XP support end

[Guest]

I've heard that Microsoft plans to soon end support for XP. When will that
be?

Does this mean security updates?

How about all the mini-notebooks recently sold with XP? Will they be left
unsupported?

Thanks, Jeff

 

[badgolferman]

I've heard that Microsoft plans to soon end support for XP. When
will that be?

Does this mean security updates?

How about all the mini-notebooks recently sold with XP? Will they be
left unsupported?

Thanks, Jeff

Have they stopped supporting Windows 2000 yet?

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Support has ended on April 14th 2009 and now it is on extended support
which means it will last up to April 14th 2014. This also applies to
Office 2003.

“’Extended Support’ is only provided to customers who have signed
support contracts with Microsoft. While Microsoft will continue to
provide security fixes for a product for free, any bug fixes or
non-security hot fixes will require extended support contracts.”

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[Guest]

Thanks. The security fixes are all I was concerned about.

Jeff

 

[Unknown]

Do you honestly believe you impress people by playing stupid and using foul
language?

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

WinXP SP3 (only) entered Extended Support LifeCycle in April 2009. Security
updates will continue until well into 2014.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I've heard that Microsoft plans to soon end support for XP. When
will that be?

Does this mean security updates?

How about all the mini-notebooks recently sold with XP? Will they
be left unsupported?

Now is a great time to point you to one of the easiest ways to find
information on problems you may be having and solutions others have found:

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

You can always check out the life cycle of any Microsoft product (that has
gone into "RTM" status) here:
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselect

Specifically - for your question:
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=3221

Windows XP Home Edition
Generally Availability Date: 12/31/2001
Mainstream Support Retired: 4/14/2009
Extended Support Retired: 4/8/2014

(Other editions of XP are the same/very similar.)

Go here:
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy

And read up on 'Extended support' --> which means you will still be getting
security updates at no charge. Which only makes sense and was really no
extra effort - since they will be providing the same for the business-class
Windows XP Professional - and most patches that apply to Windows XP
Professional apply to Windows XP Home Edition.

Now - as for Windows XP's *real* life - that doesn't depend necessarily on
support from Microsoft at all. Hardware vendors have a LOT of control.
They may choose to only release drivers for the latest operating systems -
which means your new XXXX may not function 100% under Windows XP (irony is
that a lot of older products don't currently function under Windows Vista...
*grin*)

After April 2014 - Windows XP won't get updates from Microsoft. You can run
it as long as you want/can with your given hardware and other limitations
that will likely begin to materialize as the OS gets older and older. (Many
Internet plugins are not available on Windows 98 now - even though there are
people running it. Many applications released by third parties require a
certain level of operating system to work/be installed/be supported by the
makers of said applications. Many hardware manufacturers do not product
device drivers so their devices can communicate with the operating system
for older OSes. Etc...)