Reminder - MS ended support for Windows 2000 on July 13, 2010
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From: The Haberdasher General on 18 Jul 2010 11:01 On Jul 18, 12:01 am, hmmm wrote: > That means no more critical updates for Windows 2000. > Windows XP SP2 is also included in the OS retirement category by MS. > > http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2010/07/microsoft_reti... > ows_2000.html > > It appears Microsoft still has some of the Windows 2000 SP downloads on their > site. That link is fubar,try this: 1Faster Forward - Microsoft retires Windows 2000, Windows XP SP2 By Rob Pegoraro | July 13, 2010; 11:51 AM ET ... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949377. In some cases, though, the OS was corrupt and I had to do a clean ... voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2010/07/ microsoft_retires_windows_2000.html
From: JP Loken on 20 Jul 2010 16:42 På Sun, 18 Jul 2010 09:01:37 +0200, skrev <hmmm>: <snip> > It appears Microsoft still has some of the Windows 2000 SP downloads on > their > site. Downloaded all updates using Windows update about a week ago. All present AFAIK. A couple of months ago I also updated Win ME through Windows update. Most of the important ones were still available. -- JP Loken Sent with Opera's e-mail program: http://www.opera.com/mail/
From: poutnik on 25 Jul 2010 04:17
In article <op.vf5s5xcx13bhk7(a)evon620c>, jp_lokennospam(a)hotmailspam.com says... > > Pa Sun, 18 Jul 2010 09:01:37 +0200, skrev <hmmm>: > > <snip> > > It appears Microsoft still has some of the Windows 2000 SP downloads on > > their > > site. > > Downloaded all updates using Windows update about a week ago. All present > AFAIK. > > A couple of months ago I also updated Win ME through Windows update. Most > of the important ones were still available. AFAIK end of support does not mean updates will not be available anymore. It means there will not be any *new* updates anymore. -- Do you know what is difference between Windows versions and guided missiles ? None. Both are fired and forgotten. |