Mon 28 Jun 2010
According to ComputerWorld, Microsoft will officially stop offering security updates for XP Service Pack 2 on the 13th of July. This means that if you are still using SP2 after this date you could be at risk of malware. XP Service Pack 3 on the other hand, which is a free update, will be supported until April 2014.
According to a recent report, around three out of four companies are still running XP SP2 on some machines.
To find out what XP service pack you are running, right click on your on My Computer in your Start menu and select Properties. If you need to update to XP SP3 you can go to http://update.microsoft.com. Here you will be able to see all updates available for your computer and will be able to download SP3.
To read more about this from ComputerWorld click here.