WINDOWS 98 AND 2000 NO LONGER SUPPORTED

Microsoft has been warning consumers who still run Windows 98, ME, or 2000 on their computers to upgrade or ship-out (well, not quite like that) because Microsoft is not going to be supporting those versions of Windows any longer.

Microsoft has also ended support of Windows 2000. This is worrying IT specialists inside corporations all around the world as they are hurrying up their testing and deployment of Windows XP on their networks.

As of today, July 11, 2006 Microsoft will not support either of these operating systems.

As soon as this was reported there are now reports that Microsoft is soon to chop Windows XP SP1. This cannot be confirmed at this moment, however XP SP1 will, of course, not be supported some time in the future.

A few weeks before the deadline there was a critical security flaw found in Windows dating from XP SP2 all the way back to 98. As soon as this flaw was discovered Microsoft announced that the flaws in 98 and 2000 were not going to be fixed because they would have to re-write a lot of the operating system code.

There is a fundamental problem with the decision that Microsoft made to not support 98 and 2000 any longer. There are a lot of people that still use these operating systems and especially 98. People that still have the computers connected to the internet are now vulnerable to all the viruses out there on the web and if these computers are not removed from the internet all other computers that run windows are still vulnerable.

A suggestion to all users of 98 or 2000: if you can afford buying an OEM copy if Window XP Home ($120 CAN online) and your computer meets the requirements (and if just barely) you should upgrade until you can afford a new PC. Even a new computer can cost as low as $399 CAN (Acer has a few of these as well as Dell).

If you still use Windows 98, ME, or 2000 please email us by clicking on the link to the right or leave a comment by clicking on the comment link below.