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  After buggy patch, criminals exploit Windows flaw

  Online criminals are scanning the Internet and attacking Windows 2000 machines that haven't had a recent Windows Media Service patch installed, Symantec said Wednesday.

  By Robert McMillan | 03 June, 2010 06:11

  Tags: patching, security, symantec, windows 2000

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  Microsoft to end support for Windows 2000, XP SP2 on July 13

  Microsoft offers support for its products for five years and extended support for another five years. That time will soon be up for Windows 2000 (desktop and server) and Windows XP SP2: July 13 is the last day that extended support will be available.

  By J. Peter Bruzzese | 10 May, 2010 21:03

  Tags: Microsoft, windows 2000, Windows Vista, windows xp

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  Microsoft re-releases botched Windows 2000 update

  Microsoft has re-released a buggy update that didn't properly protect some of its Windows 2000 users from a security flaw.

  By Robert McMillan | 28 April, 2010 06:01

  Tags: Microsoft, microsoft patches, security, windows 2000

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  Microsoft: Patching Windows 2000 'infeasible'

  Microsoft took the unusual step today and skipped patching one of the vulnerabilities addressed in its monthly security update, saying that crafting a fix was "infeasible."

  By Gregg Keizer | 09 September, 2009 07:31

  Tags: exploits and vulnerabilities, Microsoft, patching, security, windows 2000

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  Mozilla ponders dropping Firefox support for Win2K, early XP

  Mozilla Corp. is considering dropping support for Windows 2000 and the earliest versions of XP when it ships the follow-up to Firefox 3.5 in 2010, online discussions show.

  By Gregg Keizer | 15 April, 2009 08:00

  Tags: firefox, mozilla, mozilla firefox, Mozilla Labs, windows 2000, windows xp

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  Hackers publish attack code for last week's Windows bug

  Just a day after downplaying the vulnerability that caused it to issue an out-of-cycle patch last week, Microsoft late Monday warned customers that exploit code had gone public and is being used in additional attacks.

  By Gregg Keizer | 29 October, 2008 08:19

  Tags: windows 2000, windows server 2003, xp