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Windows Vista Users Given 30-Day Notice For Support Termination
Windows Vista users now have less than 30 days to migrate to a newer Windows version, as Microsoft is pulling support for the old operating system on April 11. Windows Vista reached end of mainstream support on April 10, 2012, and the last security fixes released as part of extended support will be shipped in April.
"After April 11, 2017, Windows Vista customers will no longer receive new security updates, non-security hotfixes, free or paid assisted support options, or online technical content updates from Microsoft," Microsoft explains on a FAQ page for Windows Vista end of support.
Windows Vista's final date for security updates is April 11, 2017, while Office 2007 support ends on October 10, 2017.
Those are the two most prominent in a long list of Microsoft products reaching the end of the line next year. If you are, for some odd reason, still using Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 or Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals, the time is now to begin letting go.
These end dates are also mileposts on Microsoft's road to the cloud.
As I've noted before, Microsoft has a well-established support lifecycle for its software products. It's basically an agreement that the company makes with everyone who commits to its core products, Windows (desktop and server) and Office.
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#5407068 Posted on: 03/15/2017 02:38 PM
Finally moved the wife to 7 from Vista about 6 months ago.I know but baby steps.
Finally moved the wife to 7 from Vista about 6 months ago.I know but baby steps.
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#5407118 Posted on: 03/15/2017 04:27 PM
Windows 7 is just Vista 2.0. Vista was a great operating system imho, just misunderstood. Its main fallacy was it took too much HD space for that era.
Windows 7 is just Vista 2.0. Vista was a great operating system imho, just misunderstood. Its main fallacy was it took too much HD space for that era.
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#5407128 Posted on: 03/15/2017 04:37 PM
Dont forget Ram requirements. Vista would barely function alright with 1GB ram. Needed at least 2GB ram to game on in on even Beta 2.
People were pissed their XP devices didnt work right away with Vista, Nvidia failed hard with drivers on Vista with Geforce 8 cards at launch.
Vista removed Creatives monopoly on the sound card market.
Dell, HP, etc were shipping computers with Vista that had 512mb single chamber ram and were complete **** slow because of that.
Windows 7 is just Vista 2.0. Vista was a great operating system imho, just misunderstood. Its main fallacy was it took too much HD space for that era.
Dont forget Ram requirements. Vista would barely function alright with 1GB ram. Needed at least 2GB ram to game on in on even Beta 2.
People were pissed their XP devices didnt work right away with Vista, Nvidia failed hard with drivers on Vista with Geforce 8 cards at launch.
Vista removed Creatives monopoly on the sound card market.
Dell, HP, etc were shipping computers with Vista that had 512mb single chamber ram and were complete **** slow because of that.
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#5407135 Posted on: 03/15/2017 04:47 PM
Dont forget Ram requirements. Vista would barely function alright with 1GB ram. Needed at least 2GB ram to game on in on even Beta 2.
People were pissed their XP devices didnt work right away with Vista, Nvidia failed hard with drivers on Vista with Geforce 8 cards at launch.
Vista removed Creatives monopoly on the sound card market.
Dell, HP, etc were shipping computers with Vista that had 512mb single chamber ram and were complete **** slow because of that.
It benefits from a faster CPU as well. Vista got a bad rep because of Dell and others shipping that junk. Always funny to see people slamming Vista and praising 7 when 7 shares the same kernel.
Dont forget Ram requirements. Vista would barely function alright with 1GB ram. Needed at least 2GB ram to game on in on even Beta 2.
People were pissed their XP devices didnt work right away with Vista, Nvidia failed hard with drivers on Vista with Geforce 8 cards at launch.
Vista removed Creatives monopoly on the sound card market.
Dell, HP, etc were shipping computers with Vista that had 512mb single chamber ram and were complete **** slow because of that.
It benefits from a faster CPU as well. Vista got a bad rep because of Dell and others shipping that junk. Always funny to see people slamming Vista and praising 7 when 7 shares the same kernel.
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Someone uses Vista? was the heavier OS ever xD i upgraded from P4 2.40 to Sempro 1250 to use it, w7 saved us 3 year later xD