Microsoft kills forum support for Office 2013, Surface Pro, Windows 8.1 and more

Microsoft will no longer officially participate in a variety of product-support forums for some older software and hardware, save monitoring them for bad behavior. None of this comes as a surprise, but you’ve probably been looking elsewhere for your Zune answers, anyway. (And Zune is the only one it’ll be locking against updates.)

In a blog post Monday, Microsoft listed the following:

• Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 8.1 RT
• Microsoft Security Essentials
• Internet Explorer 10
• Office 2010, 2013
• Surface Pro (presumably the oldest models), Surface Pro 2, Surface RT, Surface 2
• Microsoft Band — this topic will be locked. Users are invited to participate in the Microsoft Band 2 topic.
• Mobile devices forum — Microsoft support will continue in “Other Windows mobile devices” topic
• Zune — this topic will be locked, but will remain available for browsing

Source: cnet