I'm using a friends system & I just got a message from Microsoft saying that support will end for Windows 98 & XP on July 11, 2007. I don't know much about computers. What does it mean to have NO SUPPORT? Can an old HP be up-graded, or do they need a complete new unit? HELP PLEASE.
2006-11-26 12:00:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
MICROSOFT contacted me after I logged onto a YHOO site to get info to answer a question on who owns yahoo. It tried to lock me out, but I was able to get back it. It said they were starting to discontinue service NOW, before the cut off date!
2006-11-26 12:09:11 · update #1
I guess that means I'll be going back to the Library for awhile if this system DOES go down. It would have been nice if the service providers would have told their customers about this little "glitch".
2006-11-26 12:22:37 · update #2
I had no idea that microsoft WAS doing anything to help. Like I said I don't know much about this friggin' thing!
2006-11-26 12:26:59 · update #3
It means they're not helping.
2006-11-26 12:07:14 · answer #1 · answered by Answerer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually support for Windows 98 98se, and ME ended on July 11, 2006. Support for XP, and XP service pack 1 ended October 10, 2006.
This does not mean you cannot download the update from the Microsoft, it only means that Microsoft will no longer offer help. Even the "Pay per incident" help. Microsoft will also stop posting patches for them.
Read about it here>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/support/endofsupport.mspx
2006-11-26 20:11:13 · answer #2 · answered by acklan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that means that window 98 and xp users must get the new upgrade by july 11 2007.
also it will hard to use a disk from the old systems to the new systems
2006-11-26 20:10:14 · answer #3 · answered by Wicked 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/servicepacks.mspx
Windows 98 has been on extended support for some time, and the 2007 date doesn't surprise me.
The XP date is wrong -- note the 2008 planned release of SP3. Microsoft won't sell XP beyond that 2007 date, and won't support development on that platform, but they most assuredly will support it with service patches through 2008.
2006-11-26 20:14:17 · answer #4 · answered by geek49203 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It mean what it say. You can not contact them for problems. It how Microsoft keep new business. I still use a computer for Inet the Widows 3.11 I think they done forgot they ever made that software.
2006-11-26 20:16:27 · answer #5 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means we are on our own. I've never liked XP, but I'll just have to trash the Crapaq (sorry, Compaq) that I bought new and never worked correctly, anyway. We'll have to get a newer model when ours bite the dust.
2006-11-26 20:13:24 · answer #6 · answered by TheOldOkie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
time to get a new one actually you wont be able to contact microsoft to get help with windows 98
2006-11-26 20:04:03 · answer #7 · answered by bsmith13421 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋