Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal:
Tonight at midnight, after 12 years, MicrosoftMSFT +0.05% will turn off the lights on Windows XP.
Now don’t panic too much. Windows XP computers will still power on and work after the clock strikes 12 in your time zone, but behind the scenes Microsoft will be cutting off support and security updates, leaving XP computers—and the information you have stored on them—vulnerable to newly developed attacks.
Tonight at midnight, after 12 years, MicrosoftMSFT +0.05% will turn off the lights on Windows XP.
Now don’t panic too much. Windows XP computers will still power on and work after the clock strikes 12 in your time zone, but behind the scenes Microsoft will be cutting off support and security updates, leaving XP computers—and the information you have stored on them—vulnerable to newly developed attacks.
