London police will stop using windows xp on their computers

Four years ago, Microsoft stopped supporting Windows XP. Although today there are still many companies and institutions that make use of this version of the operating system. Banks, governments or the police are good examples of this. That is why, in some special cases like these, Microsoft decided to extend the life cycle of this special version of Windows XP that they use until 2019.

London Police will stop using Windows XP on their computers

In this way, these institutions were given time to change the version of the operating system. One of those using Windows XP was the London Police. Now, they have reported that they are preparing to stop using this version of the operating system permanently.

Windows XP is losing users

It is an important moment, since an institution like the police of a city like the British capital handles very important data. Therefore, it is surprising that they continued to use an outdated system and that it hardly had security updates. Since it represents a significant risk. But, those days are going to stay in the past, because they are preparing to start their transition in this way.

Almost three years ago, they began this transition process. It is expected to be completed as early as 2018. The last step is to stop using Windows XP on your computers. It is the longest part of the process, as there were some 18, 000 computers using this version of the operating system.

According to the police, the process is expected to be completed between April and May. In this way, the computers they use will stop using this outdated version of the operating system. Instead they will work with Windows 10. So they will have all the available security updates.

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