Product Availability and Distribution End of Life Schedule

This schedule outlines the product availability and distribution end of life dates for Windows Embedded products. These products may not be distributed or installed by Embedded OEMs after the distribution end date. Information regarding Microsoft's support for these products is available on the Microsoft Support Product Lifecycle Web site.

General Embedded

Product Name General Availability Product Distribution End Date
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional December 31, 2001 January 31, 2009
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional for Embedded Systems December 31, 2001 December 31, 2016
Windows® Embedded CE 6.0 Operating System (Toolkit and Runtime), all versions November 11, 2006 February 28, 2022
Microsoft® Windows® XP Embedded (Toolkit and Runtime), all versions January 30, 2002 January 30, 2017
Microsoft® Windows® Embedded for Point of Service 1.x, all versions May 24, 2005 May 24, 2020
Microsoft® Windows® Embedded Standard      November 1, 2008 November 1, 2023
Microsoft® Windows® POSReady 2009   January 1, 2009 February 11, 2024

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