The Time to Upgrade from Windows XP was Yesterday!

For years we have been recommending to our clients that they upgrade from Windows XP. Come April 8, this is no longer a recommendation, it's a necessity! While April 8 may not be the end of the world, it is the end of your computer's world if it's still running XP because Microsoft is ending support.

If you are stubbornly holding on to XP, then you're not alone. In fact, as of last month, XP was still running on 29% of the world's computers! Obviously, millions of these users will choose to ignore Microsoft's doomsday warning and continue using their XP computers on April 8th and beyond.

While you can technically still run your XP-enabled machine past Microsoft's end of service date, you will want to avoid this at all cost because running unsupported software puts your computer and your business at serious risk. The reason for this risk stems from Microsoft no longer providing security patches. Ever since XP was released, there has been a team at Microsoft constantly developing new security patches and making them available for download in order to protect user's computers.

These security patches address the latest security threats on the Internet, and on April 8th, these patches will no longer be provided, which means your XP computer will have to fend for itself against every hacker in the world that has April 9th circled on their calendar, hoping to take advantage of millions of easy targets.

The team of software developers that have kept your XP computer safe for all these years will now be providing support for Windows 7 (which will expire in 2020) and 8.1. You too should make the move because these two operating systems are much more secure than XP. Due to XP's popularity, it's still the world's largest hacking target, and therefore, the sooner you jump the sinking ship the better.

Not only will upgrading from XP to Windows 7 or 8.1 provide you with better security, but if you're currently using XP to run new software, then you may even see a performance boost accompany your upgrade. Running new applications on an operating system like XP, which has been around since before many popular technologies were even conceived, is counterproductive. We understand that many people are resistant to change, but in this situation, resisting the pressure from Microsoft to upgrade is futile because it will put your business at risk.

k_Street Consulting, LLC can help you upgrade all of your computers from XP to newer and more secure operating systems like Windows 7 and 8.1. We can also find strong security and productivity solutions to compliment your new OS so that you will get the most out of your upgrade. To have k_Street Consulting, LLC make your computers time travel from 2001 to present time, give us a call at (202) 640-2737.