Report abuse. No, it is not abandonware. MS still release updates for Windows Xp for governments, businesses, etc that pay to get updates. Several programs do not run on newer OS system and this is why many are still using it by paying for support. Plus many ATM machines run on Windows Xp, This is why there are still updates being release for it.XP obviously beats the 5 year mark, but Microsoft isn't offering free upgrades to the latest release of Windows. So Linux isn't a bad alternative in terms of security releases, if you're willing to upgrade to a new version semi-regularly. This free program from Microsoft, which works in Windows 10 through Windows XP, will correctly format the USB drive and then copy the contents of your Windows 7 ISO file to the drive. Pick the en-US.exe download for the English edition of this tool.
Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions of Windows 7 include a "Windows XP Mode" feature for easily running a Windows XP virtual machine. This will help increase your security by allowing you to use a modern, supported, secure operating system on your computer while confining the unsecure, unsupported XP to a virtual machine.
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