Top tip from the original Task Manager taskmaster: Don't put your phone number on that debug message box
The Reg takes sneak peek at source tour, hosted by engineer who wrote it
14 Dec 2020
Articles about Windows Xp
Microsoft claims to love open source – this alleged leak of Windows XP code is probably not what it had in mind, tho
Software giant is 'investigating', infosec gurus reckon it looks legit
25 Sep 2020
The Reg produces exhibit A1: A UK court IT system running Windows XP
Exclusive Plus thousands of laptops on unloved Windows OS used by Ministry of Justice, it admits
11 Mar 2020
We're afraid it might be terminal: Tesco top-up box looking less than tip-top
Bork!Bork!Bork! Windows XP – the gift that keeps on giving (until you need it to actually do something)
14 Feb 2020
We checked and yup, it's no longer 2001. And yet you can pwn a Windows box via Notepad.exe
Patch Tuesday Google guru shows how WinXP-era text code grants total control
13 Aug 2019
Windows XP point-of-sale machine gets nasty sniffle. Luckily there's a pharmacy nearby
XP lingers like that cold you just can't shake
13 Mar 2019
It liiives! Sorta. Gentle azure glow of Windows XP clocked in Tesco's self-checkouts, no less
Microsoft still supports some embedded XP derivatives
22 Aug 2018
India tells its banks to get Windows XP off ATMs – in 2019!
And do some pretty basic security hygiene before then
25 Jun 2018
Imagine you're having a CT scan and malware alters the radiation levels – it's doable
WannaCry was a wake-up call for healthcare, but the sector is still terribly vulnerable to attack
11 Apr 2018
Mozilla extends, and ends, Firefox support for Windows XP and Vista
Even Extended Support Releases will be naked and alone as of June 2018
05 Oct 2017
Met Police laggards still have 18,000 Windows XP machines in use
Never fear – they're moving to, er, Windows 8.1 instead
28 Jun 2017
HMS Windows XP: Britain's newest warship running Swiss Cheese OS
Updated Spotted on carrier control room screens - reports
27 Jun 2017
Do we need Windows patch legislation?
Poll Should vendors be obliged to maintain ageing, unsafe PCs?
16 May 2017
Why Microsoft's Windows game plan makes us WannaCry
Analysis Oh, 'collective responsibility' – that old chestnut
16 May 2017
While Microsoft griped about NSA exploit stockpiles, it stockpiled patches: Friday's WinXP fix was built in February
Exclusive And it took three months to release despite Eternalblue leak
16 May 2017
90 per cent of the UK's NHS is STILL relying on Windows XP
And a load of them say they'll keep using it in 2017
08 Dec 2016
London's Met Police has missed the Windows XP escape deadline
27,000 PCs still compute like it's 2001
09 Aug 2016
Google yanks Chrome support for Windows XP, at long last
So long and thanks for all the market share
14 Apr 2016
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