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• Microsoft tends to enterprise Windows users — but kicks consumers to the curb

  Posted on April 18, 2014 at 19:25 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  There’s a whole lot going on in the world of Windows 8, right now.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Windows News, Windows Patches/Security Windows 8.1 update, Windows XP

• Only Microsoft knows the true Windows XP numbers — but isn’t telling

  Posted on March 12, 2014 at 03:00 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  If Microsoft would just tell us one number, we’d have a much better handle on the problem coming

  InfoWorld Tech Watch

  Microsoft News Windows XP

• ATMs will still run Windows XP — but a bigger shift in security looms

  Posted on March 8, 2014 at 01:44 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  There’s a lot more than the end of XP dogging bank ATMs.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Windows News ATM, Windows XP

• Microsoft announces extended Windows XP support in China — or has it?

  Posted on March 4, 2014 at 03:24 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  It’s all in the translation.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch

  Windows News China, Windows XP

• If UK health service can get XP extended, why can’t we?

  Posted on February 13, 2014 at 21:54 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  The patches are coming. It’s just a question of money.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch

  Windows News UK National Health Service, Windows XP

• Windows XP rules, at Windows 7 and 8’s expense

  Posted on February 3, 2014 at 20:07 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  XP users should be dancing one of those Seahawks cheer jigs.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Windows News Windows XP

• Microsoft keeps chipping away at the Windows XP deadline

  Posted on January 28, 2014 at 19:14 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Or… when is end of life not end of life?

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Windows News Microsoft Security Essentials, MSRT, Windows XP

• Possible cure for the Windows XP SVCHOST redlining problem?

  Posted on December 27, 2013 at 07:16 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  I’ve seen a lot of reports of solutions to the SVCHOST redlining problem that work on some machines, but not others. Here’s a good one from reader BK that might work for you:

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  I applied this fix this morning to my machine running Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 (build 2600).

  http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-windows_update/windows-update-svchostexe-100-cpu-in-task-manager/6b372d8b-0ca4-4042-ba37-b2a7cdcdbd06

  Was able to use Windows Update after stepping through Xirlac’s procedure.
  

  Windows Patches/Security SVCHOST redline, Windows XP
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