Registry hack enables continued updates for Windows XP

[zombie67]

http://www.zdnet.com/registry-hack-e...xp-7000029851/

Williams says that the hack, included just below, makes the system look like Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 which will continue to receive updated until April 9, 2019.

I have a bunch of windows XP VMs, and don't plan on ever moving them to a later version of windows. So this sounds like it could be promising. At least until msft figures out a way to block it.

Also, this may mean your machine gets updates that are not compatible with regular XP. So beware of the downside...

[John P. Myers]

Since my only XP installation is on a P4 machine, i'm not worried about security patches or software updates. More updates just wastes more computing cycles with the added bloat anyway

[Fire$torm]

^^ True that ^^