Microsoft ended its support for the 13 years old Windows XP operating system. Microsoft is also ending its support for Office 2003 software suite.
Despite the introduction of newer versions of Windows, use of XP remained widespread due primarily to the poor reception of Windows Vista. Windows XP was the first operating system that propelled Microsoft as the business leader in the operating system market after the crisis in 2001.
By ending its support for XP, Microsoft is having its consumers to dump XP. This is seen to be one of the largest chore than anyone could have predicted in tech history. About 40 percent of enterprises of all sizes still use Windows XP to some degree. And 7 percent of them runs XP on more than 80 percent of devices.
