An unofficial workaround for installing updates to the Windows XP operating system was released this week. Microsoft and some security experts are telling users to forget the workaround, forget XP, and upgrade. The best way for XP customers to protect their systems is to upgrade to a more modern operating system, like Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. The people likeliest to use this hack are a relatively small population of XP devotees who feel comfortable making alterations to the OS registry and will continue to use XP on their home computers.”]
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