This leaves just Edge and Internet Explorer 11 as secure Microsoft browser options. Interestingly today Microsoft is also ending support for no less than three versions of Internet Explorer: 8, 9 and 10.
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This means installations can begin automatically for any Windows 7 and Windows 8 computers which use Windows Update Default settings (the vast majority). In October it announced the Windows 10 upgrade will change status to ‘Recommended’ in Windows Update for Windows 7 and Windows 8 (all versions). That said Microsoft may soon take matters into its own hands.
Meanwhile, despite the arrival of Windows 10, 55.68% of all computers still run Windows 7 despite some bizarre Microsoft scare tactics. Most famous is Windows XP which has not received security patches since 8 April 2014 but is still on more than one in 10 computers (10.93%) around the world.
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Windows 8.0’s market share is also almost the same as Apple’s Mac OS X ‘El Capitan’ operating system (2.99%).įurthermore there are also millions of Windows users who continue to show no interest in Microsoft’s support warnings. In fairness many users do, but ‘Windows 8.0’ still commands over 41 million users ( 2.76 percent of all computers), which is more than every variant of Linux combined. The obvious solution to all of this is: keep your PC up-to-date. Microsoft is leaving users with little to no choice about upgrading to Windows 10 and will soon take. Like ‘Windows 8.0’, Microsoft never uses this (frankly ludicrous) ‘Windows 8.1 Update’ name in any of its branding materials, instead reserving it only for blog posts. No I don’t know why it wasn’t called ‘Windows 8.1.1’ or ‘Windows 8.2’). It looks like Windows 8s tile interface, and supports only a few desktop applications - all other software must be in app form. Technically the answer is ‘Windows 8.1 Update’ - the new name given to the operating system after Windows 8.1 received a significant upgrade (yes, it’s rubbish. Microsoft designed Windows RT to work on devices with ARM-based processors (Windows 8 only works on computers with Intel chips). So what on earth is still being supported? Brace yourself: Support for it ended in August 2015 and that in itself was an extension after it was originally meant to end in May 2015. Microsoft no longer supports ‘Windows 8.1’. With the General Availability of Windows 8.1, customers on Windows 8 have 2 years, until January 12, 2016, to move to Windows 8.1 in order to remain supported.”Īh Windows 8.1. “Windows 8.1 falls under the same lifecycle policy as Windows 8, and will reach end of Mainstream Support on January 9, 2018, and end of Extended Support on January 10, 2023.