Microsoft will stop supporting Windows XP on April 8, 2014. End of support shows Microsoft Company will no more offer any technical support to companies or customers for Windows XP problems.

Even though Windows XP was released way in 2001, it is still an excellent operating system. It is stable, has a Start key and gets the job done. That is why there are many incredible number of computer systems that still have it set up. It is so popular, in fact, it is the second most operating system set up in the world, only a little bit behind Microsoft’s Windows 7 OS.

Unfortunately, this is not an excellent reason. The purpose until now has been extending the due period for when it would drop support for Windows XP, but now it seems they are going to kill it off. Microsoft will quit aiding Windows XP on April 8 2014. This is big information because it points out in about 4 months; there will be an incredible number of computer that are going to be vulnerable to hackers.

End of support shows Microsoft Company will no more offer any technical support to companies or customers for Windows XP problems. Besides and most importantly, Microsoft Company will no longer offer any protection patches or updates for the operating system. On top of that, you will not even be able to get Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows XP, the free antivirus application, after this date.