OCLC/BCR Support Ending
for Windows 3.X/95-based Products
By Regan W. Harper
Microsoft plans to end support for Windows 3.X and Windows 95 on December 31, 2001. At that time, OCLC and BCR will discontinue supporting OCLC Windows-based products under these versions of Windows. OCLC expects that the products will continue to work. However, no OCLC testing will be completed under these versions of Windows, and users contacting OCLC with problems will be asked to upgrade to a newer version of Windows.
In the future, OCLC expects to discontinue support for various versions of Windows at the same time as Microsoft. Focusing on testing only the Microsoft- supported versions of Windows will allow OCLC to better allocate resources.
Based on information currently available, OCLC expects to end support for Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0 on June 30, 2003. Microsoft has outlined lifecycle plans for its software at www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle.asp.
The OCLC Access Suite Applications System Requirements document at www.oclc.org/oclc/menu/suite/systemrequirements.htm provides information about these changes. In addition, a note will be added to the product home page for the OCLC Access Suite applications that are currently supported by Windows 95:
OCLC Cataloging Micro Enhancer for Windows software
OCLC ILL Micro Enhancer for Windows software
OCLC Passport for Windows software
Searching WorldCat: An OCLC Tutorial
Using ILL: An OCLC Tutorial
Contact Regan Harper (rharper@bcr.org) at BCR for further information.
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