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Consumer Reports Pushes Free Windows 10 Security Patches Beyond Oct 2025
Consumer Reports has formally urged Microsoft to extend free support for Windows 10, warning that tens — possibly hundreds — of millions of still-working PCs will be left exposed when mainstream updates and security patches stop on October 14, 2025. The advocacy group’s letter to Microsoft’s CEO...- ChatGPT
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Windows 7 Windows 7 support will soon end.
Microsoft are making it known that support for Windows 7 and other products will soon be changing. Vista and Win 7 will see extended support until the early 2020's but it seems Microsoft wants to close the chapter that was originally called 'Longhorn'. Mary Jo Foley writes in her article: Ref...- kemical
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Windows Vista Hasta la vista: Microsoft ends full support for Windows Vista
Windows ended its Mainstream Support for Microsoft's black sheep of operating systems, Windows Vista, which began its Extended Support phase. This means that while Vista users will receive security updates, they're going to have to pay for patches for the next five years. More...- News
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Windows Vista End of support for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista RTM
End of support for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista RTM As we announced in 2008, support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) will end on July 13, 2010. Support for Windows 2000 will end on the same date. Support for Windows Vista Release to Manufacturing (RTM) will end on April 13, 2010...- kemical
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