Recent service packs released by Microsoft are having a detrimental effect on existing software installed on many systems. If you find you cannot start Internet Explorer, try uninstalling any Browser Helper Objects (BHO’s), such as Yahoo Toolbar or eBay Toolbar helper.
A number of my clients were caught by surprise when Windows 2000 support was discontinued last year. Well, Microsoft has announced they will be dropping Support for Windows XP two years after the release of it’s new operating system, Windows Vista. Let’s take a little trip down memory lane and see traditionally when the support ends:
|
System
|
Released
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End of Support
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| Win 3.1 |
March 1, 1992
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December 31, 2001
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| Win NT |
October 24, 1993
|
December 31, 2000
|
| Win 95 |
August 15, 1995
|
December 31, 2000
|
| Win 98 |
June 30, 1998
|
July 11, 2006
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| Win 2000 |
March 31, 2000
|
June 30, 2005
|
| Win ME |
December 31, 2000
|
July 11, 2006
|
| Win XP |
December 31, 2001
|
2 years after Win Vista
|
| Win Vista |
Following up from our last issue, legislation has passed changing the Daylight Saving Time, starting in 2007. It will begin three weeks earlier on the second Sunday in March and end on the first Sunday in November. Currently Daylight Saving Time starts on the first Sunday in April and ends on the last Sunday in October. So far no patches have been scheduled from Microsoft to adjust for this change.
Norman Davie – President