Support ends for Windows XP Service Pack 1
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Still running Windows XP Service Pack 1? Then there's bad news: Microsoft officially ended support for SP1 and SP1a on Tuesday, Oct. 10.
Microsoft normally retires support for an older service pack 12 months after a new service pack comes out -- or, as in this case, 24 months later. That extension only occurs when Microsoft believes that customers will take longer to test and deploy a new service pack, according to the company. (Newer SPs incorporate patches and changes from previous ones.) In this case, Windows XP Service Pack 2 came out in September 2004.