Microsoft Urges Businesses To Upgrade from Windows XP to OS 7 or OS 8
With less than a year left before Microsoft ends all Windows XP operating software support, Microsoft is telling businesses using the 10-year-old OS to upgrade their computers to Windows 7 or 8. Office 2003 support was recently cut.
The company cited numerous reasons for the software upgrade such as no technical support should something go wrong, security risks and even incentives for upgrading.
Businesses that use either Office 2003 or Windows XP for their systems are no longer able to get security updates, making them more susceptible to Trojans, malware and viruses. After Microsoft ends its support, hardware and software companies will also quit making their products to be compatible with the operating system. And, if you need assistance with the system, no technical support will be available.
Microsoft is offering numerous discounts for businesses to upgrade to their latest operating software – Windows 8.
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Ridiculous. I’ll risk spyware before I pay money to upgrade to Windows 8. Having an extra login screen to click through (Metro) to get to all my desktop apps? If I click Internet Explorer by mistake, it’s auto-full screen like some sort of spammy ap and then I can’t shut the darn thing off, it just keeps running in the background until I reset the computer. I’m not going to keep reaching up to chest height from the keyboard to use a touchscreen. I tried one with Windows 8 for 3 months and you need to use a mouse on the desktop version to hit the invisible corner toggles to go back and forth. I recommended that nobody in my company get Windows 8. Everyone owns a Mac now. I don’t like Macs, I really prefer PC’s, but they’re better than Windows 8 — I’m typing this on a Mac laptop right now.