Microsoft has issued a reminder this week that it will stop providing support for Windows 2000 and Windows XP Service Pack 2 on July 13, 2010. After this date, public support for these products ends and Microsoft will no longer provide any assisted support or security updates.
Microsoft offers support for its products for five years and extended support for another five years. That time will soon be up for Windows 2000 ( desktop and server ) and Windows XP SP2: July 13 is the last day that extended support will be available.
Microsoft to end support for Windows 2000, XP SP2 July 13. Windows XP users can extend support at no cost by upgrading to SP3, but Windows 2000 users have no such option. Microsoft offers support for its products for five years and extended support for another five years.
What are the different versions of Windows 2000?
Microsoft released various editions of Windows 2000 for different markets and business needs: Professional, Server, Advanced Server and Datacenter Server. Each was packaged separately. Windows 2000 Professional was designed as the desktop operating system for businesses and power users. It is the client version of Windows 2000.
What should I do if I’m still using Windows 2000?
] If you’re using Windows 2000, you’ll need to migrate to a more recent version of Windows — or live with the lack of support from Microsoft. Microsoft has a Windows 2000 End-of-Support Center with advice on migrating to Windows 7 (for desktops) or Windows Server 2003, 2008, or 2008 R2 (for servers).
Are you still running Windows 2000 Server 2010?
If you’ve got machines still running Windows 2000 Server in your enterprise, your robot will be blaring this warning ever more urgently the closer we get to July 13, 2010. That’s the end-of-support date for the Windows 2000 Server platform.
Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Server were superseded by newer Microsoft operating systems : Windows 2000 Server products by Windows Server 2003, and Windows 2000 Professional by Windows XP Professional. The Windows 2000 family of operating systems moved from mainstream support to the extended support phase on June 30, 2005.