Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Owyang Kenneth
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/06/2006		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SUPPORTSOFT INC [SPRT]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
575 BROADWAY, SUPPORTSOFT, INC.		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
InterimChief Financial Officer
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

REDWOOD CITY, CA 94063		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 803
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (Right to Buy) (1) 04/05/2005(2) 12/02/2014 Common Stock 19,305 $ 5.18 D  
Stock Option (Right to Buy) (1) 04/05/2005(2) 12/02/2014 Common Stock 145,695 $ 5.18 D  
Stock Option (Right to Buy) 02/06/2006(3) 12/28/2012 Common Stock 50,000 $ 4.19 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Owyang Kenneth
575 BROADWAY
SUPPORTSOFT, INC.
REDWOOD CITY, CA 94063		       InterimChief Financial Officer  

Signatures

Kenneth Owyang 01/10/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The option was granted on Dec. 2, 2004 for a total of 165,000 shares. The option was allocated as an Incentive Stock Option up to the maximum $100,000 amount allowable to vest per calendar year. The balance exceeding this ISO limit amount has been allocated as a non-statutory stock option.
(2) The company elected to accelerate vesting for oustanding unvested options priced equal to or greater than $5.00 per share effective December 21, 2005. The acceleration was accompanied by restrictions imposed on any shares purchased through the exercise of accelerated options. Those restrictions prevent the sale of any such shares prior to the date such shares would have originally vested had Mr. Owyang been employed on such date (whether or not Mr. Owyang is actually an employee at that time).
(3) The shares vest ratably on a monthly basis over a 12 month period with a vesting commencement date of January 6, 2006.

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