Re: SP2 for Windows 2000?

From: *Vanguard* (do-not-email_at_reply-to-group)
Date: 07/21/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 20:15:12 -0500

"concerned Windows user" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in news:094501c46e6f$ef85b900$a401280a@phx.gbl:
> True, Windows 2000 doesn't come with firewall. SP5 would
> be nice, anyway. (It's up to SP4 now.)
>
> What source are you using to say that mainstream support
> for Windows 2K ends in a year? Please give the source. If
> what you say is true, I guess updates via
> windowsupdate.com will dry up for Windows 2K users. :(

I did a search on "product lifecycle" at http://search.microsoft.com/
and selected the first article found
(http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx?rdpath=fh;en-us;
lifecycle). Then, in my case, I selected the USA. This shows the
general lifecycle period for Microsoft products. For a particular
product, click on the link "Locate Your Product" and select the
"Windows" link.

But you don't need the web page mentioned. Mainstream support is 5
years. There is a reason why Windows 2000 was so named. Visit
http://www.computerhope.com/history/windows.htm and notice when Windows
"2000" was released. 

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