Yep I have two fav laptops which are both XP. Had it for years. Have another with win 7 which I dont really get online with.

My ? is: what happens if I dont get the 'critical updates'?

Both are well protected with AV, and I always shut down with a temp file clean and security scan.

: Windows XP updates stopped for the unwashed masses in April
: 2014(? I think), but some corporations that are stuck on XP
: are paying Microsoft big bucks to continue generating
: critical security updates for it. Here's how you can get
: those for free, legally (though Microsoft tries to
: discourage it). This is a one-line registry edit which
: identifies your computer as a point-of-sale terminal

: running Windows XP. Point-of-sale terminals qualify for
: free critical updates until 2019. I've been getting regular
: updates on my remaining XP system without any problems. But
: of course I can't guarantee your results.

: Basically, you create a text file containing the following
: code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\WPA\PosReady]
: "Installed"=dword:00000001

: Copy the text out of the above box and paste it into a text
: editor. Make sure it looks the same as the above, save it
: as something with a .reg extension like XP2019.reg and then
: double-click on the file to insert it into your Windows
: Registry. (It will ask you to confirm.) (Remember, this is
: for XP only!)

: If you would be more comfortable downloading the XP2019.reg
: file, click on the following link, and on the resulting
: download page, select "download through your
: browser". Then go to where the file is, and
: double-click it to install: XP2019.reg

: (The above will not get any updates for old Office 2003
: applications like Word 2003, however. If someone begs me, I
: may post instructions for getting at least some of those,
: which is rather more complicated.)