It is highly recommended that Windows 7 and 8.1 users should upgrade their PCs to Windows 10 or 11. The company isn’t providing an ESU program for these operating systems due to low usage. Meanwhile, Microsoft is discontinuing support for Windows 8.1 today. Microsoft advises Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users to upgrade to Windows 10 or 11

Users who will continue to run Windows 7 would be vulnerable to security vulnerabilities and other threats. Starting today, Microsoft is ending support for these extended security updates for Windows 7 Professional and Enterprise editions. It allowed customers to pay for crucial security updates and technical support for three additional years. However, the company introduced an extended security update (ESU) program for businesses that were not ready to upgrade to Windows 10.

Microsoft announced the end of mainstream support of Windows 7 in January 2020. This means that the company will no longer provide software updates and technical assistance to PCs running legacy versions of Windows operating systems. Microsoft is finally ending support for Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESUs) and Windows 8.1.

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