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What you (or your IT department) should do right now to secure Windows XP

Everyone keeps telling you how every hacker on the planet is now targeting you and your XP machine. But is it really the end of the road for Windows XP? Are you left hanging in the breeze with no recourse? The answer may surprise you.

May 5, 2014

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Microsoft: Digging out of the XP hole.

Recently, Microsoft has been faced with several major problems: We’ll take a look at each of those problems, how Microsoft appears to be overcoming them, and how that’s going to…

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Tag: Windows XP

What you (or your IT department) should do right now to secure Windows XP

Microsoft: Digging out of the XP hole.

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