Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Security Risk: Time to Move Off Windows XP SP2

Microsoft will stop supporting users of Windows XP SP2 as of July 13, 2010. This means that the company will no longer provide security patches for SP2. All Windows users should immediately upgrade to SP3 or Windows 7. According to a Computerworld article, Windows XP SP2 is still in use in more than 75% of organizations with 36% of the PCs in every organization run SP2.