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• Windows 7's market share dropped sharply in July

  

  6 August 2019, 11:11

  Migration to Windows 10 accelerates as Windows 7 end-of-support looms (January 2020).

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• Microsoft is ending support for its classic Internet Games

  

  11 July 2019, 12:14

  Internet games services will end on 31st July for XP and ME, and on 22nd Jan 2020 for Windows 7.

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• Microsoft fixed 88 vulnerabilities on Patch Tuesday

  

  12 June 2019, 13:41

  Among them were four zero-day flaws, and 21 critical vulnerabilities.

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• Microsoft's worm patches are breaking AV software

  

  21 May 2019, 14:11

  And this can cause some PCs to hang when booting.

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• Microsoft releases worm fix for older versions of Windows

  

  15 May 2019, 11:21

  It hopes to stem WannaCry-style attacks propagating via the horde of older systems.

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• Microsoft drops plans for Sets feature in Windows 10

  

  23 April 2019, 13:11

  Meanwhile, Windows 7 users have started to receive notifications about end of support.

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• Valve ends Windows XP and Vista Steam support

  

  2 January 2019, 10:11

  And there is a little over a year left of extended support for Windows 7 from Microsoft.

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• Microsoft Windows 7: orgs can pay for 3 more years of support

  

  10 September 2018, 10:01

  Corporate and institutional customers can pay to keep Win 7 secure until Jan 2023.

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• Windows 10 set to unseat Windows 7 by year end

  

  6 August 2018, 12:30

  Windows 10 already trumps 7 in StatCounter, soon it will do the same in NetMarketShare.

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• Windows 10 finally overtakes Windows 7 says Statcounter

  

  2 February 2018, 11:10

  It has taken 29 months to eclipse the 2009 vintage OS, by gaining 42.78 per cent share.

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