Microsoft Euthanizes Original Vista, Better Install that Service Pack
Microsoft Euthanizes Original Vista, Better Install that Service Pack
Posted 04/14/2010 at 7:42am
| by Paul Lilly
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We're not sure why anyone would choose to kick it with Vista, but if you absolutely refuse to step up to Windows 7, you're going to want to make sure you've installed one of the available Service Packs. As of yesterday, Microsoft cut off support for unpatched copies of Vista, putting the original OS out to pasture.
"Under the former service pack support policy, when a service pack reached the end of support, customers were no longer eligible to receive troubleshooting help from Microsoft Customer Service and Support, including assisted telephone support, security updates, or non-security hotfixes," Microsoft said in a blog post.
In the same blog post, Microsoft also announced that it has updated its Service Pack Support policy to provide customers with limited troubleshooting on unsupported service pack versions. This "limited troubleshooting" includes:
- Break/fix support incidents will be provided through Microsoft Customer Service and Support; and through Microsoft’s managed support offerings (such as Premier Support).
- There will be no option to engage Microsoft’s product development resources, and technical workarounds may be limited or not available.
- If the support incident requires escalation to development for further guidance, requires a hotfix, or requires a security update, customers will be asked to upgrade to a supported service pack.
On a side note, Microsoft isn't pulling the plug for support on Windows XP SP2 or all versions of Windows 2000 until July.
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wicked72
April 15, 2010 at 12:23pm
BLah is right, I have been running Vista since it came out, with new hardware that can handle it I have had NO problems.
Ppl had the troubles when XP came out, upgrading a 98 sytem to XP and think it will run it.
Its like putting a go-cart motor in a 18wheeler and excpecting it to pull a full load.
lunchbox73
April 15, 2010 at 5:37am
Blah Blah Blah Vista. I expect Vista bashing to continue with the ignorant masses but to STILL hear it from computer enthusiasts gets on my nerves. Vista is a good and stable OS as long as it is up to date and running on good hardware. Period.
Cache
April 14, 2010 at 4:08pm
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gendoikari1
April 14, 2010 at 4:03pm
Why would anyone want to keep an old Service Pack/RTM version of Windows? What, better performance and new features aren't their thing?
Biceps
April 14, 2010 at 12:03pm
I'll upgrade to Windows 7 when I get what I paid for... meaning a free copy of Windows 7. I bought (got conned into) buying Vista and paid the price in terms of stability and general lack of ease-of-use for months until they got it figured out. Unless Microsoft wants to compensate me for my months of pain with Vista by giving me a free copy of 7, I'll stick with Vista.
Call me stubborn, but I just don't know that I need to shell out twice for the non-beta version of Vista (W7).
lien_meat
April 14, 2010 at 4:16pm
You realize you aren't doing MS a dis-service really by not buying win7 and sticking with Vista. They already got your money. They aren't going to just GIVE you win7... If you want to pay more for a more pollished release of the exact same OS(pretty much), I'm sure they'd like that.
Microsoft btw, is the reason I don't believe in the phrase "You get what you pay for", because so many times, I don't get what I pay for from microsoft...
Neufeldt2002
April 14, 2010 at 11:53am
Take the loss that is Vista and just kill the whole lot.
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