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Microsoft Will Now Pester Windows 7 Users To Upgrade To Windows 10 With Pop-ups (betanews.com)

Posted by msmash on from the up-next dept.

Mark Wilson writes: Anyone who is still using Windows 7 doesn't have much longer until the operating system is no longer supported by Microsoft. Come January 14, 2020 only those enterprise customers who are willing to pay for Extended Security Updates will receive any kind of support. Microsoft has already done a lot to encourage Windows 7 diehards to make the move to Windows 10, and now it is stepping things up a gear. Throughout 2019, the company will show pop-up notifications in Windows 7 about making the switch to the latest version of Windows.

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  1. There is a quite easy way to kill win7 by Z80a · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Release another good windows.
    Worked wonders with windows XP.

    1. Re:There is a quite easy way to kill win7 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Or allow Professional users to disable telemetry and turn off automatic updates instead of keeping it to inaccessible Enterprise licenses. Some of us need the stability of planned rollouts but aren't large enough to get Enterprise licensing yet and the telemetry is a no-go for many professionals.

    2. Re:There is a quite easy way to kill win7 by ctilsie242 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I just wish MS would release Windows 10 LTSB/LTSC as a standalone OS. No telemetry, no Candy Crush. Just does its job.