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End Of Support for Windows NT 4.0

Posted by timothy on from the I-never-supported-it-at-all dept.

IdleMindUI writes "This month is the last month that hotfixes for Windows NT 4.0 will be released. Security fixes will only be released to Microsoft customers with Custom Support Agreements. Custom Support Agreements are still available for customers that need them and can be obtained by contacting a Microsoft rep. More information is available on the NT 4.0 support lifecycle site."

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  1. Clarification for the vagueness by Rick+Zeman · · Score: 5, Informative

    That's NT 4 Server. NT 4 Workstation was EOL'd over a year ago.

  2. Makes Sense to Me. by MBCook · · Score: 5, Informative
    Windows 2000 was released on Feb 17th, 2000.
    Windows 2003 was released on Apr 24th, 2003.

    A replacment to NT 4 was released, followed by a replacment to THAT, and NT 4 has still been getting support for a year+ after that. I'm a bit suprised that NT was still supported without needing those special contracts up untill now.

    For reference, 2K will get "mainstream" support (cost-per-incidient, free hotfixes) untill Jun 30 of this year, and "extended" stupport (hourly cost, pay for hotfixes) untill Jun 30, 2010. Hotfixes are free for everyone untill '07. I can't find End-of-Life dates for Windows 2003.

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