What you need to know:
If you currently run any edition of Windows 2000 (Server or Professional) or Windows XP SP 2 - your Microsoft Public Support will end on July 13, 2010. What this means, according to Microsoft, is that "Microsoft will no longer provide any assisted support or security updates."
Solutions:
- The most simple, convenient, and beneficial solution to this problem is to upgrade to Windows 7 - and to do it now, while you still have time. Trigon can help make your migration to Windows 7 go smoothly, and can also ensure that it goes as quickly as possible.
- Organizations that want to continue using XP and don't want to upgrade to Windows 7 can do so until either the Windows 7 SP1 is released, or until April 22, 2001 - whichever comes first. At that point, public support for Windows XP SP 3 will also end, and an upgrade will become necessary.
- Another option is to pay for custom support. This can be extremely costly, approximately between $200K and $500K a year. Also, in order to have custom support, there is a condition that you must have an upgrade plan in place. Lastly, with custom support, you will only get security patches for "critical" vulnerabilities only.