WindowsUpdate after June 30

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I doubt that the schedule will be kept. In any case, I can still get the
win95 and 98 patches off of windowsupdate, even if they haven't changed in
some time.


"Dave Lerner" <nobody@domain.invalid> wrote in message
news:ePkRuMGcFHA.3032@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> [I posted this in microsoft.public.win2000.windows_update on Jun 7, but
> it hasn't received any replies.]
>
> When MS discontinues mainstream support for Windows 2000 on June 30,
> 2005, will WindowsUpdate still be functional?
>
> Scenario:
>
> I have a Windows 2000 SP3 installation CD.
>
> If I needed to do a reinstall from that CD after June 30, would I be
> able to use WindowsUpdate to install SP4 and any other patches issued
> prior to June 30?
>
> Or would I have to manually download and install each of the pre-June-30
> patches?
>
> Or would I have to buy an extended service contract to be able to get
> the pre-June-30 patches?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.general (More info?)

I feel that when it states it will discontinue support, I believe that is
all it means, no future updates...

I wouldnt have thought that they will remove all previous updates though....


"Dave Lerner" <nobody@domain.invalid> wrote in message
news:ePkRuMGcFHA.3032@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> [I posted this in microsoft.public.win2000.windows_update on Jun 7, but
> it hasn't received any replies.]
>
> When MS discontinues mainstream support for Windows 2000 on June 30,
> 2005, will WindowsUpdate still be functional?
>
> Scenario:
>
> I have a Windows 2000 SP3 installation CD.
>
> If I needed to do a reinstall from that CD after June 30, would I be
> able to use WindowsUpdate to install SP4 and any other patches issued
> prior to June 30?
>
> Or would I have to manually download and install each of the pre-June-30
> patches?
>
> Or would I have to buy an extended service contract to be able to get
> the pre-June-30 patches?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.general (More info?)

> "Dave Lerner" wrote
>>When MS discontinues mainstream support for Windows 2000 on June 30,
>>2005, will WindowsUpdate still be functional?
>>
>> (snip)
>>
>>I have a Windows 2000 SP3 installation CD.
>>
>>If I needed to do a reinstall from that CD after June 30, would I be
>>able to use WindowsUpdate to install SP4 and any other patches issued
>>prior to June 30?
>>
>> (snip)


Charles... wrote on 06/15/2005 07:14 AM:
> I feel that when it states it will discontinue support, I believe that is
> all it means, no future updates...
>
> I wouldnt have thought that they will remove all previous updates
though....

I wish I could get an "official" answer on this.  

I'm wondering whether, for safety, I should download all the existing
patches, in case they disappear. I also wonder whether I should make a
record of my installation history, in case that feature disappears too,
since that information could be useful if I needed to manually re-apply
patches.