Microsoft will cease issuing security updates for Windows XP SP2 machines on July 13th, 2010.  Microsoft will continue providing security updates for XP SP3 machines until April, 2014.  

Most enterprise PC’s are still on service pack 2 of Windows XP; these machines will become vulnerable to new attacks after July.  It is likely that attacks against unpatched exploits will begin by the end of this year.

Simplegrid recommends that all clients running Windows XP SP2 make plans to upgrade their machines to SP3 by the end of July.

You can download the Windows XP SP3 redistributable here, or via the Windows Update Service on your PC.

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