You should not pay for any driver updates. Microsoft or not.
Drivers are updated in Windows by using a driver update wizard from within Device Manager. The driver update wizard walks you through the entire driver update process, making updating drivers a fairly painless task. Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP all have slightly different processes for completing driver updates:
To find out about Windows XP programming updates you will need to visit the Microsoft Windows website. There are many other independent sites with information relating to Windows XP programming updates such as dummies and ehow.
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No. Updates on Windows XP are layered; one update depends on what other updates were installed. Removing one could leave the system in an unusable state.
Security and bugfix updates are still available for download, but no new updates are being made, as Windows XP has reached the end of its support life.
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Stop the "Automatic updates" service.
Windows XP can be downloaded with a touch of a button. It is easiest to go directly to Microsoft itself. From there, there is a link to lead to the Windows XP.
Windows XP was released by Microsoft in August 2001. There are two versions of Windows XP. One is Windows XP Home and the other is Windows XP Professional. There have been four versions of XP that have been released. Mainstream support for Windows XP stopped on April 14, 2009.
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