Microsoft restructures legacy product support
What happens when you still need support for a Microsoft business or developer product after it has run through all the available years of regular basic support and extended support? The answer always...
View ArticleMicrosoft Weekly Miscellany, September 29, 2006
Some Microsoft related news items from this week that did not find posts of their own: Internet advertising shoots past estimates: This week the Interactive Advertising Bureau and...
View ArticleMicrosoft extends support of home editions of Windows XP
Microsoft Announces Extended Support for Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Media Center Edition: Today, Microsoft is announcing the addition of an Extended Support phase for the Windows® XP Home...
View ArticleEnd of availability dates for Windows XP
An article by Angus Kidman at Australia’s APC Magazine caused a bit of stir yesterday, because it reminded everyone of the end of general availability dates for Windows XP. Microsoft has the dates...
View ArticleWave goodbye to Office 2003
The last day of June marks the end of availability for Office 2003 for Microsoft PC OEMs and System Builders. Microsoft had already stopped shipping Office 2003 to retailers in April 2003 except for a...
View ArticleMicrosoft extends Windows XP availability
Back in August I was speculating that the desultory enterprise adoption of Vista would force Microsoft to extend the availability of Windows XP and today that was realized as Microsoft added 5 months...
View ArticleXP reprieve extended to low cost desktops
In April, Microsoft gave Windows XP Home a reprieve on low-cost mobile computers until at least June 30, 2010 and today they extended it to low cost desktops: Today at Computex, Microsoft Corp....
View ArticleMicrosoft system builders get a reprieve on Windows XP sales
Microsoft has announced an extension to the deadline for the small PC assemblers called system builders to be able to get Windows XP. Previously, system builder XP availability was scheduled to end on...
View ArticleWindows 7 RC released, final version in fall
Last week Microsoft released what will likely be the sole release candidate of Windows 7: Today Microsoft Corp. has reached a significant milestone with the Release Candidate (RC) of the highly...
View ArticleMicrosoft reveals Windows 7 to XP downgrade rights plan
Last week Microsoft revealed to selected members of the press their plan for downgrades to Windows 7. Probably least interesting is that for ordinary PC buyers: According to Microsoft, those buying the...
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