Microsoft's official limit this week of support and patches for Windows 2000 and Windows XP Service Pack 2 marks newest in a thread of moves by the company to kill of products and technologies that either outlived their uselessness or never became useful in the first place.

Whereas a few in industry will very greatly like to see Microsoft speed demise of still more of its wares prior to they do any more harm, here's a rundown of what Microsoft has snuffed out so far in 2010. Windows 2000, Windows XP SP2 Support and Patches.

This marks last Patch Tuesday during Windows 2000, Windows XP SP2 period, and Microsoft did respect XP in any case by presenting a patch to avoid some zero-day attacks. It's currently up to customers to shift to Windows XP SP3, or if Microsoft has its way, Windows 7. Temporarily, some observers wait for hackers to have a field day prior to the volume of customers do shift off the old software.

As for prospect Patch Tuesdays, we believe Microsoft won't be ache for things to fix still devoid of Windows XP SP2 to concern on. If you're inquisitive regarding where other product lifecycles stand inside Microsoft, verify out this useful search tool.