How Long Will MS support XP?

[Pete]

[Malke]

Pete wrote:

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MS Product Life Cycles:
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/default.mspx

Malke
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[Ayush]

http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-us&p1=3223&x=10&y=6
"Mainstream support will end two years after the next version of
this product is released. Extended support will end five years after
mainstream support ends."

LifeCycle Policy FAQ :
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy


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"Pete" > wrote in message
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[Pete]

"Ayush" <ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com> wrote in message
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> http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-us&p1=3223&x=10&y=6
> "Mainstream support will end two years after the next version of
> this product is released. Extended support will end five years after
> mainstream support ends."
>
> LifeCycle Policy FAQ :
> http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy
>
>
> --
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>
> Search - www.Google.com | Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org
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> "Pete" > wrote in message
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This is somewhat confusing to me. Can I surmise that security fixes for XP
will last until 2014? (7 years after 1/2007)
-Pete

[JS]

Never assume anything as the old "Subject to change" rule is always there.
http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/policy/online_disclaimer.asp

JS

"Pete" > wrote in message
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> "Ayush" <ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-us&p1=3223&x=10&y=6
>> "Mainstream support will end two years after the next version of
>> this product is released. Extended support will end five years after
>> mainstream support ends."
>>
>> LifeCycle Policy FAQ :
>> http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
>>
>> Search - www.Google.com | Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org
>> Snip your long urls - http://snipurl.com/
>> "Pete" > wrote in message
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> This is somewhat confusing to me. Can I surmise that security fixes for XP
> will last until 2014? (7 years after 1/2007)
> -Pete
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[Pete]

True, can't be sure of anything with MS.
However, as it now stands, will security fixes for XP last until 2014? (7
years after 1/2007)
-Pete

[JS]

Can you still get security fixes for Windows ME, if so then the answer is
yes (I've never used ME so I don't have the answer) since ME is about 7
years old and was replaced by XP in late 2001.

More than likely the determining factor will be how quickly Vista is adopted
the IT community, if they migrate faster than they have in the past then the
support for XP might be shortened.

JS

"Pete" > wrote in message
. com...
> True, can't be sure of anything with MS.
> However, as it now stands, will security fixes for XP last until 2014? (7
> years after 1/2007)
> -Pete
>

[Pete]

Unlikely that willy nilly since they have stated policies.

"JS" <@> wrote in message ...
> Can you still get security fixes for Windows ME, if so then the answer is
> yes (I've never used ME so I don't have the answer) since ME is about 7
> years old and was replaced by XP in late 2001.
>
> More than likely the determining factor will be how quickly Vista is
> adopted the IT community, if they migrate faster than they have in the
> past then the support for XP might be shortened.
>
> JS
>
> "Pete" > wrote in message
> . com...
>> True, can't be sure of anything with MS.
>> However, as it now stands, will security fixes for XP last until 2014? (7
>> years after 1/2007)
>> -Pete
>>
>
>

[Chuck]

Or, MS shortens it to speed up the change to Vista.

"More than likely the determining factor will be how quickly Vista is
adopted the IT community, if they migrate faster than they have in the
past then the support for XP might be shortened."

"Pete" > wrote in message
m...
> Unlikely that willy nilly since they have stated policies.
>
> "JS" <@> wrote in message ...
> > Can you still get security fixes for Windows ME, if so then the answer
is
> > yes (I've never used ME so I don't have the answer) since ME is about 7
> > years old and was replaced by XP in late 2001.
> >
> > More than likely the determining factor will be how quickly Vista is
> > adopted the IT community, if they migrate faster than they have in the
> > past then the support for XP might be shortened.
> >
> > JS
> >
> > "Pete" > wrote in message
> > . com...
> >> True, can't be sure of anything with MS.
> >> However, as it now stands, will security fixes for XP last until 2014?
(7
> >> years after 1/2007)
> >> -Pete
> >>
> >
> >
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>

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

"Chuck" > wrote in message
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> Or, MS shortens it to speed up the change to Vista.


I have never known MS to shorten the time. I have seen them lengthen the
time as they did for Win98. I like to think MVPs had a hand in that since
we pointed out that there were a lot of Win98 installations on machines that
could not handle WinXP.

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