The deadline for the end-of-life has been well-known for a long time, so there’s no excuse to be taken by surprise. So the best advice is for anyone still clinging to XP to bite the bullet and move on to something else if at all possible. This end of life has been described as a “perpetual zero-day”, leaving lingering XP users exposed to all manner of dangers, many of which will likely be easy to reverse-engineer from bugs publicised by Microsoft itself after they are spotted and fixed on later Windows versions. Its mainstream support phase ended way back in 2009, and the current extended, patch-only support period is rapidly drawing to a close. Windows XP has now been superseded by three separate, fully-fledged Windows versions (if, that is, one counts the widely despised Vista).
Google’s rationale behind the decision is that some people will find the transition away from XP a difficult process, and that allowing them to ensure their browsers are kept free of vulnerabilities will ease that transition.īut could its decision end up dissuading people from moving away from XP in a prompt and timely manner?
This is all it takes to download Google Chrome and get the latest version of that web browser for free! Note that Chrome will periodically, and automatically, update itself.Google has pledged to continue supporting its Chrome browser on Windows XP until at least April 2015, a full year after Microsoft officially ends support for the legacy platform in April 2014.
And Chrome beautifully integrates with the "Aero" theme, available in the last two versions of Windows - more at our Windows 7 Tutorial. Once the download and installation are complete, the Chrome web browser will automatically launch we recommend that you close it, and re-launch it automatically (this is because depending on the version of Windows you are using, and the privilege level you have (standard user or administrator), the first session might be run as administrator - put simply, it would not remember under your profile the settings you customize, but it will behave normally after you manually restart it, and from thereon).
Within a second or so, the " Google Chrome Installer" Windows will open, download Chrome, and automatically install it on your computer, add a shortcut to your start menu, and another one on your desktop.
When the page has loaded, you will see a big blue " Download Google Chrome" button, as shown on the screenshot below: click on it if you want to download the latest stable, and official, version of the web browser - note that the download page automatically recognizes the operating system (Windows / Mac / Linux) you are using, and is available for the last three Windows ( what version of Windows do I have?).First, load the Chrome download page in a browser of your choice: the URL is simply /chrome, which directly includes download instructions.
Follow these steps to get the latest version of the Chrome web browser on your computer we'll also show you how to download Chrome Beta, which are typically very stable, and mostly ready for prime time.