Microsoft Announces Extended Support for Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Media Center Edition

Microsoft Announces Extended Support for Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Media Center Edition

January 24, 2007

Microsoft adds the Extended Support phase to two consumer
products, providing customers with an additional five years
of support.

    REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 24 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- 

    Who:   Microsoft Corp.

    What:  Today, Microsoft is announcing the addition of
an Extended Support 
           phase for the Windows(R) XP Home Edition and
Windows XP Media 
           Center Edition operating systems, providing
consumers with an 
           additional phase of support. 

           With the addition of Extended Support, the
support life cycle for 
           Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Media
Center Edition will 
           include a total of five years of Mainstream
Support (until April 
           2009) and five years of Extended Support,
matching the support 
           policy provided for Windows XP Professional.
           
           The Microsoft Support Lifecycle policy
standardizes Microsoft(R) 
           product support policies for business and
developer products as 
           well as for consumer, hardware, multimedia and
Microsoft 
           Dynamics(TM) products.

    When:  Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007, 6 a.m. EST 

    NOTE:  Microsoft, Windows and Microsoft Dynamics are
either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft
Corp. in the United States and/or other countries.

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SOURCE  Microsoft Corp.