After activation, MS no longer see these boxes to count them as Win 7 boxes because they are forbidden to contact MS to protect them from faulty ms updates and corporate spying (ms “telemetry”). I’m still running many Win7 devices which run safe, extremely fast, and in highly efficient manners. And like any secured OS, Win7 is safe when correctly setup. I would suggest focused attention along with not having to fight the gui to perform the task at hand, is far more efficient then using a cell phone interface on a PC. And the so called ms “modern” cellphone interface, destroyed efficient gui interaction and performance – Win 8 and Win 11 being the worse of the lot.įrom a gui perspective, Win 7 is far more efficient and enables users to cleanly focus on their task at hand – without horrendous gui distractions. From a historic perspective, ms update continues to be the largest threat to efficient OS performance on well maintained boxes. Sry to disagree, but your stmts do not accurately reflect reality. Organizations who have devices with ESU can protect the devices for another three years.

The extension gives organizations that time. Organizations may require more time to move to a new version of Windows, or another operating system. It makes sense to extend support if the numbers are close to real usage numbers. Windows 11, Microsoft's newest operating system, sits at 10.96%, which makes Windows 7 the second most used version of Windows according to the company. Statcounter, one of the third-party companies that is tracking usage statistics, sees it at 11.54% of the Windows market share. Windows 7 holds a sizeable share of the desktop operating system market.

Microsoft has not confirmed or denied the extension of Windows 7 ESU. Bypasses exist to install Microsoft's official updates on Windows 7 Home devices, including Windows 7 Home and Professional. ESU updates can only be installed officially on licensed machines.

Microsoft released the monthly and security-only cumulative updates for Windows 7 ESU systems as part of the July 2022 Patch Day. Microsoft creates updates for the following Windows 7 editions as part of the extended security updates program:

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