April 12th 14, 01:14 AM
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How long Will WindozeUpdate and license validation function for XP after April?
JJ wrote:
On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 09:20:09 -0400, XP Guy wrote:
There is precedent for the update server to no longer supply or be
functional for one or two of their products, as WindowsUpdate went
dark for win-98 I think 2 years after win98 EOL. I don't know what
happened for Win-2k in that regard - I presume that WindowsUpdate
service no longer functions for win2k - correct? But in any case,
it came as a surprise when the update service failed for win-98.
I've read a new post somewhere in Windows XP newsgroup a few months
ago. One Windows 2000 user said that the auto update server is still
working.
Even if the Windows XP auto update server has stopped working, you
can still do a manual update. Microsoft already provide a DVD ISO
that contains security updates up until March 11th 2014.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913086
Newer updates if any, won't be that many and troublesome for manual
downloads.
It appears to me looking at that site that the ISO only contains the updates
released that month. Do you know otherwise?
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