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Windows 7: Preparing for an uncertain future
Posted on July 1st, 2019 at 01:15 Comment on the AskWoody Lounge
ON SECURITYBy Susan Bradley
By now every Win7 user should know that official support for the venerable OS ends next year.
The final updates should go out on January 14, 2020 (more MS info) — at least they’ll end for those of us who don’t have deep corporate pockets to pay for extra patches.
Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.24.0 (2019-07-01).
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