Let me know when your security/privacy is exploited due to you running a non-supported OS.
On 4/24/2016 3:36 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: > My own personal opinion is that it doesn't bother me in the slightest > whether someone is running Windows XP or not. As far as I'm concerned, > anyone can run whatever operating system they want on their own computer. > > The only thing that bothers me about this topic is that it's off topic > for this list and it's taking up list bandwidth. I really didn't join > the viphone list to hear people complaining about someone else running > Windows XP. > > On 23/04/16 21:02, Shaf wrote: >> People obviously need to move with the times. >> >> On 4/23/2016 11:00 PM, Andy Baracco wrote: >>> Well, actually my wife is still running XP and so are many others that I >>> know. i believe that there are internet security companies that are >>> still supporting XP in their products. Also, if you want to pay for it, >>> MS is still offering enterprise updates for XP as there are still needs >>> for it primarily for control of older medical devices still being used >>> in hospitals, etc. >>> >>> Andy >>> >>> *From:* Sieghard Weitzel <mailto:siegh...@live.ca> >>> *Sent:* Saturday, April 23, 2016 9:37 AM >>> *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> >>> *Subject:* RE: Ending Support for Windows XP on August 29th >>> >>> Support for XP from Microsoft ended already last year and I think >>> anybody who still runs XP is just asking for trouble since there are no >>> more security updates. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:*viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] *On >>> Behalf Of *Fred Olver >>> *Sent:* Saturday, April 23, 2016 7:57 AM >>> *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com >>> *Subject:* Fw: Ending Support for Windows XP on August 29th >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> >>> *From:*Dropbox <mailto:no-re...@dropboxmail.com> >>> >>> *To:*goodfo...@charter.net <mailto:goodfo...@charter.net> >>> >>> *Sent:*Wednesday, April 20, 2016 12:55 AM >>> >>> *Subject:*Ending Support for Windows XP on August 29th >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi Fred, >>> >>> We noticed that you're running the Dropbox desktop application (client) >>> on Windows XP. We're writing to let you know that as of August 29th, >>> 2016, Dropbox will no longer support this version of Windows. You can >>> find which devices connected to your account are running Windows XP by >>> visiting your account page. >>> <https://www.dropbox.com/l/ZztcfLolFJhb9X6vTny0j21/account> >>> >>> Don't worry — your files and photos aren't going anywhere! But you'll >>> need to update your computer to Windows Vista or later to access them >>> through the Dropbox desktop application. You can find instructions on >>> how to update your operating system on Microsoft’s website. >>> <http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/help/upgrading-from-windows-xp-to-windows-7#T1=tab01> >>> >>> >>> If you don't want to update your operating system, your files will still >>> be available through the Dropbox website >>> <https://www.dropbox.com/l/cVz932DVE4sptt19DawWvU/>. 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