{"id":92,"date":"2014-04-02T14:58:21","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T14:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goinggoingstudios.com\/theblog\/?p=92"},"modified":"2017-04-05T14:41:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T14:41:14","slug":"the-end-of-windows-xp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.goinggoingstudios.com\/theblog\/the-end-of-windows-xp\/","title":{"rendered":"The End of Windows XP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, not entirely the end. If you\u2019re still on Windows XP it\u2019s not going to self-destruct and magically vanish from your computer within a week, but unfortunately it will be a bit unsecure to use. On April 8<sup>th<\/sup> Microsoft will stop supporting this operating system that was released back in 2001 &amp; they urge that you upgrade now. You will no longer receive security updates or support for issues with this operating system.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you\u2019re the owner of a computer running the Windows XP operating system, which is still running on more than 10 percent of the world\u2019s computers, it might be time to upgrade to a new computer or at least a new operating system.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, neither of these options may seem like the option you\u2019re looking for, but sticking with XP isn\u2019t going to be the most secure option. Even connecting a USB drive could be unsafe &amp; being connected to the internet is an even worse idea. If you\u2019re reading this after April 8, 2014\u2026I hope you aren\u2019t on a computer with Windows XP.<\/p>\n<p>A few options before the end of Windows XP:<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin:0px 0px 0px 30px\">\n<p><strong>#1<\/strong> <strong>Buy a new computer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you choose this option, you may want to make sure that it is running the new Windows 8.1 operating system that is supposed to be closer to what you currently have with Windows XP \u2013 unless you\u2019re in the market for a new user experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#2<\/strong> <strong>Upgrade your current computer&#8217;s operating system to Windows 7<\/strong> &#8212; this option assumes you can find it somewhere to purchase.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#3<\/strong> <strong>Upgrade your current computer to Windows 8<\/strong> \u2013 this option isn\u2019t ideal, it may not even work on your computer that was born before the new touchscreen era.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#4 Do nothing &amp; just keep using Windows XP<\/strong> \u2013 after all, it didn\u2019t disappear, but this option isn\u2019t the safest. If you do choose this, <em>at the very least don\u2019t leave it connected to the internet<\/em>.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, not entirely the end. If you\u2019re still on Windows XP it\u2019s not going to self-destruct and magically vanish from your computer within a week, but unfortunately it will be &hellip; <a class=\"readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goinggoingstudios.com\/theblog\/the-end-of-windows-xp\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-small-business-tips","category-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.goinggoingstudios.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.goinggoingstudios.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.goinggoingstudios.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.goinggoingstudios.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.goinggoingstudios.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.goinggoingstudios.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139,"href":"http:\/\/www.goinggoingstudios.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions\/139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.goinggoingstudios.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.goinggoingstudios.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.goinggoingstudios.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}