Without Microsoft's Windows, the computer remains a box. The company is now going to end its support on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 this month. Know on which day the support is ending as well as what the users will do next.
If you are also a user of Microsoft's Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, then even though you will not like this news, it is very useful for you. Microsoft will end support for both of these older versions of Windows this month.
When is Microsoft ending support?
Microsoft will stop providing all security updates for its Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 on January 10, 2023. Due to this, the company will not provide any support on these two windows. This news is not good at all for users who bought the Microsoft Extended Security Update program in 2020. Significantly, Microsoft stopped providing security updates on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 for general users in the year 2020. The company has since then been asking users to upgrade to Windows 10 or Windows 11.
What should we do now?
Microsoft is no longer providing Microsoft Extended Security Updates to users of Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. With this, users now have no other option but to upgrade to Windows 10 or Windows 11.
Edge and Google Chrome will also end support
Not only is Windows ending security updates on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, but the company is also ending support for its Edge browser. Apart from this, Google Chrome is also stopping its support on both of these windows.
So will Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 no longer work?
However, your computer will continue to run Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 after support ends. Along with this, the Microsoft Edge web browser will also continue to run. But in such circumstances, the company will not support you with any problem. Along with this, there are many possibilities of bugs coming into the computer. That's why users should update their windows. Significantly, Microsoft introduced Windows 10 in 2015 and Windows 11 in 2021.
