Microsoft products receive 5 years mainstream support and 10 years extended support. XP is currently supported for organisations who purchased extended support,

Microsoft products receive 5 years mainstream support and 10 years extended support. XP is currently supported for organisations who purchased extended support, but only because there was extraordinary demand for it. It ends in just under 6 months from now. Unless you're a large organisation paying a lot of money, you aren't likely to get 5 years of support for a particular version of most products. http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-gb&C2=1173 http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-gb&C2=1173 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/endofsupport.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/endofsupport.aspx