AndyGuid
12-08-2016, 05:43 AM
FYI:
Microsoft relents on shorter Windows 7 support decree
~ Aug 11, 2016 ~ Customer, OEM complaints likely led to nullification of January's mandate.
Microsoft today repudiated an early retirement date for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 support, saying that it will patch those operating systems on PCs running Intel's Skylake silicon until 2020 and 2023, respectively.
The move was a complete rollback of a January decree (http://www.computerworld.com/article/3023507/windows-pcs/faq-microsoft-mandates-new-windows-support-rules.html) that Microsoft called a "clarification" of its support policy. Under the January plan, Microsoft would have ended most support for Windows 7 and Windows8.1 on July 17, 2017, if the operating systems were powering machines equipped with Intel's now-current Skylake processor family. Read more. . . . .
http://www.computerworld.com/article/3106786/windows-pcs/microsoft-relents-on-shorter-windows-7-support-decree.html
Microsoft relents on shorter Windows 7 support decree
~ Aug 11, 2016 ~ Customer, OEM complaints likely led to nullification of January's mandate.
Microsoft today repudiated an early retirement date for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 support, saying that it will patch those operating systems on PCs running Intel's Skylake silicon until 2020 and 2023, respectively.
The move was a complete rollback of a January decree (http://www.computerworld.com/article/3023507/windows-pcs/faq-microsoft-mandates-new-windows-support-rules.html) that Microsoft called a "clarification" of its support policy. Under the January plan, Microsoft would have ended most support for Windows 7 and Windows8.1 on July 17, 2017, if the operating systems were powering machines equipped with Intel's now-current Skylake processor family. Read more. . . . .
http://www.computerworld.com/article/3106786/windows-pcs/microsoft-relents-on-shorter-windows-7-support-decree.html