{"id":5251,"date":"2020-02-28T07:11:08","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T07:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecsoffice.com\/?p=5251"},"modified":"2022-08-04T22:19:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T22:19:19","slug":"windows-7-end-of-life-14-january-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecsoffice.com\/windows-7-end-of-life-14-january-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 7 End of Life 14 January 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Microsoft ended Windows\r\n7 support on&nbsp;<strong>Tuesday, January 14, 2020<\/strong>. Microsoft no longer offers\r\npatches, security updates, or customer support for Windows 7.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>What does that mean to\r\nyou?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If your company has\r\nwindows 7 computers running, your network is at risk. Hackers are continuously\r\nworking to find new bugs or problems to compromise computers. As there are no\r\nnew updates, new bugs will not be fixed and will leave Windows 7 computers open\r\nfor potential security breaches. It\u2019s not a question of if, it\u2019s a question of\r\nwhen. Eventually, a hacker will develop a virus or spyware that will be able to\r\ncompromise Windows 7 computers on a large scale.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>\u201cA chain\r\nis only as strong as its weakest link.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>What to do to minimize\r\nrisk?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>1 &#8211;&nbsp;<strong>Purchase of\r\nnew computers.<\/strong>&nbsp;New computers that are optimized for windows 10 will\r\nprovide the best performance and security updates.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>2 &#8211;&nbsp;<strong>Upgrade\r\ncomputer from Windows 7 to Windows 10.<\/strong>&nbsp;Depending on the age of your\r\ncomputer, it may have been purchased with a Windows 10 license. If the computer\r\nis older, it will need a Windows 10 license. Performance after the upgrade may\r\ndecrease based on the age and compatibility of the older computer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>3 \u2013&nbsp;<strong>Computer\r\nIsolation<\/strong>. In some cases, a company needs to keep legacy windows 7 computers\r\ndue to proprietary software or specific compatibility with legacy hardware.\r\nThese situations should be evaluated on a case by case basis. ECS recommends\r\nisolating the legacy computers or remove\/restrict the active internet\r\nconnection.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>To receive a report of the Windows 7 computers currently on your account and to obtain a quote on upgrade\/replacement please contact sales.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft ended Windows 7 support on&nbsp;Tuesday, January 14, 2020. Microsoft no longer offers patches, security updates, or customer support for Windows 7. What does that mean to you? If your company has windows 7 computers running, your network is at risk. Hackers are continuously working to find new bugs or problems to compromise computers. As [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5255,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecsoffice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5251"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecsoffice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecsoffice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecsoffice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecsoffice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecsoffice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9418,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecsoffice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5251\/revisions\/9418"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecsoffice.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecsoffice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecsoffice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecsoffice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}