Editing Windows XP Media Center Edition (section)

==Post-release support==
Support for Windows XP Media Center Edition under Microsoft's consumer product lifecycle policy was planned to end on April 13, 2010,<ref name="lifecycleXP-MCE" /> however, in July 2009,<ref name="wxpmce2002-lifecycle">{{cite web |url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/microsoft-windows-xp-media-center-edition-2002 |title=Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002 Lifecycle |website=Support |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |access-date=December 31, 2006}}</ref> Microsoft extended the support window to July 12, 2011.<ref name="wxpmce2004-lifecycle">{{cite web |url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/microsoft-windows-xp-media-center-edition-2004 |title=Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 Lifecycle |website=Support |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |access-date=March 13, 2010}}</ref> This date would be then extended again on December 31, 2010<ref name="wxpmce2002-lifecycle" /> to a final end of support date of April 8, 2014,<ref name="wxpmce2005-lifecycle">{{cite web |url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-xp-media-center-edition-2005 |title=Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Lifecycle |website=Support |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |access-date=January 4, 2012}}</ref> citing support volumes in emerging markets as the reason for the extension.<ref name="wxpmce2004-lifecycle" />

Windows XP Media Center Edition retail availability ended as planned on April 14, 2009.<ref name="lifecycleXP-MCE" />