WinXP lifecycle plan?

[William Stokes]

Hello,

What's the current MS plan for XP support? I understood that the selling of
new XP licences ends some time during 2008 but is there a (written) plan by
MS about how long XP will be supported.

Thanks

 

[Gordon]

Hello,

What's the current MS plan for XP support? I understood that the selling
of new XP licences ends some time during 2008 but is there a (written)
plan by MS about how long XP will be supported.

Thanks

http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=3223

(The same timescale applies to Home edition...)

 

[Shenan Stanley]

What's the current MS plan for XP support? I understood that the
selling of new XP licences ends some time during 2008 but is there
a (written) plan by MS about how long XP will be supported.

So that you might not only get your answer - but know how
one might come across it on their own...

Search using Google!
http://www.google.com/
(How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )

Example (using your posting/words) - a search for:

microsoft lifecycle

.... brings up:
http://www.google.com/search?q=microsoft+lifecycle

Which has several good links listed right at the beginning.

Such as:
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy
Explaining what you might see...

And:
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselectindex
Where you can see the dates/support options for products by name...

Windows XP Professional:
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=3223

Windows XP Home:
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=3221

Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005:
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=7024

Windows XP TabletPC Edition 2005:
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=7801

Hope that helps. Come back and tell me if that is what you needed!

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

What's the current MS plan for XP support? I understood that the selling of

new XP licences ends some time during 2008 but is there a (written) plan by
MS about how long XP will be supported.

It will cease being sold in store some time in June and will reach end
of life support (patches, hotfixes, etc.) some time in 2014 (last I
checked). It's still got a long way to go.

- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[Shenan Stanley]

What's the current MS plan for XP support? I understood that the
selling of new XP licences ends some time during 2008 but is there
a (written) plan by MS about how long XP will be supported.

It will cease being sold in store some time in June and will reach
end of life support (patches, hotfixes, etc.) some time in 2014
(last I checked). It's still got a long way to go.

4/8/2014 is the extended support.
Mainstream support ends 4/14/2009.

#3 here explains the differences:
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy