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Those looking for Windows XP updates in 2014 are out of luck if they are searching for a new download from Microsoft. But WinXP continues to have a diehard fanbase, and some of them are creating an unofficial Windows XP Service Pack 4 download that pulls together all the official Windows XP updates into one installation.
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According to NetMarkShare, Windows XP still clings onto an amazing 24 percent of all the market share among the various Windows OS installations. Windows 7 is the most popular, with 51 percent, but Windows XP still retains a user base that is more than double the number of users using Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 combined.
Perhaps because of this continued popularity, a Greece-based developer called harkaz started the “Unofficial Service Pack 4″ project back in September of 2013. Harkaz has already released a third beta of Win XP SP4 and they’re currently readying a Release Candidate just like Microsoft would have done.
“Many users – including me – who won’t be able to upgrade their old machines to a newer OS would like to easily install all Windows updates in one convenient package. For this reason, I started working on a Service Pack 4 package,” said harkaz on the RyanVM discussion boards.
“Windows XP Unofficial SP4 ENU is a cumulative update rollup for Windows XP (x86) English. It can be applied to a live Windows XP system which has SP1, at minimum, installed or it can be slipstreamed (integrated) in any Windows XP installation media.”
