Extended Support Windows Embedded POSReady 2009, the last supported version of the XP family, reached its end of life on April 9, 2019. Therefore, products Windows NT 5.1 has finally become a thing of the past after more than 17,5 years on the market. The era of this operating system is over.
In this way, Windows XP became the longest-lasting version Windows on the market. Its record may one day be broken by "10," which Microsoft called its last OS from the very beginning. Of course, we're talking about numbering.
Other corporate options Windows XP lost support even earlier:
- Windows Embedded Standard 2009 – January 8, 2019;
- Windows Embedded for Point of Service SP3 and XP Embedded SP3 - in 2016;
- Windows XP Home and Professional SP3 – April 8, 2014.
It should be noted that despite the nominal end of support Windows XP five years ago, the existence of POSReady 2009 allowed users to receive security updates on Windows XP Home and Professional SP3 via registry editing. The company tried to discourage users from doing so, but many continued to do so. But the end of POSReady support marks the final end of XP history.
It's worth noting that the old operating system is still used by many companies, although users acknowledge problems with it, such as a lack of security updates. On the other hand, XP is gradually being replaced by Linux, macOS or newer versions of Redmond operating systems. So there's no particular problem with this.
Source: 3dnews.ru
