how long will NT 4 be supported??

[tkim]

when will support stop for nt 4???

thanks!!

 

[huggis]

What kind of support do you mean? Driver support, application support or support from M$ e.t.c.?

Whatever... I think NT4 will live on for a long time! Many large companys and other organisations use NT4 based networks and are happy with it. It simply fullfills their needs.
Remember also that there are huge costs involved in a change of the IT structure! If a company doesn´t need an upgrade in order to function they for sure won´t do it!

 

[Davegod75]

actually i think MS is ending support at the end of this year.

 

[Noriaki]

I already told you tkim, but in case anyone else is interested, the dates are:
2003 for Windows 4.x and NT4.
2004 for Windows 2000.

I know a guy at work that is on the Win2000 rollout project (upgrading our PCs and Servers from NT4 to 2000), and he gave me those dates.

So NT4 has a little over a year left, 2000 is a little over 2 years.

Now that's "official" support from MS. So it matters to the corporation I work for because we actually use MS's support center. For the average ATer it probably doesn't matter all that much, becuase honestly how many of you have used MS's support center?

And it's not like NT4 will magically stop working on Dec31 2003.

 

[Daniel]

The nt4 support ending the end of this year is only for the mcses that are losing the official status, I don't think they stop supporting the software though.