Don fix what isn broken

And I can assure you everyone was well aware that the cost of a business continuity loss due to a lack of proactivity would have been heads rolling in many organizations. But unlike Y2K, there's no magic date where systems are going to just blow up. Instead, after today, security patches and updates for Windows XP will cease. And then it will be open season for hackers that have zero day attacks against the OS that cannot be defended against.

XP was an operating system designed for a previous decade, where malware attacks were far less sophisticated and vectors for exposure to threats were also less complicated. Most of us did not have residential broadband thirteen years ago when the OS made its debut, and even corporate Internet access was confined to mostly email, in most organizations. Arguably, with service packs and patches the old boy has held up well, but when compared to the modern systems architecture and security framework of Windows 7 and Windows 8.

It's like comparing reinforced concrete to wet toilet paper. If you haven't begun the remediation process for XP within your organization, now would be a good time to start. Because you don't want to be the person responsible for prolonged inaction when the bad guys come out to play. Have you begun remediation of Windows XP within your organizations yet? Talk Back and Let Me Know.

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Million-year-old examples of these have been found that give the impression of being ruined by being chipped just one time too many. That pang of regret we have probably all felt after spoiling something by adding that unnecessary final touch was first faced by Ugg in his cave. The thought may be Stone Age but the phrase ' if it ain't broke don't fix it ', which sounds as though it might come from the Roosevelt or Truman era, is more recent than that.

This one is widely attributed to T. Bert Lance believes he can save Uncle Sam billions if he can get the government to adopt a simple motto: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it. This folksy and deliberately ungrammatical expression dates from the mids. You can't fix what's been broken. You just can't undo anything that you wish to repeat all over again. You can't just say that you want to see things as they were before what's done has already been done and you just can't make things all better though how hard you try to.

It's possible to mend a broken relationship , but you also need to ask yourself whether or not it's worth fixing in the first place. But if you can't find any redeeming qualities about your partner, it's probably best to cut them off and move forward to find a relationship that's more beneficial for you.

Leave something alone; avoid attempting to correct, fix , or improve what is already sufficient often with an implication that the attempted improvement is risky and might backfire. I know it's an ugly-looking antenna, but you know what they say: If it ain't broke , don't fix it. Can you fix something that is broken? Anything that's broken could be fixed.

It may need sticky-tape, glue, or welded to fix. It might not be able fix at all, instead, replaced. Add if it ain't broke, don't fix it to one of your lists below, or create a new one. Undamaged, unbroken or in good condition. Browse if ever there was one idiom. Test your vocabulary with our fun image quizzes. Image credits. Word of the Day sweetheart. Blog Outsets and onsets!