How can you use such an operating system now

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Problem is it’s 3 years past EOL and hasn’t received any security updates in that time.

It’s functional, just not secure.

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There actually are updates to it as for the last three years Microsoft has continued to patch it under the commercial “Extended Security Update” program - that only ended in January 2023.
You just couldn’t get them as a home user without doing a lot of tweaking on your own.

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Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s some compromised machine that someone else is controlling for illegal activities.

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Nothing is, just accept this and plan with it in mind.

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