On 14 May 2017 at 16:32, Jonathan Goble <jcgoble3@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 2:44 PM Charles Heywood <vandor2012@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> To be blunt, I think it should fail on XP. XP reached end of the line >> already and is no longer getting security updates, right? > > Correct. XP reached end of life in April 2014, and thus no longer receives > security updates. Microsoft (exceptionally?) just released a security patch for XP against the WannaCry ransomware worm: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-security/is-the-patch-for-wannacry-available-for-xp/23be85a8-5410-4ab1-bbd9-938476d840cb ...so in a sense that's an admission that it is still a relevant platform in practical terms. -- Hisham