14th January 2020 : The End of the Line for Windows 7

14th January 2020

As of today, Microsoft will officially axe the support for its ageing operating system, Windows 7. Over the last 10 years of its life, Windows 7 has served for many business and residential users alike, as a direct replacement for the retired and much-loved Windows XP.

Windows 7 was originally released in October 2009 and built on the foundations of its predecessor, Windows Vista (which launched in 2006), but corrected many of the issues that had plagued the release and unfortunately lead Windows Vista to have a bad reputation.

The termination of support for Windows 7 means that security patches, fixes and general Windows updates will cease and in time leave your system more vulnerable to attack if exploits or holes in the OS are spotted or found. The lack of updates means that the system will no longer know how to deal with new threats that come its way, or targeted malicious attacks.

Over the next 12 months, software vendors will also largely cease their support for desktops and laptops running Windows 7, and likely halt further development and updates to their own software and apps for users still running the OS. Many of whom have already stopped their own support as of today, along with Microsoft.

With this in mind, we highly recommended that any computer systems running Windows 7 are immediately upgraded to Windows 10 where humanly possible. If you need help with planning your Windows upgrades or have concerns about software key to your business, you can contact us for a consultation about your upgrades. We’ll be happy to help and advise. With the current operating system marketplace, Windows 10 is the preferred choice – said to be the last major release of Windows that Microsoft will produce, feature releases and significant updates are planned to be pushed out at least every 6 months moving forward.

So an upgrade to Windows 10 could be the last significant desktop OS update you need to make!

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