<P> Support for Windows XP without a service pack ended on September 30, 2005 . Windows XP Service Packs 1 and 1a were retired on October 10, 2006, and Windows XP Service Pack 2 reached end of support on July 13, 2010, almost six years after its general availability . The company stopped general licensing of Windows XP to OEMs and terminated retail sales of the operating system on June 30, 2008, 17 months after the release of Windows Vista . However, an exception was announced on April 3, 2008, for OEMs producing what it defined as "ultra low - cost personal computers", particularly netbooks, until one year after the availability of Windows 7 on October 22, 2010 . Analysts felt that the move was primarily intended to compete against Linux - based netbooks, although Microsoft's Kevin Hutz stated that the decision was due to apparent market demand for low - end computers with Windows . </P> <P> Variants of Windows XP for embedded systems have different support policies: Windows XP Embedded SP3 and Windows Embedded for Point of Service SP3 were supported until January and April 2016, respectively . Windows Embedded Standard 2009 and Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 continue to receive Extended support through January and April 2019, respectively . </P> <P> On April 14, 2009, Windows XP exited mainstream support and entered the Extended support phase; Microsoft continued to provide security updates every month for Windows XP; however, free technical support, warranty claims, and design changes were no longer being offered . Extended support ended on April 8, 2014, over 12 years since the release of XP; normally Microsoft products have a support life cycle of only 10 years . Beyond the final security updates released on April 8, no more security patches or support information are provided for XP free - of - charge; "critical patches" will still be created, and made available only to customers subscribing to a paid "Custom Support" plan . As it is a Windows component, all versions of Internet Explorer for Windows XP also became unsupported . </P> <P> In January 2014, it was estimated that more than 95% of the 3 million automated teller machines in the world were still running Windows XP (which largely replaced IBM's OS / 2 as the predominant operating system on ATMs); ATMs have an average lifecycle of between seven and ten years, but some have had lifecycles as long as 15 . Plans were being made by several ATM vendors and their customers to migrate to Windows 7 - based systems over the course of 2014, while vendors have also considered the possibility of using Linux - based platforms in the future to give them more flexibility for support lifecycles, and the ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) has since endorsed Windows 10 as a further replacement . However, ATMs typically run the embedded variant of Windows XP, which was supported through January 2016 . As of May 2017, around 60% of the 220,000 ATMs in India still run Windows XP . </P>

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