Posted on Monday, May 10 2010 @ 20:46 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Microsoft announced extended support for Windows 2000 and Windows XP S2 will end on July 13. Paid support and security updates will be discontinued beyond this date, but self-help online support will be available for at least a year longer. Windows 2000 users will need to migrate to a newer version of Windows, while Windows XP SP2 users can simply upgrade to SP3 or migrate to Windows 7.
According to Microsoft, self-help online support (such as Microsoft online Knowledge Base articles, FAQs, troubleshooting tools, and other resources) will be available for at least a year longer. But paid support, support assistance, and security updates will be discontinued on July 13.
If you're using Windows 2000, you'll need to migrate to a more recent version of Windows -- or live with the lack of support from Microsoft. Microsoft has a Windows 2000 End-of-Support Center with advice on migrating to Windows 7 (for desktops) or Windows Server 2003, 2008, or 2008 R2 (for servers).
Source: Yahoo News
