With just 60 days to go before the end of Windows XP support, Microsoft is asking for its tech savvy customers to try to get any family and friends who are still using Windows XP to stop



From Neowin:

The post on the Windows Experience blog says that if you are reading it, "it’s unlikely you are running Windows XP on your PC However, you may know someone who is and have even served as their tech support." Therefore, Microsoft seems to think that you are the perfect person to spread "the word to ensure people are safe and secure on modern up-to-date PCs."

It suggests that readers help others with Windows XP to see if that PC can run Windows 8.1 or simply buy a new computer with the newest version of the OS installed. The blog adds, "Once they choose and buy a new device, they can transfer their files from their old PC by copying them to an external hard drive, USB flash drive, or cloud storage like SkyDrive."

  Microsoft tries to get tech savvy customers to help get rid of Windows XP