Microsoft to stop support over 5.7 Million Windows XP-based PCs in Thailand from April 8
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Microsoft Friday reminded business and consumers in Thailand with PCs still running Windows XP that it will officially retire service and support for Windows XP in six months' time, on 8 April 2014.
With half a year left to this crucial milestone, there are over 5.7 million PCs in Thailand, or 28% of PCs in Thailand, which are still running on Windows XP, an 11-year-old operating system no longer capable of handling sophisticated cyber-attacks and demands for more data privacy and productivity.
Thailand has one of the highest Windows XP installed bases in Asia Pacific, according to StatCounter figures for September 2013.
After April 8, 2014, Microsoft will no longer provide security updates, non-security related fixes, there won’t be a number to call for technical assistance, or online technical content updates for Windows XP.
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