Microsoft Corp. plans Tuesday - January 13, 2015 - Stop the "natural support" Mainstream Support for a number of key products, including all versions of operating "Windows 7" system in addition to the first service package SP1 system. While will last "extended support" Extended Support until the date of January 14, 2020.
Microsoft usually provides users of its products as "natural support" for a period of five years from its launch, the company which provide them with free repairs and patches and security updates and non-security. When the product comes out of the process of "natural support" "extended support" which often extends for another five years the process begins.
During the process of "extended support" the company maintains provide users with security updates for free, while they have to pay for access to other types of updates. Then the "end of support" End of Support comes, which means it will not be there then any security or non-security update, free or paid.
The Redmond company had announced last July for deadlines to stop support for some important products such as operating systems and software, including the operating system "Windows 7".
Some observers have speculated that the Microsoft Corporation to grant "Windows 7" system more time, just as it did with the operating system "Windows XP", who stopped supporting the final in April / April 2014, after 12 years of its launch.
Recall that in 14 of the month of July 2015 will depend final support for "Windows Server 2003" system, which is still used by many companies in its servers.
Microsoft had stopped in 14 of the month of October / October last support for the first service of "Office 2010" program package and the first service package of "SharePoint 2010" program.
Microsoft aims through these procedures to push users to use the latest version of its operating system versions, such as "Windows 8", and "Windows 8.1".
The company has launched the "Windows 7" system in 2009. It sold more than 100 million copies in just six months, and the system continues to enjoy great popularity. It is characterized as more stable than its predecessor "Windows Vista" and more familiar compared Bkhaliftha which saw a radical redesign, "Windows 8".
According to the "Net Iblekishnz" Net Applications market research firm, is still the most commonly used systems and by up to 53.71 percent "Windows 7" system.
The Redmond company has revealed the end of September / last September for the new operating system, "Windows 10", which worked through it fixes the issues that faced with "Windows 8.1" system, where the restored "Start" button, and the ability to run and interface applications. "Metro "in windows scalable, and so on.
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