When Is Windows XP Professional "Out Of (Mainstream) Support" Please?

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Hello,

Please could someone tell me when Windows XP Pro goes out of
(mainstream) support (or at least where I can find out for myself)?

I have viewed the MS web site
(http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=3223) but it tells me
"Mainstream support will end two years after the next version of this
product is released." It doesn't give me a date and frankly, I'm
confused! Is there even a 'next version' of this product and when will
it be released?

Many thanks in advance for your help!

Rafael.

[Tom Willett]

Vista is the next O/S, scheduled to be released in a few months.

> wrote in message
ups.com...
> Hello,
>
> Please could someone tell me when Windows XP Pro goes out of
> (mainstream) support (or at least where I can find out for myself)?
>
> I have viewed the MS web site
> (http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=3223) but it tells me
> "Mainstream support will end two years after the next version of this
> product is released." It doesn't give me a date and frankly, I'm
> confused! Is there even a 'next version' of this product and when will
> it be released?
>
> Many thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Rafael.
>

[Ayush]

Next Version is Windows Vista, it will be released in 3-10 months.
Fore more info about Vista:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.aspx

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> Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

For any query, search > www.Google.com
Want to know about a term > http://en.wikipedia.org

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> wrote in message
ups.com...
: Hello,
:
: Please could someone tell me when Windows XP Pro goes out of
: (mainstream) support (or at least where I can find out for myself)?
:
: I have viewed the MS web site
: (http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=3223) but it tells me
: "Mainstream support will end two years after the next version of this
: product is released." It doesn't give me a date and frankly, I'm
: confused! Is there even a 'next version' of this product and when will
: it be released?
:
: Many thanks in advance for your help!
:
: Rafael.
:

[bud]

> wrote in message
ups.com...
> Hello,
>
> Please could someone tell me when Windows XP Pro goes out of
> (mainstream) support (or at least where I can find out for myself)?
>
> I have viewed the MS web site
> (http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=3223) but it tells me
> "Mainstream support will end two years after the next version of this
> product is released." It doesn't give me a date and frankly, I'm
> confused! Is there even a 'next version' of this product and when will
> it be released?
>
> Many thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Rafael.
>

Doesn't mean you can't still use it. Even when Mainstream support ends, that
doesn't stop XP from working.

[[email protected]]

Ahhhhhh! It becomes clearer now! I thought that it meant the next
version of Windows XP Professional as opposed to the next version of
Windows full stop!!! I guess that's just me being dim.

So.....if Vista is due for release late '06 / early '07 (which seems to
be the current thinking) then Windows XP Pro goes out of mainstream
support late '08 / early '09.

That sound about right????

[NewScience]

And it depends on how stable Vista is. If they constantly are having
problems when released to MainStream, they usually extend the support period
for the previous version.

> wrote in message
ups.com...
> Hello,
>
> Please could someone tell me when Windows XP Pro goes out of
> (mainstream) support (or at least where I can find out for myself)?
>
> I have viewed the MS web site
> (http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=3223) but it tells me
> "Mainstream support will end two years after the next version of this
> product is released." It doesn't give me a date and frankly, I'm
> confused! Is there even a 'next version' of this product and when will
> it be released?
>
> Many thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Rafael.
>