Customers of Windows 2000 may be able to purchase custom support, but only if they already have a Premier Support contract and a migration plan in place to upgrade to a supported version. For Windows 2000, some online content may be available to solve common problems, but this wouldn't include any new security updates. But in once case last September Microsoft detailed a similarly unpatched flaw in Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 and Windows XP that increased the risk of denial-of-service attacks, but did not offer a solution.įor those looking to upgrade to XP Service Pack 3, Microsoft blogger Erig Ligman offers instructions for determining whether you are on the latest edition and on how to download and update to the new software.įor companies really desperate to stay on 2000 and XP SP2, Microsoft offers a few options. Microsoft did offer an altnerative to a patch called a 'fix it solution' in that instance. Just last month, Microsoft said it could not patch a vulnerability affecting Office XP Service Pack 3 which left users open to remote code executions. XP Extended Support will continue until April 2014, but after next Tuesday customers must be on Service Pack 3 to receive the support.Įven for products that are still supported, Microsoft occasionally says it is unable to patch existing flaws. Windows XP already moved from Mainstream Support to the less-comprehensive Extended Support in April 2009. This includes 'Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Professional (including Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition, and, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server),' according to Microsoft.

For Windows 2000, all versions will reach the end of the Extended Support phase next week.

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