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Windows XP Security Updates Until August 2014

Windows XP Security Updates Until August 2014

Postby Grav!ty » Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:20 pm

Windows XP Security Updates Until August 2014


Security updates will still be provided for free for Office 2003 and XP Home and Professional until August 4, 2014. After that, the software is retired and users are on their own.

Customers can still get non-security critical fixes if they've enrolled in Microsoft's Extended Hotfix Support program. However, they must purchase the Hotfix agreement within 90 days of mainstream support ending - so it's rather late for that now.

On April 14, Microsoft is also "retiring" Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, meaning it will no longer provide support for the release. In other words, time to upgrade to SP2.

Mainstream support for Exchange Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise edition will also end April 14. Extended support dies April 8, 2014.

Other Upcoming kill dates

A complete list of Microsoft product-life cycles is available here, but we'll parse out some of the big upcoming support deadlines for your convenience.

Office 2000: Mainstream support ended in 2004. Extended support ends July 14, 2009.

Windows 2000 Server: Mainstream support ended in 2005. Extended support ends July 13, 2010.

Office 2007: Mainstream support ends April 10, 2012. Extended support ends April 11, 2017.

Windows Vista Home Basic, Premium, and Ultimate: Mainstream support ends April 10, 2012. Extended Support doesn't yet have a deadline.

Windows Vista Business: Mainstream support ends April 2012. Extended support ends April 11, 2017.


Source and more at: The Register
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Re: Windows XP Security Updates Until August 2014

Postby phileysmiley » Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:43 pm

Of course, all this is moot if MS isn't around in 2014. :lol:
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Re: Windows XP Security Updates Until August 2014

Postby imnuts » Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:31 am

phileysmiley wrote:Of course, all this is moot if MS isn't around in 2014. :lol:


For some reason, I feel like Microsoft will be around for a significantly long time. Unless we enter a nuclear winter or a second coming of the dark ages. They have a significant bank balance and little debt compared to other companies out there too.
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