Regardless of what the company says, Unofficial Service Pack 4 for Win XP by harkaz is the best news Win XP users got since the OS version was discontinued in April this year, and since many users are reluctant to migrate for various reasons, chances are Win XP might tick around a little longer than Microsoft expected. Of course, Microsoft objects and strongly warns users against using the walk around way since the two operating systems, the consumer Win XP and the Embedded Industry are two different Oses, which can potentially cause compatibility issues for consumer versions. Now, the latter POSReady is of particular value in the service pack because it uses a peculiar hole in Microsoft security update loophole by tricking the Microsoft servers into thinking a consumer version XP is actually a an Embedded Industry, which lets users receive Windows Embedded POSReady security updates until 2019. NET Frameworks 4.0, 3.5, 1.1 and 1.0 (Tablet PC only) All Win XP updates since 2002 SP2, including the two Microsoft released after it officially pulled the plug on the OS version.Here is what the Unofficial Service Pack 4 for Windows XP contains:

Mind you, it is best to download the pack 4 from the RyanVM thread that has links to a Google Drive file and ADrive file. There is always a perk and a drawback about everything with the word 'unofficial' in its name, but Win XP users fly to the update as bees on honey.

RyanVM has been a trusted source for Windows XP service packs, and harkaz also has a positive track record of releasing large packs of Windows fixes. Still on Win XP, but saddened because Microsoft did a really stupid thing by pulling the plug on one of its most successful products? Alas, the company may have made a big mistake to boost its Win 8 because Windows XP lives forever, and now you can get your hands on an Unofficial Service Pack 4 from harkaz.

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