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Posted By: Kathleen on 2008-01-04
In Reply to: Please provide documentation. Thanks - giddy pc guru
My son, who is a very schooled pc guru in his own right, was the one who told me, but if you really need documented proof, a very brief search on the internet provided this bit of info:
Microsoft quietly extends XP Home support
By Ken Fisher | Published: January 12, 2006 - 06:24PM CT
Earlier this month I reported that Windows XP Home would be leaving Mainstream Support at the end of this year, and I called on Microsoft to extend XP Home support in a similar fashion to the support already enjoyed by Windows XP Professional. Surprised that the support date had not yet been extended, I contacted Microsoft and was told that support would in fact end at the end of this year. Perhaps the left hand didn't know what the right hand was doing, because in a little over a week, things have changed.
The good news is that Microsoft appears to be making an exception to the way it normally treats "consumer products," and has explicitly extended Windows XP Home support to "two years after the next version of this product is released," that is, two years after the release of Windows Vista. Microsoft has also extended the Mainstream Support lifespan of other products that were on borrowed time, including Media Center Editions 2002, 2004, and 2005, and XP Tablet edition. They will all also get the two year extension, which by our estimates means that they will receive support until the end of 2008. Windows XP Professional will see support well beyond 2011.
Microsoft quietly extends XP Home support
By Ken Fisher | Published: January 12, 2006 - 06:24PM CT
Earlier this month I reported that Windows XP Home would be leaving Mainstream Support at the end of this year, and I called on Microsoft to extend XP Home support in a similar fashion to the support already enjoyed by Windows XP Professional. Surprised that the support date had not yet been extended, I contacted Microsoft and was told that support would in fact end at the end of this year. Perhaps the left hand didn't know what the right hand was doing, because in a little over a week, things have changed.
The good news is that Microsoft appears to be making an exception to the way it normally treats "consumer products," and has explicitly extended Windows XP Home support to "two years after the next version of this product is released," that is, two years after the release of Windows Vista. Microsoft has also extended the Mainstream Support lifespan of other products that were on borrowed time, including Media Center Editions 2002, 2004, and 2005, and XP Tablet edition. They will all also get the two year extension, which by our estimates means that they will receive support until the end of 2008. Windows XP Professional will see support well beyond 2011.
Microsoft quietly extends XP Home support
By Ken Fisher | Published: January 12, 2006 - 06:24PM CT
Earlier this month I reported that Windows XP Home would be leaving Mainstream Support at the end of this year, and I called on Microsoft to extend XP Home support in a similar fashion to the support already enjoyed by Windows XP Professional. Surprised that the support date had not yet been extended, I contacted Microsoft and was told that support would in fact end at the end of this year. Perhaps the left hand didn't know what the right hand was doing, because in a little over a week, things have changed.
The good news is that Microsoft appears to be making an exception to the way it normally treats "consumer products," and has explicitly extended Windows XP Home support to "two years after the next version of this product is released," that is, two years after the release of Windows Vista. Microsoft has also extended the Mainstream Support lifespan of other products that were on borrowed time, including Media Center Editions 2002, 2004, and 2005, and XP Tablet edition. They will all also get the two year extension, which by our estimates means that they will receive support until the end of 2008. Windows XP Professional will see support well beyond 2011.
Microsoft quietly extends XP Home support
By Ken Fisher | Published: January 12, 2006 - 06:24PM CT
Earlier this month I reported that Windows XP Home would be leaving Mainstream Support at the end of this year, and I called on Microsoft to extend XP Home support in a similar fashion to the support already enjoyed by Windows XP Professional. Surprised that the support date had not yet been extended, I contacted Microsoft and was told that support would in fact end at the end of this year. Perhaps the left hand didn't know what the right hand was doing, because in a little over a week, things have changed.
The good news is that Microsoft appears to be making an exception to the way it normally treats "consumer products," and has explicitly extended Windows XP Home support to "two years after the next version of this product is released," that is, two years after the release of Windows Vista. Microsoft has also extended the Mainstream Support lifespan of other products that were on borrowed time, including Media Center Editions 2002, 2004, and 2005, and XP Tablet edition. They will all also get the two year extension, which by our estimates means that they will receive support until the end of 2008. Windows XP Professional will see support well beyond 2011.
Hope that is enough for you!
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