Computer Mechanix restarts support for Windows 98 and Windows Me.

After ceasing support in July, many of our customers who still owned Windows PCs with Windows 98 and Windows Millenium Edition (Me) were worried that they would no longer have any way to keep those machines running. We have decided to restart our support for machines running Windows 98 and Windows Me in an effort to provide the high level of service our clients have come to expect.

What you should know about our support for Windows 98/Me.

If you have a machine with Windows 98 or Windows Me, we recommend NOT using it on the Internet if it is your primary computer and/or if it has private information on it. Microsoft no longer provides patches or updates to properly secure any operating system made before Windows 2000. This means we cannot guarantee your system will be secure if it runs earlier operating systems. That being said, we will continue to diagnose & repair software and hardware problems on these machines until otherwise stated.

Microsoft stops support of Windows 98 and Windows Millenium Edition.

Within March 2006, Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 98 by retiring public and technical support, including security patches. Because of this, Computer Mechanix can no longer guarantee any system's security if it is running Windows 98. On July 11, 2006, Microsoft stopped offering public, technical, and security support for Windows Millenium Edition so the same security issues apply.

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What operating systems does Computer Mechanix currently support?

As of February 9, 2007, Computer Mechanix supports:

Windows PCs running:
- Windows 98
- Windows Millenium Edition
- Windows 2000 Professional
- Windows 2000 Server Edition
- Windows XP (all versions - Home, Professional, Media Center, etc.)
- Windows 2003 Server
- Windows Vista (all versions)

Mac PCs running:
- All versions of Apple Mac OS/X (version 10.0 and newer)

What operating systems do you not support?

Windows PCs:
- We do not support Microsoft Windows 95 and anything before.

Mac PCs:
- We do not support any Mac operating system prior to the first release of OS/X.

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