Windows 7 Windows 7 support will soon end.

[kemical]

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:

"End of support" means there will be no more fixes or patches -- paid or free, security or non-security -- coming for specific products. (There are some temporary workarounds, as Windows XP users have discovered, but as a general rule, end of support means, for most intents and purposes, the end.)

Mainstream, free support is ending on January 13, 2015 for a number of major Microsoft products, including Link Removed (Enterprise, Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate and Starter).

Ref:
http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-warn...-sp1-windows-server-2003-and-more-7000031348/

 

[Trouble]

Wow.... so less than 5 months and the jigs up. That seems a bit fast considering they just pulled the plug on Windows XP.
OH Well..... onward and upwards

 

[Saltgrass]

Not really sure I would buy what the article suggests, maybe it is just Microsoft using scare tactics to get folks to switch. I wonder, if it was true, whether Microsoft is going to be willing to buy everyone new computers which are fully Windows 8 compatible...?

I can't even imagine the chaos resulting from such a move, considering the problems with Windows 8 in the last year or two. But if they see a way to push us into a pay as you go OS, I am sure they have the monetary incentive to go ahead.

 

[patcooke]

I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[Pauli]

Mainstream support will end January 13, 2015, Extended support will go to January 14, 2020. If they try to change one iota, unless upwards, I'll sue them for breaking a contract. --- Now, that would be interesting to witness!