Windows 7 Support Lifecycle Ends - 10th Anniversary

After 10 years 2009 - 2020, support for Windows 7 is nearing the end.

The end of an awesome and stable era, Microsoft announces the end of technical assistance and software updates from Windows Update on Windows 7. After a 10 year commitment to provide product support for Windows 7 since its release on October 22, 2009, Microsoft Updates that help protect your PC will no longer be available for the product. Microsoft strongly recommends that you move to Windows 10 sometime before January 2020 to avoid a situation where you need service or support that is no longer available... Now lets talk a little more about this - Can you still use Windows 7?
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Windows 7 is one Microsoft Operating System I have used the longest because of it being very stable. Windows 8 came but was not that successful because of its instability and also it served the touch screen users well and a better replacement of Windows 7 great legacy was needed and that is how Win 8 and Win 7 features got combined to bring out a stable replacement, Windows 10.

In 2015 Microsoft had decide to move users over to Windows 7 Service Pack 1 although Win 7 never reached Service Pack 2 like its predecessor Win XP as Microsoft introduced Windows 8. Windows 8 Didn't get a lot of fans and users because of its instability and support for most touchscreen users Microsoft stated working on combining Windows 8 and Windows 7 which is now Windows 10.

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Can you still us Windows 7 after January 14th, 2020?

Even in 2019, five years after Win XP support expired, Microsoft took the rare step of issuing a security update for it. The Windows Update pipeline for XP had been apparently long been shut down, so Windows XP users had to download and install this update manually—but it was available. Just a few days ago I needed some Win 7 Hotfixes updates that had long ended in 2015, I downloaded them manually from Microsoft updates catalog.

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Now unlike how they did it with Win XP, it might be different for home users, if you have software or hardware that requires Windows 7, consider isolating that Windows 7 machine from the internet or running that software in a virtual machine on a modern version of Windows... For businesses and Organizations that need more time before upgrading, Microsoft sells “Extended Security Updates. (ESU)” In other words: Microsoft will continue creating security updates, but you can only get them if you pay up. Microsoft won’t sell you these updates directly, and they’re not available through normal retail channels. According to Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft officials said these ESUs must be purchased “from qualified Cloud Solution Provider partners.” A Microsoft blog post about Windows 7 support invites interested parties to “Please reach out to your partner or Microsoft account team for further details.” Have I answered your question? Hopefully yes. Comment down below if you have any question or email us via jtechpreneur@gmail.com.

Anyway after 10 years its better and logical to upgrade to newer and faster machines for work and home use. Until Next Time, Peace.

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