now that Windows 7 has been killed as well)? As it is, if I rebuild an XP machine (a good example is one we have running a VERY VERY expensive spectrograph, the manufacturer of which no longer exists so we can only run it under XP) how do I apply all of the updates post SP3? Upgrading the machine to a later windows is not an option as that would mean throwing several tens of £K worth of spectrograph in the bin. Any ideas would be appreciated and a concrete answer from the horse's mouth (Microsoft) best of all. Regards George (P.S. When is Windows 8 going to be aborted?). Windows Update will continue to make available pre-April 8, 2014 updates for XP.

You should make a disk image of your XP machine(s) as of Apriul 8, 2014. You can then use that image to restore the machine should it somehow become corrupted. If you now have the ability to rebuild an XP machine, that implies that you have a genuine XP install CD of some variety. You should use that to create a slip-streamed install CD that incorporates sp3 and all post-sp3 updates (as of April 8, 2014). The following is a combination of advice from frequent contributor and me: I'd suggest slipstreaming your original XP installation CD with SP3 and all the patches and hotfixes which have been released.

That way, you don't have to keep downloading them again if things go pear-shaped. To slipstream your XP installation media, you need the following. • The original Windows XP installation CD. • A blank DVD-RW or DVD-R. • which is a free application which integrates SP3, patches, hotfixes etc. • a free CD burning tool to create the slipstreamed XP installation CD. • The • Sufficient space on your hard drive to copy the entire Windows XP installation CD to.

NLite works by extracting the contents of the SP3 installer and integrating them into the existing files which you copied from your Windows XP installation disc to a folder somewhere on your hard drive. The nLite site contains a step-by-step to guide you through the process of creating the reworked installation disc. IMGBurn is used to burn the files to a blank DVD-RW or DVD-R. You might want to wait until April 8 though since that will be the last Patch Tuesday after which support will cease. In addition to Xircal's list, you might consider adding a step 5a to collect the post-sp3 updates.

See -->Otherwise, after you get a system up and running with sp3 by using your slipstreamed sp3 installation CD, you'll have to visit Windows Update and download quite a lot of material. How To Install Cracked Games On Windows 8. Those updates will still be available through Windows Update after April 8, 2014. ----- LemP Community Moderator MS MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) 2006-2009 Microsoft Community Contributor (MCC) 2011-2012.

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