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Support for XP was dropped on April 8th 2014
« on: July 26, 2025, 03:39:53 AM »
April 8, 2014
Microsoft officially dropped support for Windows XP on April 8, 2014.
https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2013/04/08/support-for-windows-xp-set-to-end-in-april-2014/

but it took a few more years for it to finally "Die out"
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/289440-microsoft-xp-is-finally-dead-nearly-18-years-post-launch
heres an article in 2019 declaring it dead 5 years after ms dropped support