In a few days support for Windows 7 ends and now may be a good time to make the leap to Windows 10

In a little less than two weeks, one of the most significant movements that Windows users will face this year will take place: the cessation of support for Windows 7. Something that Microsoft has remembered by active and by passive since it is not advisable to have an obsolete operating system due to lack of updates You may not mind losing functions but if we talk about security, Alas, we are entering another matter entirely.

The truth is that it will be on January 14, 2020 when Microsoft will abandon the Windows 7 operating systemThere will be no more updates and security patches and of course the system will no longer have improved functions or new features. And it may be interesting that you make the leap to Windows 10.

End of Extended Support

Windows 7 will see the end of the second part of the support, the one that comes to be called extended and that allowed the computers to continue counting on security updates in charge of fixing bugs or errors that have been discovered, and that could put devices at risk.

As of January 14, 2020, Windows 7 will no longer have official support and bugs and errors that appear will be discovered , making Windows 7 an unsafe system. It will be the end of life of Windows 7, the End Of Life (EOL).

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A problem that affects both personal users and professional environments and that makes the jump to Windows 10 or a newer version than Windows 7 in something almost mandatory. And it is that in the event that a vulnerability appears, Microsoft will not be obliged to patch it."

Also, along with security and the loss of security, computers may become incompatible with new hardware arriving in the market, since manufacturers will not release drivers for an already obsolete system. The market share, which has already begun to decline, will drop noticeably.

Making the leap to Windows 10

Y Since you have to update, it's best to update to the most current version so you don't face this problem again in no time. too much time.This summer we saw how to update a computer with Windows 7 to Windows 10 in a series of uncomplicated steps, a tutorial that is once again current, the same as this one that was launched on Bleeping Computer.

It's 2020 and we can still get Windows 10 legally and without going through the checkout Just download and use the Media Creation tool Too or the Windows Update Assistant in any of the versions of Windows (7, 8 or 8.1) in order to make the leap to Windows 10. And all this with the advantage that the Windows license that we have on our computer will then go to be a Windows 10 license. If we want to make the leap from Windows 7 to Windows 10, we still have time, since in addition, the resulting license for Windows 10 will be linked for life to our Microsoft account.

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To summarize, just go to the Windows 10 download page and download the Media Creation Tool>Update this PC now. "

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We follow the steps and the tool will ask if we want to keep everything or start from scratch. Select Keep all apps and files and continue. Press the Install button, Windows 10 will begin to be installed in a process that will take longer depending on our equipment and in which it will restart several times."

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Once Windows 10 has finished installing, we must go to the Internet and open Settings > Windows Update > Activation and the PC will Activate with a digital license or if we prefer we can add our Windows 7 or Windows 8.x product key and activate Windows 10 if the device is not yet activated."