With Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) support recently ending, Microsoft has now announced that users running Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate will now be able to downgrade to Windows XP Professional throughout the entire lifecycle of Windows 7.
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Microsoft last week confirmed that Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 contain an un-patched bug that could be used to infect computers.
The bug is in the “Windows Help and Support Center” which can be used to access and download Microsoft help files from the Web. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution.
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I am just writing this post to remind you that Microsoft will stop support and offer no further updates to Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) on 15 July 2010
To continue to receive Microsoft support and security updates a number of options are still available:
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Microsoft is testing a new free “Fix it Center” – designed to prevent, or detect and repair, basic PC problems. The Fix It Center is an online and PC-based tool which could help Windows users prolong the life of their system.
A fair amount of diagnostics are already built into Windows 7, the free Fix it Center aims to expand on these and also bring similar capabilities to earlier versions of Windows, such as Windows XP and Windows Vista. The service, currently in beta consists of both a Windows download and an online service
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Some users have reported that Microsoft’s recent security updates have crippled their Windows XP computers with the notorious Blue Screen of Death
The patch, part of Februarys update and listed under MS10-015 , dealt with a problem caused by the switchover from 16-bit to 32-bit systems back in 1993. A 16-bit emulator introduced with Windows 3.1 and present ever since turns out to run the risk of running a bogus application which allows access to the system’s kernel.
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If you are looking for some useful Windows 7 guides Microsoft have provided several links to using deployment tools, which I have outlined below:
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Microsoft is now providing an online resource called the Microsoft Automated Troubleshooting Services designed to diagnose and repair Windows operating systems, including Windows Vista SP2 and Windows XP SP3. Both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 include the automated troubleshooting services by default.
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The European Union have finally agreed to a settlement in the row over bundling Internet Explorer with Windows.
The settlement announced on the Microsoft Press Pass Website confirms that new Windows machines sold from March will contain a set-up screen listing the five major web browsers including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome, and Opera (with another seven available by scrolling horizontally), with users picking as many or as few as they like to install.
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