Starting Tuesday, January 10, 2023, Windows 7 Professional and Enterprise editions will no longer receive Extended Security Updates for critical and important vulnerabilities. Meanwhile, all versions of Windows 8.1, which launched in November 2013, will also arrive on EOS on the same day.

Statcounter GlobalStats Data shows that more than 11% of Windows systems worldwide currently run Windows 7, and Windows 8.1 users account for 2.59%.Microsoft launched Windows 7 in October 2009, andEnds January 14, 2020support.The Extended Security Update (ESU) program is the last resort for customers who need to run older versions of Microsoft products after the end of support for Windows 7 systems.

Microsoft explained that most Windows 7 devices do not meet the hardware requirements for upgrading to Windows 11. As an alternative, compatible Windows 7 PCs can be upgraded to Windows 10 by purchasing and installing the full version of the software; however, it should be noted that Windows 10 will also reach its end of support date on October 14, 2025. Customers with devices that do not meet the technical requirements for the latest Windows version are advised to replace them with Windows 11 capable devices to take advantage of the latest hardware features.

It is reported that according to the plan, Microsoft will also release Microsoft Edge 109 next week, which is the last version to support Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1. And this version of Microsoft Edge will also be the last version to support Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2.Google made a similar announcement in October, when the company said that version 110 of its Google Chrome web browser may also drop support for Windows 7 and 8.1 starting in February 2023.

Microsoft Edge 109 and Google Chrome 110 will continue to run on older operating systems, but they will no longer receive security updates and bug fixes, so users may be at risk.Google Chrome now has more than 64 percent of the market, followed by Safari at about 18 percent and Microsoft Edge at about 4 percent.

Before that, someThe vendor has dropped support for Windows 7. For example, NVIDIA announced that starting from October 2021 last year, it will no longer provide Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 drivers.