Wnat does end of support for Win98? I still see updates on update.microsoft.com

Yesterday I visited a Win98 machine and hit update.microsoft.com and
found 4 critical updates. I last updated this machine 4 months ago.
I'm glad MS is still putting out updates but I thought that
MS had ceased to do updates for this OS.

Wnat can we expect for critical updates for w2k in the next couple years?


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W98 programs are not being updated, but when a critical
update is available that will run on W98, such as IE 6 sp1
is released (for XP) it is also made available to those who
run IE 6 on W98.


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"Al Dykes" <> wrote in message
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| Yesterday I visited a Win98 machine and hit
update.microsoft.com and
| found 4 critical updates. I last updated this machine 4
months ago.
| I'm glad MS is still putting out updates but I thought
that
| MS had ceased to do updates for this OS.
|
| Wnat can we expect for critical updates for w2k in the
next couple years?
|
|
| --
| a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m
|
| Don't blame me. I voted for Gore.

Al;
When support for a product has ended, expect and plan for no support.
Occasionally there may seem to be support because the same update designed
for another product works with little or no adjustments on the older
product.
Plan accordingly.

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"Al Dykes" <> wrote in message
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>
> Yesterday I visited a Win98 machine and hit update.microsoft.com and
> found 4 critical updates. I last updated this machine 4 months ago.
> I'm glad MS is still putting out updates but I thought that
> MS had ceased to do updates for this OS.
>
> Wnat can we expect for critical updates for w2k in the next couple years?
>
>
> --
> a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m
>
> Don't blame me. I voted for Gore.

On 29 Jun 2005 10:36:15 -0400, (Al Dykes) wrote:

>
>Yesterday I visited a Win98 machine and hit update.microsoft.com and
>found 4 critical updates. I last updated this machine 4 months ago.
>I'm glad MS is still putting out updates but I thought that
>MS had ceased to do updates for this OS.

Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Support Extended
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifean1

>
>Wnat can we expect for critical updates for w2k in the next couple years?

Microsoft Support Lifecycle
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecyc...n-us&x=11&y=13


Product Lifecycle Dates - Windows Product Family
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifewin