Microsoft Extends Windows XP Anti-Malware Updates 1 Year

[Morbus]

"running in DOS even". One of my customers is a FEMA field agent, collecting data at disaster sites. FEMA has him collect the data based on some simple tables from a dbase database interfacing with a DOS text menu. The agent provides his/her own field hardware.Why is this FEMA's preferred platform? Because DOS menus and dbase can work on Windows, Mac and Linux(wine). Ironically, this DOS method is now experiencing problems in Windows 8.

I'm not sure I got it, but wouldn't a web based solution be better for them? And why would they want cross platform compatibility? Databases are so basic stuff, you can port them whenever you want to, they might as well work in access or something and port it to whatever, whenever, it's just a database!

 

[sdfox 7]

Microsoft has stated they will continue to release signature updates for Microsoft Security Essentials on Windows XP after April 8, 2014, but will remove the download page.I find it odd that they will continue supporting the program but not offer a way to download it.However, there are two ways to access it after this date:The program can be directly downloaded for AMD 64 x64 bit users here and for Intel 32 x86 bit users here.If these links should fail in the future, you can always fall back on the Internet Archive's Wayback machine:Archived link for AMD 64 x64:https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/3/8/A38FFBF2-1122-48B4-AF60-E44F6DC28BD8/ENUS/amd64/MSEInstall.exeArchived link for Intel 32 bit x86:https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/3/8/A38FFBF2-1122-48B4-AF60-E44F6DC28BD8/ENUS/x86/MSEInstall.exe