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Original Windows 10 Version to Receive Support until 9 May

posted by cmn32480 on Sunday April 16 2017, @08:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the get-on-the-upgrade-treadmill dept.

butthurt writes:

Betanews reports on an announcement from Microsoft regarding its Windows 10 operating system:

[...] come May 9 it will stop updating the original release, known as 1507. The software giant had intended to stop supporting that release on March 26, but pushed back the deadline.

additional coverage:
Computerworld

related story:
Microsoft Kills Windows Vista On April 11: No Security Patches, No Hot Fixes, No Support, Nada

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by butthurt on Monday April 17 2017, @08:10AM

    by butthurt (6141) on Monday April 17 2017, @08:10AM (#495152) Journal

    So those customers who want to have a fully patched Windows 10 will have to apply a major update (November, Anniversary or Creators)--and in around 18 months, will have to apply another major update. If those major updates cause breakage, they will find themselves in a quandary.

    https://duckduckgo.com/html/?q=%22creators%20update%22%20broke [duckduckgo.com]

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