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Legacy update expands archive of vanished Microsoft downloads

Preserving not just updates, but also lots of the now-deleted optional extras Legacy Update was already extremely useful if ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft Office XP 2002 Activation Problem...

Recently my "old" xp pro main box needed a new motherboard.. and now Office XP Pro 2002 won't "activate." I have the original disks... and even when I put in the main disk.. and I have the Product Key ...
Computerworld

Microsoft sets post-retirement patching record with Windows XP fix – 5 years after support ended

The update – aimed at stopping the spread of WannaCry-like malware on PCs running the outdated OS – must be manually downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog. Microsoft on Wednesday resurrected ...
ZDNet

Office XP: Your last big MS upgrade?

COMMENTARY--Tomorrow marks the end of the upgrade era. It may take a while to sputter out, but if Microsoft gets its way--as so often happens--there will never be another application upgrade like ...