nsane.forums Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Microsoft has announced that it will end support for the RTM version of Windows 7 on April 9, 2013, two years after the release of the first service pack for the OS.Microsoft may have just launched Windows 8 a few months ago, but there are still plenty of people who are using Windows 7 inside their PC. In fact, there may be some of you reading this that are using the same version of Windows 7 that was first released in 2009 but have yet to download the first (and apparently only) service pack released for the OS.If you happen to be one of those Windows 7 users, you might want to consider downloading and installing SP1 as soon as possible. Microsoft updated the official Windows blog with word that official support for Windows 7 RTM will end in just a couple months. The support will stop on April 9, 2013, about 24 months after the launch of the Windows 7 service pack.If you have a PC with Windows 7 SP1 installed, don't worry; official mainstream support for Windows 7 won't end until January 13, 2015. Extended support for the OS (meaning security patches but no new features) won't end until January 14, 2020. In any case, it is in your best interest to download and install that service pack, if only to keep your system up to date with the most recent version of the OS.View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calguyhunk Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 So how does this work? I've always kept all my software up to date, so I wouldn't know, but if I were to install Win7 from an RTM DVD - say on April 10th - and check for updates, will MS tell me that there's a service pack available, or will it just say unsupported OS? :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted February 15, 2013 Administrator Share Posted February 15, 2013 So how does this work? I've always kept all my software up to date, so I wouldn't know, but if I were to install Win7 from an RTM DVD - say on April 10th - and check for updates, will MS tell me that there's a service pack available, or it will just say unsupported OS? :dunno:I'm guessing it will only stop making updates, not providing already released ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a2ms Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 So how does this work? I've always kept all my software up to date, so I wouldn't know, but if I were to install Win7 from an RTM DVD - say on April 10th - and check for updates, will MS tell me that there's a service pack available, or it will just say unsupported OS? :dunno:It has already been the case with Vista, that when you install you just follow windows update and install the released service packs. This makes mroe sense to enterprise costumers that the users are not the ones that can manually update but rather an IT department upgrades a whole building of offices. In this case you can't always stay with the latest version, so when the times come if you have a problem but haven't updated, you just won't get help.Anyways for us, home users, keeping always with the latest updates is the best that we can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demoneye Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 there are offline sp1 to install so :wtf: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganxxta Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 @topicWe will see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 This is exactly what I hate about Microsoft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . their dictatorship. :fist: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anuseems Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Microsoft released the Windows 7 operating system in October 2009, roughly three and a half years have passed since then and it may come as a surprise to many that the first Windows 7 product is nearing its end of support date already. In fact, its support date ends before Windows XP support will end. How this can be? Lets find out.Support for the Windows XP operating system ends about 14 months from today in April 2014. It is the end of the products extended support date after which support for the product is not offered anymore. This includes the release of security updates and other updates which wont be produced and released anymore for these versions of Windows.When you look at the support table for Windows 7 you will notice that mainstream support for all versions ends in January 2015 and that extended support ends in January 2020. But that does not include Windows 7 RTM which will expire as of April 9, 2013. You may ask yourself why it is expiring that early and the answer is revealed when you look at how service pack releases alter support end dates.The support lifecycle of a product ends 24 months after a service pack for it has been released. The service pack in this case takes the place of the product so to speak and support will either expire at the products support lifecycle end or 24 months after the next service pack release whichever comes first.This means basically that Windows 7 RTMs support lifecycle ends in less than two months from today, and that support for Windows 7 with service pack 1 installed will take over the support end dates of the product. This leaves us with the following extended support end dates: April 9th, 2013: Windows 7 without service pack April 8th, 2014: Windows XP SP3 April 11th, 2017: Windows Vista SP2 January 1st, 2020: Windows 7 SP1 January 9th, 2023: Windows 8Windows 7′s mainstream support ends on January 13th, 2015 and Windows 8′s mainstream support on January 9th, 2018. The difference between mainstream support and extended support is the following: Mainstream support: request to change product design and features, security updates, other hotfixes, complimentary support, paid support Extended support: security updates and paid supportWhat this means? Windows 7 users need to make sure to have the first service pack for the operating system installed so that they will continue to receive updates for the operating system.@ http://www.ghacks.net/2013/02/15/first-windows-7-version-nearing-its-end-of-support-date/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightDistortions Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 I'm guessing this is for those who don't bother to download and install the 1st service pack? I don't know how that works considering i automatically do downloads and already have SP1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calguyhunk Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 I'm guessing this is for those who don't bother to download and install the 1st service pack? I don't know how that works considering i automatically do downloads and already have SP1. There are people who may have bought the original copy in 2009 and need to reinstall after April 9th. Or maybe replace a dead mobo/HDD, or install a new SSD in place of the old HDD or maybe even transfer the copy to a new PC (if Retail) :oLife in the real world ain't as simple as naive geekboys on tech forums seem to think. Many ifs and buts, trials and tribulations everywhere you look. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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