Microsoft enlarges the Windows 7 support period by 2020

Microsoft gave them good news today to users Windows 7 that do not plan to upgrade to the new Windows 8 Opeare System After its launch, namely Expanding the Windows 7 OS support period until January 2020. Earlier a few hours, Microsoft had announced as users Windows Vista they will have the support period for security issues extended to April 2017, desi Mainstream support (Updates for system features) will be stopped in October 2012.

As in the case of Windows Vista, Windows 7 will have a shorter mainstream support period than the security, namely until January 2015, and support for Windows 7 SP1 will be stopped 2 years after the next Service Pack.

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To better understand the difference between Mainstream support and Extended support For Windows operating systems, visit the official website Microsoft Lifecycle.

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Note: The support for any Windows system will be extended from now on 10 years after its launch. Also, all the versions of an operating system will benefit from the 10 -year support (5 years mainstream and 5 years extended).

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