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Will System Updates Remain Available When Support Ends?
I understand the support for 95, 98, and ME will officially end on July 11th.
Will updates remain available on the web for WIndows Update? -- Paul M. |
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Will System Updates Remain Available When Support Ends?
Paul,
Updates for Win 95 are no longer available. I've asked MS if updates for Win ME will still be available after 7/11 and if further updates will be issued for newly discovered vulnerabilities after that date. Reading the Support Lifecycle page gave me a headache. Stay tuned ... MowGreen [MVP 2003-2006] =============== *-343-* FDNY Never Forgotten =============== Paul M. wrote: I understand the support for 95, 98, and ME will officially end on July 11th. Will updates remain available on the web for WIndows Update? |
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Will System Updates Remain Available When Support Ends?
MowGreen [MVP] wrote:
Updates for Win 95 are no longer available. I've asked MS if updates for Win ME will still be available after 7/11 and if further updates will be issued for newly discovered vulnerabilities after that date. Reading the Support Lifecycle page gave me a headache. Stay tuned ... Mow, Whilst I believe updates will continue to be available from the Windows Update site for some time yet I don't expect that Win Me or Win 98SE users should expect further security updates to be built for any new vulnerabilities. IE6 SP1 will also be soon out of support and IS 6 SP2 has never been made available for Win9x systems. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Windows [2001-2006] |
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Will System Updates Remain Available When Support Ends?
And, I was wrong/right about updates for Win 95. They're still available
via the MS Download Center, but not on the Windows Update Catalog site. Still waiting for the "official" word from MS ... but I think you are spot on, Mike. MowGreen [MVP 2003-2006] =============== *-343-* FDNY Never Forgotten =============== Mike M wrote: MowGreen [MVP] wrote: Updates for Win 95 are no longer available. I've asked MS if updates for Win ME will still be available after 7/11 and if further updates will be issued for newly discovered vulnerabilities after that date. Reading the Support Lifecycle page gave me a headache. Stay tuned ... Mow, Whilst I believe updates will continue to be available from the Windows Update site for some time yet I don't expect that Win Me or Win 98SE users should expect further security updates to be built for any new vulnerabilities. IE6 SP1 will also be soon out of support and IS 6 SP2 has never been made available for Win9x systems. |
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Will System Updates Remain Available When Support Ends?
MowGreen [MVP] wrote:
And, I was wrong/right about updates for Win 95. They're still available via the MS Download Center, but not on the Windows Update Catalog site. Still waiting for the "official" word from MS ... but I think you are spot on, Mike. I suspect it all depends on how long MS are prepared to continue running the v4 Windows Update site. I can't remember but don't think that Win95 was supported beyond the v2 site. Since XP is now using the v6 site the life of the v4 site could well be just a few months after which the Download Centre would have to be the source of any required hotfixes. -- Mike Maltby |
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Will System Updates Remain Available When Support Ends?
The official word is no new security updates will be forthcoming after
the extended support phase has ended. Time for those to move on up to _______ ( Users' choice ) from Win9x is fast approaching. MowGreen [MVP 2003-2006] =============== *-343-* FDNY Never Forgotten =============== Mike M wrote: MowGreen [MVP] wrote: And, I was wrong/right about updates for Win 95. They're still available via the MS Download Center, but not on the Windows Update Catalog site. Still waiting for the "official" word from MS ... but I think you are spot on, Mike. I suspect it all depends on how long MS are prepared to continue running the v4 Windows Update site. I can't remember but don't think that Win95 was supported beyond the v2 site. Since XP is now using the v6 site the life of the v4 site could well be just a few months after which the Download Centre would have to be the source of any required hotfixes. |
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Will System Updates Remain Available When Support Ends?
The official word is no new security updates will be forthcoming after
the extended support phase has ended. Mow, That isn't exactly new news as this was announced some years ago. See "Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Support Extended" (http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;LifeAn1) which states: "Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Me downloads for existing security issues will continue to be available through regular assisted-support channels at no charge until June 30, 2006." [Last Review: January 14, 2005]. -- Mike MowGreen [MVP] wrote: The official word is no new security updates will be forthcoming after the extended support phase has ended. Time for those to move on up to _______ ( Users' choice ) from Win9x is fast approaching. |
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Will System Updates Remain Available When Support Ends?
I could be wrong here g but I'm sure I read it, but can't remember
where, that support was now moved to July 11th, please correct me as I'm probably wrong. Joan Mike M wrote: Mow, That isn't exactly new news as this was announced some years ago. See "Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Support Extended" (http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;LifeAn1) which states: "Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Me downloads for existing security issues will continue to be available through regular assisted-support channels at no charge until June 30, 2006." [Last Review: January 14, 2005]. |
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Will System Updates Remain Available When Support Ends?
Joan Archer wrote:
I could be wrong here g but I'm sure I read it, but can't remember where, that support was now moved to July 11th, please correct me as I'm probably wrong. Joan, I've also seen 11 July mentioned but since it is just an additional 11 days didn't think to mention it. Thanks though for the reminder. -- Mike |
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Will System Updates Remain Available When Support Ends?
Your welcome Mike and as you say it's only another 11 days so doesn't make
much difference g Joan Mike M wrote: Joan Archer wrote: I could be wrong here g but I'm sure I read it, but can't remember where, that support was now moved to July 11th, please correct me as I'm probably wrong. Joan, I've also seen 11 July mentioned but since it is just an additional 11 days didn't think to mention it. Thanks though for the reminder. |
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