Windows Vista RTM, XP SP2, 2000 support will end soon

[Shayla]

If you're still using Windows 2000, Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or the original release of Windows Vista first of all, why? But second of all, Microsoft will stop supporting your operating system in the next few months.

The Windows Vista RTM the original version Microsoft released to manufacturers in 2006 will no longer be supported after April 13, 2010. And, by the way, if you're still using it with Service Pack 1 (the latest is Service Pack 2), your support will end on July 12, 2011.

Microsoft also will stop supporting Windows XP SP2 on July 13, 2010.

"Many customers are still on this version, so we encourage upgrading to Service Pack 3 or to Windows 7 as soon as possible," Jerry Bryant, a senior security communications manager, wrote on the Microsoft Security Response Center blog.

And if you're for some reason still running Windows 2000 on your dinosaur of a machine, it's time it's really time to upgrade. Extended support for Win2000 will end on July 13, 2010. That means no more updates and no more security, Bryant wrote.

Source : SeattlePI

[+Warwagon MVC]

Any regular home user shmuck, using the RTM of Vista deserves to get his computer loaded with Malware. That goes for anyone that doesn't do their updates.

People also need to have more respect for infections. They need to realize they can steel personal information including banking information, credit card numbers and passwords.

99% of my customers call saying "Oh and can you scan my computer, its probably full of a bunch of viruses." they couldn't sound less worried even if they tried.