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End of support for Windows 98 and Windows Me

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RadarMan Chief Captain
Joined: Aug 25, 2003 Posts: 18001 Location: U.S.A
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:17 pm

I thought that many of you with a second older computer might find this interesting, I did.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/support/endofsupport.mspx

Radar

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Jonathan (99jolegg) Chief Captain
Joined: Jun 26, 2004 Posts: 4127 Location: UK
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:36 pm

We recommend that customers who are still running Windows 98 or Windows Me upgrade to a newer, more secure Microsoft operating system, such as Windows XP, as soon as possible.

They'll say that as soon as Vista comes out, and then again, after the newer version of Vista comes out 🙄

Thanks RM

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RadarMan Chief Captain
Joined: Aug 25, 2003 Posts: 18001 Location: U.S.A
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:40 pm

As soon as they end support for the OS the weird ones of the world will start finding holes and writing viruses. They do that for all OS's and browsers if it's Windows, Mac, IE, Firefox, Opera etc.

Radar

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Tailhook Chief Captain
Joined: Oct 12, 2005 Posts: 7026 Location: El Dorado
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:04 am

Customers who upgrade to Windows XP report improved security, richer functionality, and increased productivity

I would agree with the claim of 'richer functionality'.

The only gripe I really have is the fact that MS are able to always determine the exact date when support for an OS is going to be terminated, but are unable to reveal the year when a new OS is going to be published.

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jarred_01 Captain
Joined: Aug 29, 2005 Posts: 948 Location: Hamilton, New Zealand (NZHN)
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:01 am

Interesting article RM, thanks for the link. Looks like a good reason to upgrade to a new PC as our one would heardely run XP. 😂

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