If downgrade rights for xp extended it also means secruity updates?

haroon · 19 Jul 2010 at 13:02

I herd that microsoft will be offering peopel to downgrade to xp until 2020 at the end of windows 7 lifecycle,so i assume this must mean they are also extending the support lifecycle of secruity updates until 2020 also?

You can't offer people to downgrade to a OS that they don't keep secure right?

osc89er · 19 Jul 2010 at 13:28

It probably does mean that, but only for Win XP SP3. Support for SP2 and earlier ended last week.

SiriusB · 19 Jul 2010 at 13:37

MS support a Service Pack for 2 years - so you have at least until 2012 I should think if you upgrade toe Service Pack 3.

And who says they have to offer support? They are just giving you the option until 2020 I assume. Though I would really hope any apps would have been updated to Windows 12 by then!

haroon · 19 Jul 2010 at 14:02

osc89er said:
It probably does mean that, but only for Win XP SP3. Support for SP2 and earlier ended last week.

Well they should release sp4 or somekind of update rollup because windows update on a clean xp sp3 install is going over 200mb now...

Burnsy2023 · 19 Jul 2010 at 14:57

Wiki says: On April 8, 2014, all Windows XP support, including security updates and security-related hotfixes, will be terminated.

Where did 2020 come from?

osc89er · 19 Jul 2010 at 15:18

Burnsy2023 said:
Wiki says: On April 8, 2014, all Windows XP support, including security updates and security-related hotfixes, will be terminated.

Where did 2020 come from?

There was a report last week that downgrade rights from 7 to XP had been extended to 2020.

Burnsy2023 · 19 Jul 2010 at 15:21

Did the extended support phase get extended too then?

SiriusB · 19 Jul 2010 at 15:45

According to Computer World XP is still getting flushed down the bog in 2014.

theheyes · 19 Jul 2010 at 16:51

2014 is still the date to my knowledge, the date it's finally brown bread.

In 2020 I'm expecting to say things like "woah, remember this" and probably take a picture with my iShades when I dig out a machine with XP installed.

Deleted member 77746 · 19 Jul 2010 at 17:53

Who the hell wants to stay on xp! progress... progress... progress

SiriusB · 19 Jul 2010 at 18:25

iShades? Pfft, they are sooo 2015. In 2020 it'll be iEye. Apple CiBorgs!

[Or the Apple CiBorg Pro if you're feeling flush]

theheyes · 19 Jul 2010 at 19:35

I kept hold of my iShades because with the newer stuff you have to encase your head in plastic for them to work properly.

SiriusB · 19 Jul 2010 at 20:30

It's only a problem if you look straight ahead! Hardly anyone does that...

lokkers · 19 Jul 2010 at 21:47

Burnsy2023 said:
Did the extended support phase get extended too then?

I sincerely hope not - the quicker companies are forced to upgrade from IE6 the better!

SiriusB · 20 Jul 2010 at 00:14

I am just hoping none of my clients have caught wind of this to be honest. The only way I have managed to get any kind of Windows 7 uptake is via new machines!

The one client who has expressed interest in deploying 7 across the board keeps putting it off! I can't win