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
Totally different company. Even Cortana isn't remotely the same.
I do know speaking of "Place" it's in the same place, as in yours doing what it was intended to do all along.
No need to argue - Folks can do as they please and it's their right to.
For the record, I've never willingly used either product.
Vista's problem was partly to be blamed on the manufacturers with their "Vista Ready" 512 MB crap, while it actually run OK on 2 GB machines. When SP2 came out then Vista was totally fine, imho. Damage was done, however.
All this however is pointless, to sum up Win 10 will never be on any of my machines for the reason(s) given and I will close shop/go offline before it happens.
You must break the law a lot?
Do a lot of criminal activity?
Deal in trades that are top secret?
Run guns underground?
I mean I understand if you cant answer the above because otherwise you will be put on another watch list :kookoo::rolleyes::slap:
Oh and your smart phone is listening WAY more than Windows 10 ;)
Please, never use that again. It's flawed to the core.Classic. The "only criminals need privacy" argument.
Please, never use that again. It's flawed to the core.My advice about linux was not malice. I am serious. I recently tried it myself and were it not for multiplayer titles requiring windows-only anticheat, I'd still be there. For the same concerns and reasons.
www.bbc.com/news/technology-51106356
Don't even have a smartphone - It's an older flip that's not very smart at all.
I don't need a phone for anything except for it to "Be" a phone, nothing else.
And yes, I'm well aware any phone period from at least a decade (Or even longer ago) can still be tracked via GPS or celltower location pinging.
I've simply said "Why" in my case, it's my choice and that should be the end of it.
Have to say it:
RTB I do respect your views on this, we may disagree sometimes but you're fine by me.
And one more thing - I'd be a damned fool if I were to ever think everyone would agree with me on everything all the time, so I don't.
All these people claiming to be running Windows 7 must all be Intel people as AMD Ryzen needs Win10 OS!
Windows 10 2004 has second generation Raytracing in DirectX 12.2 for all next generation GPUs this summer...
Also, some people managed to make W7 work with Ryzen. Granted, don't expect anything to be stable, and definitely don't expect support at all, but it has been done.