What's happening with Windows?
Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows Me and NT have left their active support phase from Microsoft.
There are no new security updates, and no new technical support services available from Microsoft.
Further information on this issue can be seen here:
What does this mean for our software?
Whilst we will no longer be able to actively support these technologies, existing products should continue to operate as normal.
Patches and support articles will still be available here, but we are unable to offer new solutions to problems affecting these retired Windows systems. We will of course offer advice as best we can.
We no longer develop for or test our products against Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows Me or Windows NT.
Why have you done this?
Unfortunately, without active Microsoft support, these operating systems will become more prone to errors due to malicious code, third party software or resource-hungry code designed for later systems, to the point that performance of new and existing products is unacceptable.
For security reasons we cannot run old systems on our networks therefore we are unable to reproduce customer issues effectively or safely.
I have an old version of Windows, what should I do?
You should follow the advice of Microsoft, and upgrade to Windows Vista or Windows 7 as soon as possible.
In the short term, you should seek the guidance of your LEA or school IT administrator.
How long will the other versions of Windows be supported?
- Windows XP (pro) will be supported until at least April 2014 - new ttles will still be tested against and support XP.
- Windows 2000 will continue to be supported until June 2010, though no new products will be released which support this OS.
- Windows Vista Home Basic and Ultimate will no longer be supported after June 2010.
Further information on Microsoft product lifecycles can be found here:
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