According to this report, forum support by Microsoft is finishing from next month.
http://www.alphr.com...urce=newsletter
although support of Win 7 by way of critical updates continues for another 18 months until Jan 2020 and for 8.1 until Jan 2023
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Microsoft pulls forum support for Win 7, 8, & 8.1 WEF July 2018
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, Jun 15 2018 01:29 AM
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Posted 15 June 2018 - 01:29 AM
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Posted 16 June 2018 - 07:36 AM
Thanks Paws, I held off on replying because I wanted other helpers to read it.
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Posted 16 June 2018 - 11:48 AM
Thanks Ken, Yes I was pretty surprised when I read the article... it seems an odd business.
Thank goodness that sites like Whatthetech will still be offering forum support, for folks who need it!
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Posted 17 June 2018 - 09:37 AM
Microsoft wants everyone on W10, and this is just another in their long line of ill considered attempts to force people on to that platform. Hang the bad customer relations that it's probably going to cause, or the number of people that may likely migrate away from Windows because of it.
It's a sad comment on where their priorities appear to lie these days.
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Posted 29 January 2020 - 03:21 PM
While I understand that MS has discontinued support of Win 7, I'm now staring at my laptop that uses Win 7 Premium. 
I'd like to go to Win 8.1 Pro.....is that preferred at this point?
I'm not a fan of the Win 10 O/S What issues will I encounter going to 8.1 vs 10? Will I lose all my progs and files if I don't back them up or will the new O/S install just overwrite the old and go in seamlessly? Inquiring minds want to know? 
Thanks in advance,
Taz
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