official cut off date for Win2k support? [Archive]

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dwilson041781

01-13-2006, 06:25 AM

has there been a statement made regarding when support will end from win2k, im asking for a friend its his current machine and he was talking about how his school and majority of business run it, and figured id inquire.

Phoenix86

01-13-2006, 10:22 AM

Extended support ends 6/30/2010

Lifecycle Index (http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselectindex)

heelix

01-13-2006, 10:54 AM

Not sure, but win2k ISO's were on the MSDN download site in December 05, and the ISO was gone in Jan this year.

Phoenix86

01-13-2006, 11:12 AM

Support != ISO availability... They "availibility" date expired as of March 31, 2005.

Text (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/default.mspx)

heelix

01-13-2006, 11:15 AM

I know - just a sign that the end is on the way.

Super Mario

01-13-2006, 10:46 PM

I know - just a sign that the end is on the way.

That is sad. Windows 2000 was a good operating system. I wish it to live on a long long time. It was great to see the death of Windows 95/98/ME as those were crumby operating systems.

Sieravor

01-14-2006, 02:35 AM

You know, as much as 2000 kicked ass, I'm really not going to miss it when it's gone. After using Server 2003 and XP Pro, I find that using Win2k is a hassle.