Microsoft announces kill date the times

Microsoft is counting down the times until it's through with the Windows XP operating system for private computers.

America software titan used a blog post to remind the sector that during two years it'll not support the generations-old operating system that folks have clung to despite the releases of successors Vista and Windows 7.

"We wish to acknowledge the 2-year countdown to the top of Windows XP and Office 2003 support," said Microsoft marketing director Stella Chernyak.

"Windows XP and Office 2003 were great software releases for his or her time, however the technology environment has shifted."

She advised computer users, particularly businesses, to start "migrating" machines to the newest versions of the programs well before Microsoft puts XP to rest on April 8, 2014.

- AFP