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<blockquote data-quote="bazang" data-source="post: 1101513" data-attributes="member: 114717">When Microsoft uses the word &quot;Deprecated&quot; it does not mean &quot;kill-off.&quot; It only means the software is no longer developed. The vast majority of Microsoft&#039;s deprecated software still ships with Windows and is supported. Quite a few were deprecated 10 to 20 years ago and yet Microsoft keeps shipping them with Windows and keeps on supporting them on both the consumer and govt\enterprise sides.Microsoft explains this clearly, but everybody continues to think &quot;deprecated&quot; = &quot;removal.&quot; No. It just ain&#039;t accurate. For the distinction, Microsoft explains it at Microsoft.Learn.&quot;To understand the distinction between deprecation and removal, see <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/feature-lifecycle" target="_blank">Windows client features lifecycle</a>.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bazang, post: 1101513, member: 114717"] When Microsoft uses the word "Deprecated" it does not mean "kill-off." It only means the software is no longer developed. The vast majority of Microsoft's deprecated software still ships with Windows and is supported. Quite a few were deprecated 10 to 20 years ago and yet Microsoft keeps shipping them with Windows and keeps on supporting them on both the consumer and govt\enterprise sides. Microsoft explains this clearly, but everybody continues to think "deprecated" = "removal." No. It just ain't accurate. For the distinction, Microsoft explains it at Microsoft.Learn. "To understand the distinction between [I]deprecation[/I] and [I]removal[/I], see [URL='https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/feature-lifecycle']Windows client features lifecycle[/URL]." [/QUOTE]

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