What should we do after January 2020

just recently saw this on Softpedia news

Windows 7 Under Attack as Retirement Date Just Around the Corner

0patch.com

Take a look at this and tell me what you think?

dg1261 said:

There's still plenty of life left in Win 7 yet, so Jan 2020 is not EOL. Instead, I've been calling it EOS: "End of Support". EOL is when something no longer does what you need it to. Win 7 is nowhere near reaching that point.

That is in fact the official term Microsoft use....

Microsoft said:

The specific end of support day for Windows 7 will be January 14, 2020

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...anuary-14-2020

RoWin7 said:

Should we be concerned when the anti-viruses stop supporting 7? That's when I finally dumped xp, reluctantly.

I dumped XP when the laptop I was using it on fell apart. Up to then it had been doing a fine job in running a bank account spreadheet and all my other other finances. Never connected it to the web, so safe from hacking or ransomware.

It's place was taken by a Win7 laptop. That's going to stay on 7 (and away from the web) for as long as it keeps working


(my other car is a Porsche machines are W10)

Nasty7 said:

0patch.com

Take a look at this and tell me what you think?

Been reading for only a few minutes but it seems this is legit. A service from a company named ACROS Security in Slovenia that has been around for a long time.

My first reaction was "micropatches that fix security issues on-the-fly? NO WAY, feels like an opportunity for exploitation". But they seem (perhaps) trustworthy and their service will be free for home users. Haven't decided if PRO patches are worth an annual fee (cheaper than MS).

I am going to seriously consider trying it.

How about drivers, when you install PCIE cards, windows 7 retrieves the right drivers. Is that going away?
Because that would be worse than not getting new security updates.

Is MS saying you wont get ANY updates even old ones? Say you just installed raw windows 7 ultimate, will MS provide all updates up to a final end game point as mentioned that 2020 date, or will it not offer anything at all?

sdowney717 said:

How about drivers, when you install PCIE cards, windows 7 retrieves the right drivers. Is that going away?
Because that would be worse than not getting new security updates.

Is MS saying you wont get ANY updates even old ones? Say you just installed raw windows 7 ultimate, will MS provide all updates up to a final end game point as mentioned that 2020 date, or will it not offer anything at all?

You should be able to get all current and old updates,

they just are not releasing any new updates for Windows 7...

SIW2, what is the name of the program u are using to view Windows update catalog?