Tuesday, January 14th 2020
Microsoft's Windows 7 Reaches End-Of-Life
Today, on January the 14th, Microsoft is officially ending support for Windows 7 operating system. After more than 10 years since its launch, Windows 7 has remained a primary operating system on many PCs, especially OEM PCs manufactured before 2015, when Windows 10 came out. The user transition from Windows 7 to Windows 10 has not been an easy task for Microsoft, however, by declaring that the product has reached End-Of-Life, Microsoft is trying to make millions of users pull the trigger and embrace the new operating system.
When January 14th arrives, Microsoft will stop giving Windows 7 users technical support, software updates with new features, and most importantly security updates. The official recommendation from Microsoft is to upgrade to the latest version of Windows, meaning Windows 10. As some of the older PCs may have compatibility issues with newer OS, it is also recommended to check your PC specifications. If you are a customer of the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, you will continue to see further support in the future, however, for regular users, the support period is over.
When January 14th arrives, Microsoft will stop giving Windows 7 users technical support, software updates with new features, and most importantly security updates. The official recommendation from Microsoft is to upgrade to the latest version of Windows, meaning Windows 10. As some of the older PCs may have compatibility issues with newer OS, it is also recommended to check your PC specifications. If you are a customer of the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, you will continue to see further support in the future, however, for regular users, the support period is over.
67 Comments on Microsoft's Windows 7 Reaches End-Of-Life
* 64-bit XP was always so niche that I doubt many ever used that.
I used it for SolidWorks back then.
www.consumerwatchdog.org/privacy-technology/how-google-and-amazon-are-spying-you
www.wired.com/story/amazon-echo-alexa-skill-spying/
gizmodo.com/the-terrible-truth-about-alexa-1834075404
And the fact for years Alexa was indeed classified as Spyware because that's what it did period. Proggys such as Spybot Search and Destroy didn't have it named as a positive for no reason, that I can promise you.
So - In short, it's WinSpy 10 and won't be on my machine by my hand.
~The end.
It's not like the government is shoving Windows 10 down your throat...On top of that, I think most 64-bit software of the era just outright didn't plan on working with it. No hard data here, but every time I saw some 64-bit software, I never saw XP's 64-bit edition mentioned...
Works for me too. :D
Windows 10 search still sucks though, and slows me down daily. Like trying to find legacy software on an indexed storage drive just shits the bed every single time, all while refreshing the search with "here's some unrelated bullshit we found on Bing!"
And yeah, Windows 10 search is slow. I miss how fast the search function was on XP.
And the Bing search tagging along, I don't know what to think. Guess someone at Microsoft thought that I don't use browsers for that...
Windows 10 is a very slow OS when its run on an old Mechanical HDD, this has always been the case, its complete snail compared to 7 in this regard, this is why every PC I build or upgrade to 10 I insist putting a SSD in for the OS to make it feel snappy again.
I will move to 10 once its out of Beta and I 7 becomes unusable till then Ill stick with 7 and there will be updates just gotta know where to look
Nope - Not buying it.
- Garbage software auto install - can be turned off - still a thing.
- Start button and menu is crap - I've learned not to use it at all. Not really needed just short cut everything important to desktop.
- Still cannot remember num lock setting of the keyboard and latest version cannot be set in the registry either - just except it as a fault.
Otherwise Win10 works ok. Win 7 was better though. :)