Windows XP Home Ed. - Expiration of support?

[Ken Hope]

Microsoft has only committed to 5 years of support for
Windows XP Home Edition, from the initial release date of
Oct. 2001.
Does this mean that current purchasers of systems w/Home
Edition will only be supported for another two years,
until Oct. 2006?
This is not an issue for me, but some number of home users
will probably be caught by this, unless Microsoft changes
their support policy.

 

[Tom Porterfield]

Microsoft has only committed to 5 years of support for
Windows XP Home Edition, from the initial release date of
Oct. 2001.
Does this mean that current purchasers of systems w/Home
Edition will only be supported for another two years,
until Oct. 2006?
This is not an issue for me, but some number of home users
will probably be caught by this, unless Microsoft changes
their support policy.

Mainstream support for XP Home, Pro and Media Center edition is
scheduled to end on December 31, 2006
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];LifeWin). By
that time a new version of Windows is scheduled to be available. If the
past is a predictor of the future, that mainstream support end date will
be extended if there are further delays in the next release of Windows.
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP MCE
http://support.telop.org

Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.

 

[Dick Kistler]

Microsoft has only committed to 5 years of support for
Windows XP Home Edition, from the initial release date of
Oct. 2001.
Does this mean that current purchasers of systems w/Home
Edition will only be supported for another two years,
until Oct. 2006?
This is not an issue for me, but some number of home users
will probably be caught by this, unless Microsoft changes
their support policy.

Actually December 31, 2006. See:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=lifecycle

 

[Dick Kistler]

Microsoft has only committed to 5 years of support for Windows XP Home
Edition, from the initial release date of Oct. 2001.
Does this mean that current purchasers of systems w/Home Edition will
only be supported for another two years, until Oct. 2006?
This is not an issue for me, but some number of home users will probably
be caught by this, unless Microsoft changes their support policy.

Mainstream support for XP Home, Pro and Media Center edition is scheduled
to end on December 31, 2006
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];LifeWin). By that
time a new version of Windows is scheduled to be available. If the past
is a predictor of the future, that mainstream support end date will be
extended if there are further delays in the next release of Windows.
--

And if there is enough uproar from users. This is unlikely for XP Home,
but possible for XP Pro. This is probably why Microsoft came up with
the Extended Support idea. Businesses in particular need to have a longer
time frame than 5 years.

Dick Kistler

 

[Guest]

This is a fib. 2000 SP2 is no longer supported for
security patches, but they say in this link you posted
that Windows 2000 is on extended support until 2010. I
wonder when the truth comes out about XP and it's service
packs.

 

[Ken Hope]

Thanks to everybody for their replies.
What I was trying to get at, is that anybody purchasing a
PC today with XP Home Edition will have to go through the
cost and bother of getting and installing a new O/S
version in 2 years and 4 months, in order to get security
updates under Microsoft's current policy.
This issue does not get better as each day passes.
Longhorn is due out sometime in 2006. A Home Edition
purchaser in early 2006 will get a product that will be
updated for less than a year.

-----Original Message-----

Microsoft has only committed to 5 years of support for Windows XP Home
Edition, from the initial release date of Oct. 2001.
Does this mean that current purchasers of systems w/Home Edition will
only be supported for another two years, until Oct. 2006?
This is not an issue for me, but some number of home users will probably
be caught by this, unless Microsoft changes their support policy.

Mainstream support for XP Home, Pro and Media Center edition is scheduled
to end on December 31, 2006
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh; [ln];LifeWin). By that
time a new version of Windows is scheduled to be available. If the past
is a predictor of the future, that mainstream support end date will be
extended if there are further delays in the next release of Windows.
--

And if there is enough uproar from users. This is unlikely for XP Home,
but possible for XP Pro. This is probably why Microsoft came up with
the Extended Support idea. Businesses in particular need to have a longer
time frame than 5 years.

Dick Kistler


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[CS]

Microsoft has only committed to 5 years of support for
Windows XP Home Edition, from the initial release date of
Oct. 2001.
Does this mean that current purchasers of systems w/Home
Edition will only be supported for another two years,
until Oct. 2006?
This is not an issue for me, but some number of home users
will probably be caught by this, unless Microsoft changes
their support policy.

Mainstream support for XP Home, Pro and Media Center edition is
scheduled to end on December 31, 2006
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];LifeWin). By
that time a new version of Windows is scheduled to be available. If the
past is a predictor of the future, that mainstream support end date will
be extended if there are further delays in the next release of Windows.

I though the support period life for business operating systems and
servers (which would included XP Pro) was 7 years. That would extend
support for Pro until Oct 2008. MS changed its policy?

 

[Tom Porterfield]

I though the support period life for business operating systems and
servers (which would included XP Pro) was 7 years. That would extend
support for Pro until Oct 2008. MS changed its policy?

Mainstream support ends after five years. For developer and business
products, MS will continue to provide support for 10 years. This is
referred to as extended support. If you look at the original link you
will see that extended support for XP Pro is not scheduled to retire
until the end of 2011.
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP MCE
http://support.telop.org

Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.

 

[Tom Porterfield]

Thanks to everybody for their replies.
What I was trying to get at, is that anybody purchasing a
PC today with XP Home Edition will have to go through the
cost and bother of getting and installing a new O/S
version in 2 years and 4 months, in order to get security
updates under Microsoft's current policy.
This issue does not get better as each day passes.
Longhorn is due out sometime in 2006. A Home Edition
purchaser in early 2006 will get a product that will be
updated for less than a year.

Not quite true. As of today there is no scheduled release date for the
next version of Windows. Therefore the only date on the lifecycle page
is per the support policy of five years after general availability. But
let me call your attention to this important section of the lifecycle FAQ:

"Microsoft will provide mainstream support for either 5 years after the
date of general availability, or for 2 years after the successor product
(N+1) is released, whichever is longer. Microsoft will also provide
extended support** for 5 years after mainstream support for a product
ends, or for 2 years after the second successor product (N+2) is
released, whichever is longer. Finally, most products will receive at
least 10 years of online self-help support."
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=lifepolicy

So if the next version of Windows is released in early 2006, then XP
Home users could expect maintream support until 2008.

--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP MCE
http://support.telop.org

Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.

 

[Ken Hope]

-----Original Message-----


Not quite true. As of today there is no scheduled release date for the
next version of Windows. Therefore the only date on the lifecycle page
is per the support policy of five years after general availability. But
let me call your attention to this important section of the lifecycle FAQ:

"Microsoft will provide mainstream support for either 5 years after the
date of general availability, or for 2 years after the successor product
(N+1) is released, whichever is longer. Microsoft will also provide
extended support** for 5 years after mainstream support for a product
ends, or for 2 years after the second successor product (N+2) is
released, whichever is longer. Finally, most products will receive at
least 10 years of online self-help support."
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=lifepolicy

So if the next version of Windows is released in early 2006, then XP
Home users could expect maintream support until 2008.

--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP MCE
http://support.telop.org

Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.
.

The policy that you reference is in the "Business and
Development Software" section. Windows XP Home Edition is
regarded, to the best of my knowledge, as a consumer, not
a business, product.