<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> 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>
when did windows xp go end of life
when did windows xp go end of life
April 8 , 2014
April 8 , 2014