Windows 7 RTM Support Ending Soon

jones_supa writes with this news from Ars Technica: "Windows 7 users will have to install Service Pack 1 if they want to continue to receive security fixes and other support beyond April 9th. With the release of a Service Pack, Microsoft's policy is to support the old version for two years. Windows 7 Service Pack 1 was released on 22nd February, 2011, so the phasing out of support is happening more or less on schedule. In spite of a growing number of post-Service Pack 1 fixes and updates, Microsoft has shown no signs of shipping a second Service Pack. Should Service Pack 1 be the sole major update for Windows 7, it will continue to receive mainstream support — which encompasses both security updates, non-security bugfixes, and free phone support — until 13th January 2015. Extended support — security fixes and paid incidents only — will continue until 14th January 2020."

Comments

looks like

[Anonymous Coward]

2015 - year of the linux desktop

Re:looks like

[slashdot_commentator]

Of course, no one is going to notice, since everyone will be using cloud computing accounts.

Re:Where is goddamned service pack 2

[Mashiki]

For goodness sakes, just release SP2 already you bastards.

It's called Windows 8, with the damned awful metro UI removed.

Re:you are an idiot

[jones_supa]

A service pack can introduce braking changes.

A reason to not run Windows in moving vehicles...

5 hours

[dshk]

I recently installed Windows 7 on two machines. It took 5 hours on both machines to download, setup all patches. It restarted itself about 15 times. The Windows update process is ridiculous.