BK>> DS>   I have to wonder if the warnings of "zero day   
   BK>> DS>   vulnerabilities to turn XP systems into zombi-bots" is   
   BK>> DS>   just a "scare tactic" by Microsoft, to get people to   
   BK>> DS>   throw away perfectly good working hardware and software,   
   BK>> DS>   just to satisfy their corporate bank account.   
      
   BK>> I absolutely believe that to be true.   
      
    TW> And as less and less win XP systems are out there the   
    TW> "Glory" of doing that becomes less attractive. ALL the   
    TW> Glory for the hackers is in attacking the latest and   
    TW> greatest MicroSoft programs and Operating Systems.   
      
    From what I have read, about 25% of businesses are not switching   
    systems. The cost of changing is too high. Even more home owners   
    are keeping XP. Even if they buy a new computer they are likely   
    to keep an old one with XP. Buy a laptop with Win 7 or 8 but   
    keep the desktop with XP.   
      
    BTW, not too long ago I ran into a problem where plugging a   
    flash drive into my USB port got the system to try to install   
    it, then it asked to go online to get the software, then failed   
    to install.   
      
    This happened on three seperate systems. I reinstalled a back up   
    image and got all three working. I wonder if that was a Win   
    Update that caused that.   
      
    I have had programs that stopped working after SP 3 was   
    installed. I figured that was some error on MS part, now I'm   
    wondering if it is a mistake that his happened.   
      
      
      
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