Hi guys,Those of you who might still be debating whether or not to 'upgrade' to Vista may be interested to learn that XP support continues until 2014. However, you will have to have SP3 installed. SP2 support lasts for a further year then it will stop.http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=254851I did hear a rumour that this was indeed the case, but it was nice to have it confirmed nevertheless.Mike

Any news about XP x64 edition? Microsoft didn't release a SP3 for it.

Cool. I like XP, it just works.

Mainstream XP support ended in April 2009. Extended support goes to April 2014. Long story short, they will only be releasing security related patches for XP from this point on. Of course, for most users that's fine as everything else runs great at this point. There is no reason for most users to worry about this. For those with older PCs who are running XP fine now, there is no urgent need to upgrade because of this.

Hi guys,Those of you who might still be debating whether or not to 'upgrade' to Vista may be interested to learn that XP support continues until 2014. However, you will have to have SP3 installed. SP2 support lasts for a further year then it will stop.http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=254851I did hear a rumour that this was indeed the case, but it was nice to have it confirmed nevertheless.Mike

Microsoft's official position is given in:http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-gb&C2=1173for all flavours of XP.

Hello,Despite my preoccupations about security (and I'm shielded a max) I use Win XP SP1a (on my main HD) never updated...No probs at all (I dont use Outlook and also don't use IE but third party programs instead like Fire Fox etc..)Of course I have also XP2 and XP3 on other HD'sRegards.Gus.