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Despite High Usage Worldwide Sales Halted Permanently

Redmond, WA-There are literally millions of users around the world who still use the popular Windows XP operating system, with no sign of letup.

Despite this, and a high demand for the original software, Microsoft has held firm to its previous announcement that June 30, 2008 would be the last day that the XP operating system would be available for purchase by vendors who pre install the system on computers for retail sales.

Microsoft is pushing its new operating system, Windows Vista, which is being resisted by wide margins among many of the stalwart customers from Microsoft.

There have been wide pleas from their customers to not stop the Windows XP sales, but despite this Microsoft has stopped selling its Windows XP system after today.

Computer Vendors will not be able to offer anything other than Vista as an Operating system on computer that they sell beginning July 1st.

There is a method that is convoluted that will allow individual users to convert their Vista system backwards to Windows XP, but that is something only the individual user can do and it is rather complicated.

Its seen as a last gasp option, and while legal, it is a method that is not very well known and not being advertised by Microsoft as they would rather not have people use Windows XP at all.