The U.K. government, which will pay 5.548 million pounds ($10.1 million) to support the use of Windows XP, Office 2004 and Exchange 2003 by national and local government departments, schools and ...

It's been going on close to 13 years—but for Windows XP, the party's over. Today marks the end of Microsoft's support for the most popular version of its operating system, after one of the longes ...

A. A big reason is security. Hackers know Microsoft will no longer fix security flaws, so evil-doers have extra incentive to look for them. In addition, if a flaw is found for Windows 7 or 8, there’s ...

Windows XP was the first much-ballyhooed operating system that market-leading Microsoft launched after the Y2K crisis in 2001. Microsoft is also ending support for its Office 2003 software suite on ...

At the same time, 82 percent of these survey respondents said they are aware of Microsoft’s plans to shut down support for Windows XP a year from today on April 8, 2014.

As of April 14, 2009, free support from Microsoft for Windows XP will be laid to rest. Microsoft has officially stated that security patches and updates will continue for XP after that date.