Hey Listers, As we all know, but may forget, Legacy depends on an operating system. Legacy requires MS Windows is some form or other. With many PC users still using Windows XP, this warning is not out of place, off topic. It may save someone's Legacy files from damage.
The URL, I gave, will help raise security levels, not only for XP, but for the newer, slower, costly Windows versions. No operating system is totally secure. The road on which our operating systems lead, our programs. Legacy included, have to follow. Use caution. JimS On 01/30/2014 02:48 PM, Don Hanson wrote: > > Since this is off topic, I’m replying privately. > > “Support†is a term that means different things to different people. > Extended support for all of the Windows XP versions ends April 8,2014. > Support for the Service packs has already ended. What is extended > through July 14, 2015 is Antimalware support for XP. For consumers, > that applies to Microsoft Security Essentials. > > But, patches will not be issued after April 8. 2014 for XP. So, if you > have Security Essentials, you will be able to detect and maybe block > certain malware on XP machines, but the underlying vulnerability will > not be patched, and the malware could infect the system after that > detection. > > It’s meant to give a little more time to finish the migration to Win7 > or Win8. But, it will not make XP secure. XP is not very secure when > it’s fully patched, after April 8, it will be even less so. > > Win 7 is secure and not as much of a radical change as Win8 is. All of > my programs worked first time. Secure and stable, I have no > reservations recommending the upgrade to Win 7. My only advice would > be to forget everything that you learned with XP. Learn the way that > Windows 7 wants you to work. If you do that, you won’t get frustrated > and within a few hours, you’ll be so comfortable that you’ll wonder > what the fuss was about! <grin> I’ve given that advice for a couple of > years and people still thank me. > > Don Hanson > > *From:*[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, January 30, 2014 12:21 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] End of Days - Windows XP - 14 April > > Actually the date given is 8 April 2014. > http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-support-help > > The windows site says "As a result, after April 8, 2014, technical > assistance for Windows XP will no longer be available, including > automatic updates that help protect your PC. Microsoft will also stop > providing Microsoft Security Essentials > <http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security-essentials-download> > for download on Windows XP on this date. (If you already have > Microsoft Security Essentials installed, you will continue to receive > anti-malware signature updates for a limited time, but this does not > mean that your PC will be secure because Microsoft will no longer be > providing security updates to protect your PC.)" > > On the youtube page someone said the support will go to 2015 but I > haven't found anything on the Windows site to agree with that. Am I > looking in the wrong place? > > Marie > > Marie Varrelman Melchiori, CG, CGL > /Melchiori Research Services, L.L.C. > /---------------------------------------------------------------/ > /CG, Certified Genealogist and CGL, Certified Genealogical Lecturer > are service > marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists®, used under > license by > Board-certified associates after periodic competency evaluations. > > > > In a message dated 30/1/2014 1:07:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> writes: > > Hey Listers, > > Just a friendly reminder to those millions > still using Windows XP. > > Windows XP will no longer be supported by M$ > after 14 April 2014. > > For those of you still using this 12 year old operating system (OS) > there are things you can do to keep it going for years. > > There is a very good tutorial on YouTube titled > "What you should do to keep using WindowsXP after April 2014". > See: youtube dot com/watch?v=kr7ajYZD8CA > The author is PuppyLinuxWorld, Steven Holms, a Brit. > Mr. Holms also recommends other alternatives > such as Windows 7 and various Linux OS distributions. > > I using am currently using Linux Lite for everything, > but Legacy Family Tree, which is not > fully compatible with Linux as yet. > > If you are still using XP and don't plan to change > anytime soon, then you need to make sure XP > remains safe and secure. Recommend you > watch the YouTube video. > > JimS > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
