{"id":17361,"date":"2020-01-07T06:30:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T14:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2020\/01\/07\/news-11097\/"},"modified":"2020-01-07T06:30:03","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T14:30:03","slug":"news-11097","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2020\/01\/07\/news-11097\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ: Last-minute answers about Windows 7's post-retirement patches"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 04:53:00 -0800<\/strong><\/p>\n

A week from now, Microsoft will serve customers with the last for-free Windows 7 security update, in effect retiring the 2009 operating system.<\/p>\n

However, hundreds of millions of personal computers will still power up thanks to Windows 7 on Jan. 14, and for an indeterminate timespan after that date. Windows 7 may be retiring, but it’s not disappearing.<\/p>\n

Microsoft admitted as much more than a year ago when it announced Extended Security Updates (ESU)<\/a>, a program for commercial customers who needed more time to ditch Windows 7. ESU would provide patches for some security vulnerabilities for as long as three years. For a fee<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Later – just this October – Microsoft expanded ESU to include small and very small businesses<\/a>, but told those customers, who typically needed to keep just a handful of PCs updated, to contact a Cloud Service Provider (CSP).<\/p>\n

Computerworld<\/i> has covered ESU since its September 2018 unveiling. But there are always bits and pieces that don’t get the attention they deserve. So, we’ve collected the most important last-minute questions about ESU, and provided answers to those queries.<\/p>\n

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Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 04:53:00 -0800<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A week from now, Microsoft will serve customers with the last for-free Windows 7 security update, in effect retiring the 2009 operating system.<\/p>\n

However, hundreds of millions of personal computers will still power up thanks to Windows 7 on Jan. 14, and for an indeterminate timespan after that date. Windows 7 may be retiring, but it’s not disappearing.<\/p>\n

Microsoft admitted as much more than a year ago when it announced Extended Security Updates (ESU)<\/a>, a program for commercial customers who needed more time to ditch Windows 7. ESU would provide patches for some security vulnerabilities for as long as three years. For a fee<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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