TNM
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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*sniff* *sniff* We love you 2k. You have done us proud.
Microsoft is preparing to put Windows 2000 on the back burner by releasing the last major update for the operating system
Microsoft on Tuesday issued what is expected to be its last significant revision of Windows 2000.
The software maker released what it calls an Update Rollup for the five-year-old operating system, which is due to shift at the end of this month from receiving mainstream support to extended support. Microsoft does not generally add features to a product under extended support, and the Update Rollup is largely a collection of previously released patches as opposed to a batch of new features.
In addition to already released fixes, the collection "may contain fixes for non-public low- and moderate-level security issues that did not warrant individual security bulletins," a Microsoft representative said.
The software maker said last November that it would release the Update Rollup rather than offer a fifth service pack. As a result, the final service pack for Windows 2000 becomes the SP4 release that came out in March 2003.
Although Windows 2000 has been followed by several other Windows versions, the software remains extremely popular in corporations and small businesses. It still accounts for nearly half of all Windows-based business desktops, according to a recent survey by AssetMetrix.
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Bart
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This is a sad day.
Just about the only OS i got on with Since Win98.
Bring on Longhorn
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TNM
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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Have you got the Horn? 
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Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
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i used to have the horn.. bloody pain in the ass. but not any more, i used the HD for music now 
not sure if there has been any builds out since i had it.
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TNM
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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keep getting a few every so often through MSDN but cant be arsed to install it.
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Dan B
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Registered: 25th Feb 01
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Well, I'm staying with 2k......can't stand XP, and future releases are bound to be similar.
If 2k starts "falling apart" when Microsoft try to kill it off in an effort to persuade people to pay to use Windows eXtremely Pathetic, then I'll finally make the switch fully over to Linux.
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Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
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Windows XP for me hasn't really been any worse (or better) than any other Microsoft OS.
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