Products Reaching End of Support in the Second Half of 2014
Products Reaching End of Support in the Second Half of 2014
Last Updated: 10 Jul 2014 at 11:29
As of July 2014, the following list represents some of the products reaching end of support in the next 6 months.
Service Packs Retiring: Support for the following Service Packs will retire in the next 6 months. Customers should migrate to the next available Service Pack to continue to receive security updates and be eligible for other support options.
(see table at site)
Key Products Transitioning from Mainstream Support to Extended Support: The following products will be moving into Extended Support in the next 6 months. Extended Support lasts for 5 years and includes security updates at no cost, and paid hotfix support. Additionally, Microsoft will not accept requests for design changes or new features during the Extended Support phase.
(see table at site)
Key Products Transitioning from Extended Support to End of Support: The following products will be reaching end of support in the next 6 months. There will be no new security updates, non-security hotfixes, free or paid assisted support options or online technical content updates.
Humm... so it does mean that windows 7 will receive after January 13, 2015 only security updates and no more updates and hotfixes...
Does those Updates and Hotfixes will be at consumers cost (paid hotfix support), unless owning Professional, Ultimate or Enterprise during Extended Support also?
Humm... so it does mean that windows 7 will receive after January 13, 2015 only security updates and no more updates and hotfixes...
Does those Updates and Hotfixes will be at consumers cost (paid hotfix support), unless owning Professional, Ultimate or Enterprise during Extended Support also?
No. It just means the end of support for new features like say IE13 or something similar. Another 5 years of fixes for security for all versions. There is also a possibility of the timeframe being extended since a large number or corporate users have recently moved to Windows 7. I think there is a very good chance of that happening since windows 8 has such a tarnished reputation and is basically a lost cause. I suspect that any essential new technologies Microsoft come up with will be back ported to 7 as well. I don't honestly think some companies are going to want to move OS again within the next few years like M$ would like unless the OS is free and gives corporate exactly what they need, a locked down desktop for working with.
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Bluethunder II OS: Windows 7 x64 Ultimate and numerous virtual machines CPU: AMD FX-8350 Vishera 32nm Technology @ 4.2 GHz default Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (Socket 942) Memory: G Skill 32.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 1204MHz (11-13-13-31) Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB Super SC ACX 2.0+ with Back Plate Sound Card: Creative X-Fi Titanium HD Audiophile PCIe Monitor(s) Displays: LG L227WTG x 3 Screen Resolution: 1680 x 1050 16:10 Keyboard: Logitech K740 Mouse: Logitech G100S Laser LED + Logitech Gamepad F310 PSU: Enermax Revolution87+ 1000 Watts Gold Certified Power Supply Case: Rocketfish Full Tower Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Push Pull 120mm Fans Hard Drives: 238GB Samsung850 PRO SATA Disk Device (SSD)
1863GB Seagate ST2000DM 001-1CH164 (SATA)
1397GB Seagate ST1500DL 003-9VT16L(SATA)
466GB Western Digital WDC WD50 03AZEX-00K1GA0 (SATA) x 2
932GB Seagate ST310005 28AS SATA Disk Device (SATA) Internet Speed: 500 mbs down and 30mbs up Browser: Firefox (Main) Chrome, Internet Explorer (Back Up) Antivirus: Malwarebytes Pro & Avast and MSE on certain Virtual Machines Other Info: Logitech X 230 2.1 Stereo System and 5.1 Yamaha RX V2090
B&W DM6 Monitor Speakers + Center and Surround Speakers
Using Mouse Without Borders (Google it)
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Dell Vostro 400/Dell XPS 8700(Slightly Customized for me by Dell)/Toshiba Satellite T135 OS: Windows 7 Professional 32-bit/Windows 8 64-bit/Win7 Pro64-bit CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600/Intel Core i7 4790/Intel Pentium Memory: 2GB/16GB/4GB Graphics Card: Intel G33/G31 Express(Vostro)/NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745(XPS) Monitor(s) Displays: HP 2009m(Vostro)/ViewSonic VX2250wm-LED(XPS) Screen Resolution: 1600x900(Vostro)/1920x1080(XPS) Keyboard: Dell L100)(Vostro)/Dell KB2133p(XPS) Mouse: Dell M-UAV-DEL8(XPS) Hard Drives: Seagate ST3160815AS(Vostro)/Western Digital Blue(Satellite)
External:
Western Digital My Passport 0748
Samsung HM121HC Internet Speed: 100 Mbit/s(Only when IPTV is plugged out) Browser: Internet Explorer 11 Antivirus: Avast, Malwarebytes PRO Other Info: Note: Names with slashes between two different parts mean that the left is my old desktop and the right is my old laptop and the middle is my new desktop.(Unless specified)
Ping is horrible for servers overseas in US and Europe.
New laptop:LG Gram(Not available in US) Processor:Intel Core i3 4th Gen Ultra Low Power RAM:4GB Hard Drive:SK Hynix OEM MSATA or M.2 Graphics:Intel HD
10. Who can receive support in the Extended Support phase?
Extended Support will be available to all customers*. Extended Support includes paid support (support that is charged on an hourly basis or per incident), security update support at no additional cost, and paid hotfix support. To receive hotfix support, an Extended Hotfix Support contract must be purchased within the first 90 days following the end of the Mainstream Support phase. (The 90-day requirement is waived if Software Assurance or Dynamics Business Ready Enhancement Plan has been purchased for the product in question.) Microsoft will not accept requests for warranty support, design changes, or new features during the Extended Support phase.
* Extended Support is not offered for Consumer, Consumer Hardware, Multimedia products or Microsoft Online Services.
With Windows 9 coming soon, I don't see why MS would have any reason to extend Windows 7's support life or backport new things for it.
One thing I have noticed about King Arthur is if someone makes a comment he always disagrees. You seriously think massive corporations, hospitals and governments are going to move quickly to Windows 9. Get off your throne and realise how long it has taken them to move from XP Pro.
Last edited by Indianatone; 10 Jul 2014 at 11:53.
Reason: TYPO
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Bluethunder II OS: Windows 7 x64 Ultimate and numerous virtual machines CPU: AMD FX-8350 Vishera 32nm Technology @ 4.2 GHz default Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (Socket 942) Memory: G Skill 32.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 1204MHz (11-13-13-31) Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB Super SC ACX 2.0+ with Back Plate Sound Card: Creative X-Fi Titanium HD Audiophile PCIe Monitor(s) Displays: LG L227WTG x 3 Screen Resolution: 1680 x 1050 16:10 Keyboard: Logitech K740 Mouse: Logitech G100S Laser LED + Logitech Gamepad F310 PSU: Enermax Revolution87+ 1000 Watts Gold Certified Power Supply Case: Rocketfish Full Tower Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Push Pull 120mm Fans Hard Drives: 238GB Samsung850 PRO SATA Disk Device (SSD)
1863GB Seagate ST2000DM 001-1CH164 (SATA)
1397GB Seagate ST1500DL 003-9VT16L(SATA)
466GB Western Digital WDC WD50 03AZEX-00K1GA0 (SATA) x 2
932GB Seagate ST310005 28AS SATA Disk Device (SATA) Internet Speed: 500 mbs down and 30mbs up Browser: Firefox (Main) Chrome, Internet Explorer (Back Up) Antivirus: Malwarebytes Pro & Avast and MSE on certain Virtual Machines Other Info: Logitech X 230 2.1 Stereo System and 5.1 Yamaha RX V2090
B&W DM6 Monitor Speakers + Center and Surround Speakers
Using Mouse Without Borders (Google it)
With Windows 9 coming soon, I don't see why MS would have any reason to extend Windows 7's support life or backport new things for it.
One thing I have noticed about King Arthur is if someone makes a comment he always disagrees...
I've also noticed that about him, among other things. However, in this case he isn't too far off track. M$ has made it clear there will not be an SP3 for Win 7 (mutter, mutter, mumble, mumble) and their reason most likely is to encourage people to bail from Win 7 earlier and buy new OSes.
When support for XP ends this April, I can understand that no further Security/Enhancement updates will be coming down the pipe. My question is this - If I have to reload my Windows XP SP1 system, will updates prior to April 2014 still be available to download & install. IE: Sp2, Sp3 etc.
Or does...