End of Support: Windows 98, 98SE and ME
Final customer notification about the end of Windows 98, Windows 98
Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Edition Extended Support
Support for Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows
Millennium Edition (Me) ends on July 11, 2006. Microsoft will end
public and technical support by this date. This also includes security
updates. Microsoft is providing final notifications to customers to
end the extended security update support for these products.
Microsoft is ending support for these products because they are
outdated and these older operating systems can expose customers to
security risks. We recommend that customers who are still running
Windows 98 or Windows Me upgrade to a newer, more secure Microsoft
operating system, such as Windows XP, as soon as possible.
Key dates:
* Paid incident support and critical security updates for Windows
98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Me will end on July 11,
2006. No other security updates will follow after this date.
* Online self-help support will be available at the Microsoft
Support Web site until at least July 11, 2007.
* The Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edition Extended Support
end date was moved from January 16, 2004 to June 30, 2006.
* In January 2006, Microsoft announced an adjustment to the
Microsoft Support Lifecycle expiration dates, moving the Extended
Support end date for Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and
Windows Me to July 11, 2006. Details about the announcement can be
found at http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifean17/.
* No-charge incident support and extended hotfix support for
Windows Me ended on December 31, 2003, and for Windows 98 and Windows
98 Second Edition ended on June 30, 2003.
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