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Oracle is no longer supporting Java for Windows XP and will only support Windows Vista or later. Java 8 is not supported for Windows XP and users will be unable to install on their systems. Oracle warns "Users may still continue to use Java 7 updates on Windows XP at their own risk" [1]

[1] https://www.java.com/en/download/faq/winxp.xml
[2] http://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/057419.pdf

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Guy Bruneau IPSS Inc. gbruneau at isc dot sans dot edu