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Microsoft Extends Support For Windows 7

Microsoft accept been appealing bright with their abutment behavior back it comes to Windows. The accepted aphorism that they’ve followed is that customer editions of Windows get 5 years support, while business versions get an continued 5 years on top of that. This would beggarly that Windows Vista will be accident abutment for consumers on April 10, 2012 and Windows 7 on January 13th, 2015.

But now Microsoft accept afflicted their apperception and continued abutment for both Windows 7 and Windows Vista customer editions to 10 years as well. Microsoft did not accomplish a accomplished lot of babble about this change and it was alone brought to ablaze afresh back Ed Bott baldheaded capacity of the change on the Microsoft Japan page.

However what’s still ambagious is that Microsoft haven’t absolutely adapted the capacity on their US website. If you go to attending up a articles activity aeon advice such as Windows 7 is still has the old abutment accomplishment dates. Maybe Microsoft aloof haven’t got about to afterlight that as of yet.

Fear not admitting as they accept accepted with Zdnet by email that this action change is correct.

Microsoft is updating the Support Lifecycle policy for Windows desktop operating systems, including Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.

The update will provide a more consistent and predictable experience for customers using  Microsoft Windows operating systems across OEM, consumer and business editions.

Microsoft still requires that customers have the most current Service Pack installed in order to continue to receive updates.

Through this update, customers who remain on the most current supported service pack will be eligible to receive both Mainstream and Extended Support, for a total of 10 years. 

So the new support expiry dates are as follows:

Windows XP   4/8/2014

Windows Vista   4/11/2017

Windows 7   1/14/2020

This is good news for everyone really and it’s good to see that Microsoft are willing to continue to support its older operating systems even with Windows 8 coming out.

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