Users.
Did you know that the support of Windows Vista for home use will be finished on April 10, 2012? After the support period is finished, Microsoft won’t support any troubles and security vulnerabilities. This was very serious issue, but Microsoft co. decided to postpone the support period in January, 2012.
* About edition, please check “System” in the control panel.
Support Period for Windows Home Use Edition (Change on March 8, 2012)
| OS | Support End Date |
|---|---|
| Windows7 Starter | January 13, 2015 --> January 14, 2020 |
| Windows7 Home Basic | January 13, 2015--> January 14, 2020 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium | January 13, 2015--> January 14, 2020 |
| Vista Home Basic SP2 | April 10, 2012--> April 11, 2017 |
| Vista Home Premium SP2適応版 | April 10, 2012--> April 11, 2017 |
| Vista Ultimate SP2 | April 10, 2012--> April 11, 2017 |
| XP Home SP3 | April 8, 2014 |
| XP Media Center SP3 | April 8, 2014 |
Support Period for Windows Corporate Edition
| OS | サポート期限 |
|---|---|
| Windows7 Professional | January 14, 2020 |
| Windows7 Enterprise | January 14, 2020 |
| Vista Business SP2 | April 11, 2017 |
| Vista Enterprise SP2 | April 11, 2017 |
| XP Professional SP3 | April 8, 2014 |
- Period of Microsoft products is for 10 years
5 years. In case of corporate edition, the support will be postponed 5 years. (Total support is for 10 years)- To postpone the support period of Windows XP was the exception measure due to failure of Windows Vista
The Office has always recommended the purchase of the corporate edition, so the corporate edition is used in most Center’s PCs. Please pay attention about the software lifecycle (Especially, OS). At least, if you carried out “PC Scan”, the Office can alert about the finish of OS support.
28th November, 2011 Chief of Information Processing Office: Kitani.
8th March, 2012: Added.
Document Source is at the staff meeting in October 2011.