vissha Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Windows XP Is Growing Bigger Again (No, Seriously) Stats show Windows XP increased its share in December Quote You’d normally expect an operating system that’s 15-years-old to be the last thing computer users want to install, especially given the fact that there are so many other alternatives, including several of them that are direct successors to this ancient piece of software. For some users out there, Windows XP seems to be just like a bottle of fine wine: the older it is, the better is gets, and people somehow still find a good reason to install it. Living proof is the latest batch of statistics provided by NetMarketShare for the month of December 2016, which shows that Windows XP actually recovered last month and is again running on more than 9 percent of the world’s desktop computers. Specifically, Windows XP continues to be the world’s third most popular desktop OS, but what’s more worrying is that it’s actually increasing its market share, so instead of giving up on it, some people actually decide to deploy this OS on their computers. Ups and downs (but mostly ups) Windows XP no longer receives support since April 2014, which means that Microsoft is no longer patching vulnerabilities that it finds in the operating system. Instead, users who are still running Windows XP become vulnerable to attacks, as cybercriminals can always attempt to exploit vulnerabilities that they discover in the OS and which are left unfixed. For what it’s worth, Windows XP has been on a declining trend ever since Microsoft pulled support, but there were months when it actually recovered for reasons we can’t actually understand. For example, Windows XP dropped from 10.09 percent in May 2016 to 9.78 percent the next month, before growing to 10.34 percent once again in July. Declines were recorded until November when it recorded a growth from 8.27 percent the month before to 8.63 percent. And this growth continued in December to reach 9.07 percent. This means that in just two months, an operating system that no longer receives updates since 2014 increased from 8.27 percent to 9.07 percent, in a time when Microsoft is pushing for everyone to adopt Windows 10. It goes without saying that everyone on Windows XP should consider updating to newer Windows as soon as possible because the security risks are obvious. And yet, we’re pretty sure that Windows XP will continue to be around for a while. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humble3d Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I have no issues with windows XP and prefer it for doing many things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banned Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Quote Microsoft is no longer patching vulnerabilities that it finds in the operating system. Instead, users who are still running Windows XP become vulnerable to attacks Bogdan Popa at Softpedia you are wrong. Microsoft still patches security vulnerabilities in XP system files, even IE8 browser. Just need one simple registry entry to enable those updates. Quote there were months when it actually recovered for reasons we can’t actually understand. I find I am more productive on Windows XP doing everyday tasks. For example UAC aka babysitter mode in Windows 8.1/10 always getting in my way, and countless other annoyances that Microsoft introduced in their OS since Vista and higher (too many to list). I only boot newer version of Windows for gaming, since newer games require it. Or I will run newer version of Windows in a virtual machine for those 1 or 2 applications I want that don't support XP. This illustrates how silly and pointless newer versions of Windows really are to me, as Windows XP can execute newer Windows operating systems and applications within itself... Quote Specifically, Windows XP continues to be the world’s third most popular desktop OS That means more desktops run Windows XP than all flavors of Linux combined. Now think about how irresponsible Microsoft is, pretending to end support for it. Two words come to mind -- Marketing and Profit.. I for one am not fooled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conley Powell Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 You’d normally expect an operating system that’s 15-years-old to be the last thing computer users want to install, especially given the fact that there are so many other alternatives, including several of them that are direct successors to this ancient piece of software. Rubbish. I've been using XP since shortly after it was released, and I've never had a single malware problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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