This update is optional, but anyone with automatic updates turned on will receive it. So, the company is releasing an update to Windows 7 - KB4493132 - which will display notifications reminding Windows 7 users to upgrade to Windows 10 before the End of Life date. With the Windows 7 End of Life date now rapidly approaching, Microsoft is keen to make sure people know that support for the operating system is ending, and wants to encourage people to move from the operating system. When Windows 7 enters its End of Life phase, this support will end as well. However, during the extended support phase, which Windows 7 entered after the end of its mainstream support, the operating system has still been patched and updated to make sure security issues and bugs are fixed.

Microsoft actually ended mainstream support for Windows 7 on January 13, 2015, which meant new features stopped being added, and warranty claims were no longer valid. Up until that date, Windows 7 is in an ‘extended support’ phase.Īs with all operating systems, after a while it doesn’t make sense, both from a financial point of view and in terms of time and effort, to keep old software patched and updated, especially when there are newer versions of the software out there. Windows 7 End of Life begins on January 14, 2020. Windows 7 is still in use on 39% of PCs, according to recent figures Windows 7 End of Life: when does Windows 7 support end?

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