Post by rubl on Aug 11, 2016 12:16:56 GMT 7
No support, no updates, no nothing, but still being used. Even the London coppers like it. Maybe they can hide the costs of upgrading in a soon to be established "Brexit" budget 
"London’s Met Police still running 27,000 Windows XP desktops
London’s Met Police has missed its deadline for abandoning the out-of-date operating system Windows XP, as findings reveal 27,000 computers still run on the software two years after official support ended.
Microsoft stopped issuing updates and patches for Windows XP in Spring 2014, meaning that any new bugs and flaws in the operating system are left open to attack. A particularly risky status for the UK capital’s police force – itself running operations against hacking and other cybercrime activity."
thestack.com/cloud/2016/08/09/londons-met-police-still-running-27000-windows-xp-desktops/
"London’s Met Police still running 27,000 Windows XP desktops
London’s Met Police has missed its deadline for abandoning the out-of-date operating system Windows XP, as findings reveal 27,000 computers still run on the software two years after official support ended.
Microsoft stopped issuing updates and patches for Windows XP in Spring 2014, meaning that any new bugs and flaws in the operating system are left open to attack. A particularly risky status for the UK capital’s police force – itself running operations against hacking and other cybercrime activity."
thestack.com/cloud/2016/08/09/londons-met-police-still-running-27000-windows-xp-desktops/
