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Many institutions and hospitals still use XP. And they pay Microsoft a lot to support it.

Do they really still pay for XP? I thought it went completely EOL some years ago.

Yep, NHS for example.

We had extended support for a couple of years but now it's dead dead deadski.

Like any other large industrial org, there's some bits of million-pound kit with integrated, essential XP. Likewise old essential software where the support has literally retired, running on 2003. We've got roadmaps for replacing it, but they're not instant.

We manage it as best we can. But broadly we're just about to go to 10 on desktops, so we're not as bad as the police!

Glad to hear it. When I worked for a NHS software vendor a couple years ago there were still XP workstations about. I guess it probably varies by the trust as well.

NHS Employee here, not seen XP on a NHS machine in a very long time - including in hospital environments.

It's Windows 7 now, I'm now seeing some staff get Windows 10 machines deployed to them.

Those still using XP should have networking and USB features disabled.

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