At the beginning of 2020, the Microsoft company announced the end of support for the popular operating system for computers, Windows 7, leaving only that support to people who maintain a payment offered to organizations and companies.
The initial plan of the company founded by Bill Gates was to limit extended support to three years after the end of support, but rumors from specialized media maintain that Big Tech could extend support for another three years, which makes it six years. total.
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The information is signed by the code-focused website, Deskmodder, who noticed that the cumulative update KB5015861 and security update KB5015862, including ESU licenses and keys, contain ESU licenses and keys for the next three years. This second extension would guarantee support for Windows 7 until January 2026.
Windows 7 updates
This decision by Microsoft to extend support for Windows 7 may come to preserve the important 12% market share that still uses this computer operating system that was born in 2009.
Although the company has neither confirmed nor denied the Windows 7 ESU extension, it has released updates for the following editions of Windows 7 as part of the Extended Security Updates program: Windows 7 SP1 Enterprise, Windows 7 SP1 Pro, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Embedded Standard 7, Windows Embedded POS Ready 7.
It is important to note that despite the extension of support for this version of the operating system, its withdrawal is still imminent. Windows is currently at version 11.