XP security updates

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How much longer will XP continue to recieve security updates? I saw on one ms
page that security support would stop sometime in April of 09. Is that still
the case?
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Paul

MS Office Pro 2003
XP Home
Dell Inspiron 1501
 
Paul <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>How much longer will XP continue to recieve security updates? I saw on one ms
>page that security support would stop sometime in April of 09. Is that still
>the case?

That is still the case
 
April 2014.

It is mainstream support (additional feature enhancements, etc.) that ends
in April of 2009.

The period following the end of mainstream support is called "extended
support". During the extended support period Windows Update will continute
to offer critical (security) updates for XP SP2 users until mid-year 2010
and XP SP3 users though April of 2014. Once support for XP SP2 ends in 2010
users still using SP2 will need to upgrade to SP3 to continue to receive
security updates.

"Paul" <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:56B669AF-ECC2-4CDD-ABD5-DBAF0A1F2183@microsoft.com...
> How much longer will XP continue to recieve security updates? I saw on one
> ms
> page that security support would stop sometime in April of 09. Is that
> still
> the case?
> --
> Paul
>
> MS Office Pro 2003
> XP Home
> Dell Inspiron 1501
 
OK, Colin, you are correct, as can be seen when comparing the dates given in
this page: http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-gb&x=16&y=12&C2=1173

with the definitions here: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy

Thanks.
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Paul

MS Office Pro 2003
XP Home
Dell Inspiron 1501


"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> April 2014.
>
> It is mainstream support (additional feature enhancements, etc.) that ends
> in April of 2009.
>
> The period following the end of mainstream support is called "extended
> support". During the extended support period Windows Update will continute
> to offer critical (security) updates for XP SP2 users until mid-year 2010
> and XP SP3 users though April of 2014. Once support for XP SP2 ends in 2010
> users still using SP2 will need to upgrade to SP3 to continue to receive
> security updates.
>
> "Paul" <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:56B669AF-ECC2-4CDD-ABD5-DBAF0A1F2183@microsoft.com...
> > How much longer will XP continue to recieve security updates? I saw on one
> > ms
> > page that security support would stop sometime in April of 09. Is that
> > still
> > the case?
> > --
> > Paul
> >
> > MS Office Pro 2003
> > XP Home
> > Dell Inspiron 1501
>
 
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