"Windows 2000" news, interviews, and features

News about Windows 2000

• After buggy patch, criminals exploit Windows flaw

  Microsoft had to re-release its MS010-025 security update -- now it's being exploited by hackers

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

  Windows XP users can extend support at no cost by upgrading to SP3, but Windows 2000 users have no such option

• Microsoft re-releases botched Windows 2000 update

  Microsoft operating systems other than Windows 2000 are not affected

• Microsoft: Patching Windows 2000 'infeasible'

  Skips fix for critical flaw disclosed today in older, but still-supported, OS

• Mozilla ponders dropping Firefox support for Win2K, early XP

  Some developers want to ditch older Microsoft OSes by mid-2010

• Hackers publish attack code for last week's Windows bug

  Exploit code has gone public and is being used in additional attacks.

Features about Windows 2000

• Which operating system is best for SSDs?

  Most modern-day operating systems play well with the new storage technology

• Worst Windows flaws of the past decade

  The exploits and oversights that left Redmond with egg on its face