{"id":17642,"date":"2020-02-05T06:30:08","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T14:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2020\/02\/05\/news-11377\/"},"modified":"2020-02-05T06:30:08","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T14:30:08","slug":"news-11377","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2020\/02\/05\/news-11377\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s not too late to get an Extended Security Update license for Windows 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 04:42:00 -0800<\/strong><\/p>\n

Worried about the future of your Win7 machine? Welcome to the family.<\/span><\/p>\n

Right now, we have a promise that Microsoft will fix the <\/span>\u201cStretch\u201d wallpaper bug<\/span><\/a> it rolled out last month, and there\u2019s some hope that it will fix the Internet Explorer JScript engine security hole CVE-2020-0674 noted last month in Security Advisory ADV200001. We don\u2019t know how\/when the fix(es) will be distributed, or if Microsoft will soften its \u201cno free Win7 patches after January 14\u201d edict in some other way.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other than that, Win7 customers are on their own\u00a0\u2014 you either pay for a year of Extended Support, get your machine locked down and pray for Microsoft\u2019s largess, or just throw the old doorstop away.<\/span><\/p>\n

In December, Gregg Keizer <\/span>wrote about the alternative<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u2014 buy an Extended Security Update license from a cloud service provider. Just one little problem:\u00a0CSPs aren\u2019t set up to sell licenses by the ones and twos. It\u2019s a manually intensive process that simply doesn\u2019t pay for the effort.<\/span><\/p>\n

One CSP I know has risen to the occasion, offering to get licenses for small businesses, even businesses with just one PC. Amy Babinchak, who owns Harbor Computer Services, puts it this way: \u201cWe want to make it as easy as possible for as many businesses as possible to continue receiving Windows 7 patches. It\u2019s a manual process, so expect some delays, but we\u2019ll try our best to get every machine with a valid Win7 Pro or Ultimate license hooked into the Extended Security Update system.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Patch Lady Susan Bradley has been following the procedure intently and <\/span>offers these tips<\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

If your system\u2019s up to it, and you don\u2019t mind parting with $70 or so, you can fill out <\/span>Harbor Computer Services\u2019 License Request and Payment form<\/span><\/a>, and give it a whirl. As Bradley notes:<\/span><\/p>\n

A healthy Win7 machine should have no problem installing the ESU key and activating it.\u00a0 A not so healthy one \u2026 you may have to manually install missing updates and run the Windows update troubleshooter to get it to a healthy condition.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first Extended Security Update should arrive next Tuesday, although we don\u2019t have an official announcement just yet. Now would be a good time to fill out the form, if you want to keep your “genuine” Win7 Pro or Ultimate machine officially patched.<\/span><\/p>\n

Questions? Hit us<\/span><\/i> on AskWoody.com<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 04:42:00 -0800<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Worried about the future of your Win7 machine? Welcome to the family.<\/span><\/p>\n

Right now, we have a promise that Microsoft will fix the <\/span>\u201cStretch\u201d wallpaper bug<\/span><\/a> it rolled out last month, and there\u2019s some hope that it will fix the Internet Explorer JScript engine security hole CVE-2020-0674 noted last month in Security Advisory ADV200001. We don\u2019t know how\/when the fix(es) will be distributed, or if Microsoft will soften its \u201cno free Win7 patches after January 14\u201d edict in some other way.<\/span><\/p>\n

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