Google has announced that their Chrome browser will not be receiving updates in the future if you are running Chrome on Windows XP or Windows Vista. Read Chrome Ends Support for Windows XP and Vista.
Consider this as just one more way to encourage you to move off outdated and unsupported platforms.
But don’t think that Google is picking on Windows. At the same time, they also announced that Chrome will no longer be updated on Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8 platforms.
In all cases, Chrome will continue to work as a browser. It’;s just that it will no longer receive new features, and more importantly, will not receive new security updates.
But … if you are not quite ready to retire your XP or Vista computer, there’s a simple way to disable the annoying banner that displays every time you start Chrome:
To disable the banner from displaying:
- Right click on the Google icon on your desktop or taskbar
- Click on Properties
- Click inside the Target: box
- Position the cursor to the very end, immediately after the final double quote mark
- Press the spacebar one time
- Then type: –disable-infobars
- Then click Apply and OK
And, if you prefer a video of these steps, I found this one on YouTube — kudo’s to DiegoG!
“–disable-infobars”
This is incorrect. It should be:
–disable-infobars
RE My previous comment:
I’m not sure why it’s showing as a single dash before the word disable.
So written out, omitting the commas, the comment should really be: -,-,disable,-,infobars
works! thanks