End of support for Windows 10, Windows 8.1 & Windows 7 😓


Microsoft has ended support for Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and will end support for Windows 10 on the following dates:

  • Windows 7: Support ended on January 14, 2020. No further security updates or technical support are provided, leaving systems vulnerable to security risks. Extended Security Updates (ESU) for enterprises ended on January 10, 2023.
  • Windows 8.1: Support ended on January 10, 2023. No new security updates, technical support, or app purchases from the Microsoft Store are available after this date. Installed apps may receive publisher updates until June 30, 2023, or later if supported independently, but app quality may degrade over time.
  • Windows 10: Support will end on October 14, 2025. After this date, Microsoft will no longer provide free software updates, security fixes, or technical assistance. PCs will still function, but Microsoft recommends upgrading to Windows 11 for enhanced security and performance. Microsoft 365 apps on Windows 10 will receive security updates until October 10, 2028, but upgrading to Windows 11 is advised to avoid performance issues.

Implications:

  • Security Risks: Unsupported systems are vulnerable to malware and cyberattacks due to the lack of security updates.
  • App Compatibility: For Windows 8.1, Microsoft Store purchases stopped, and apps may become less reliable. For Windows 7 and 8.1, browsers like Google Chrome (post-Chrome 109) and Microsoft Edge no longer support these systems, increasing security risks.
  • Microsoft 365: Microsoft 365 apps are no longer supported on Windows 7 or 8.1 and will face reliability issues on Windows 10 after October 14, 2025.

Option

  • Upgrade to Windows 11: If your PC meets the hardware requirements (e.g., TPM, UEFI, supported CPU), you can upgrade for free via Windows Update. Windows 11 offers improved security, faster browsing, and better battery life.
  • Upgrade to Windows 10: For Windows 7/8.1 users, upgrading to Windows 10 is an option, but it’s less ideal since support ends in 2025.
  • Replace Hardware: Older PCs (especially Windows 7/8.1 devices) may not support Windows 11 due to hardware limitations. Consider purchasing a new PC with Windows 11 preinstalled.
  • Alternative OS: Some users are exploring Linux distros (e.g., Zorin OS) as a cost-effective alternative, especially for incompatible hardware.
  • Cloud Solutions: Windows 365 offers a cloud-based Windows 11 virtual PC, though it requires a subscription.
  • Recycle/Trade-In: Microsoft’s trade-in and recycling programs can help dispose of old devices responsibly.

Recommendations:

  • Back up files using cloud services like OneDrive or external media before upgrading.
  • Check hardware compatibility for Windows 11 using Microsoft’s PC Health Check tool.
  • For businesses, Microsoft’s App Assure program can help resolve compatibility issues during the transition.
  • Avoid using unsupported systems online, especially for sensitive tasks, to minimize security risks.

For more details, visit Microsoft’s end-of-support page: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-of-support



Microsoft ⎀ි⎃ිāļą් Windows 7, Windows 8.1 ⎃āļŗāˇ„ා āˇƒāˇ„āļē āļ…āˇ€āˇƒāļą් āļšāļģ āļ‡āļ­ි āļ…āļ­āļģ, āļ´āˇ„āļ­ āļ¯ිāļąāˇ€āļŊāļ¯ී Windows 10 ⎃āļŗāˇ„ා āˇƒāˇ„āļē āļ…āˇ€āˇƒāļą් āļšāļģāļąු āļ‡āļ­: Windows 7: āˇƒāˇ„ාāļē 2020 āļĸāļąāˇ€ාāļģි 14 ⎀āļą āļ¯ිāļą āļ…āˇ€āˇƒāļą් ⎀ිāļē. āļ­āˇ€āļ¯ුāļģāļ§āļ­් āļ†āļģāļš්⎂āļš āļēා⎀āļ­්āļšාāļŊීāļą āļšිāļģීāļ¸් ⎄ෝ āļ­ාāļš්⎂āļĢිāļš āˇƒāˇ„ාāļē āļŊāļļා āļąොāļ¯ෙāļą āļ…āļ­āļģ, āļ´āļ¯්āļ°āļ­ි āļ†āļģāļš්⎂āļš āļ…⎀āļ¯ාāļąāļ¸් ⎀āļŊāļ§ āļœොāļ¯ුāļģු ⎀ේ. ⎀්‍āļēāˇ€āˇƒාāļēāļą් ⎃āļŗāˇ„ා ⎀ි⎃්āļ­ීāļģāļĢ āļ†āļģāļš්⎂āļš āļēා⎀āļ­්āļšාāļŊීāļą āļšිāļģීāļ¸් (ESU) 2023 āļĸāļąāˇ€ාāļģි 10 ⎀āļą āļ¯ිāļą āļ…āˇ€āˇƒāļą් ⎀ිāļē.

Windows 8.1: āˇƒāˇ„ාāļē 2023 āļĸāļąāˇ€ාāļģි 10 ⎀āļą āļ¯ිāļą āļ…āˇ€āˇƒāļą් ⎀ිāļē. āļ¸ෙāļ¸ āļ¯ිāļąāļēෙāļą් āļ´āˇƒු Microsoft Store ⎀ෙāļ­ිāļą් āļąāˇ€ āļ†āļģāļš්⎂āļš āļēා⎀āļ­්āļšාāļŊීāļą āļšිāļģීāļ¸්, āļ­ාāļš්⎂āļĢිāļš āˇƒāˇ„ාāļē ⎄ෝ āļēෙāļ¯ුāļ¸් āļ¸ිāļŊāļ¯ී āļœැāļąීāļ¸් āļąොāļ¸ැāļ­. ⎃්āļŽාāļ´ිāļ­ āļēෙāļ¯ුāļ¸් ⎀āļŊāļ§ 2023 āļĸුāļąි 30 ⎀āļą āļ¯ිāļą āļ¯āļš්⎀ා ⎄ෝ ⎃්⎀ාāļ°ීāļąāˇ€ āˇƒāˇ„ාāļē āļ¯āļš්⎀āļą්āļąේ āļąāļ¸් āļ´āˇƒු⎀ āļ´්‍āļģāļšා⎁āļš āļēා⎀āļ­්āļšාāļŊීāļą āļŊැāļļිāļē ⎄ැāļšි āļąāļ¸ුāļ­්, āļšාāļŊāļēāļ­් ⎃āļ¸āļŸ āļēෙāļ¯ුāļ¸් āļœුāļĢාāļ­්āļ¸āļšāļˇා⎀āļē āļ´ිāļģි⎄ීāļ¸āļ§ āļŊāļš් ⎀ිāļē ⎄ැāļš.

Windows 10: āˇƒāˇ„ාāļē 2025 āļ”āļš්āļ­ෝāļļāļģ් 14 ⎀āļą āļ¯ිāļą āļ…āˇ€āˇƒāļą් ⎀ේ. āļ¸ෙāļ¸ āļ¯ිāļąāļēෙāļą් āļ´āˇƒු, Microsoft āļ­āˇ€āļ¯ුāļģāļ§āļ­් āļąොāļ¸ිāļŊේ āļ¸ෘāļ¯ුāļšාංāļœ āļēා⎀āļ­්āļšාāļŊීāļą āļšිāļģීāļ¸්, āļ†āļģāļš්⎂āļš āļąි⎀ැāļģāļ¯ි āļšිāļģීāļ¸් ⎄ෝ āļ­ාāļš්⎂āļĢිāļš āˇƒāˇ„ාāļē āļŊāļļා āļąොāļ¯ෙāļąු āļ‡āļ­. āļ´āļģිāļœāļĢāļš āļ­āˇ€āļ¸āļ­් āļš්‍āļģිāļēාāļ­්āļ¸āļš āˇ€āļąු āļ‡āļ­, āļąāļ¸ුāļ­් ⎀ැāļŠි āļ¯ිāļēුāļĢු āļšāˇ… āļ†āļģāļš්⎂ා⎀ āˇƒāˇ„ āļšාāļģ්āļē ⎃ාāļ°āļąāļē ⎃āļŗāˇ„ා Microsoft Windows 11 ⎀ෙāļ­ āļ‹āļ­්⎁්‍āļģේāļĢි āļšිāļģීāļ¸ āļąිāļģ්āļ¯ේ⎁ āļšāļģāļēි. Windows 10 ⎄ි Microsoft 365 āļēෙāļ¯ුāļ¸් 2028 āļ”āļš්āļ­ෝāļļāļģ් 10 ⎀āļą āļ¯ිāļą āļ¯āļš්⎀ා āļ†āļģāļš්⎂āļš āļēා⎀āļ­්āļšාāļŊීāļą āļšිāļģීāļ¸් āļŊැāļļෙāļąු āļ‡āļ­, āļąāļ¸ුāļ­් āļšාāļģ්āļē ⎃ාāļ°āļą āļœැāļ§āˇ…ු ⎀⎅āļš්⎀ා āļœැāļąීāļ¸ āˇƒāļŗāˇ„ා Windows 11 ⎀ෙāļ­ āļ‹āļ­්⎁්‍āļģේāļĢි āļšිāļģීāļ¸āļ§ āļ‹āļ´āļ¯ෙ⎃් āļ¯ෙāļąු āļŊැāļļේ.

āļ‡āļŸāˇ€ුāļ¸්: āļ†āļģāļš්⎂āļš āļ…⎀āļ¯ාāļąāļ¸්: āļ†āļģāļš්⎂āļš āļēා⎀āļ­්āļšාāļŊීāļą āļąොāļ¸ැāļ­ිāļšāļ¸ āˇ„ේāļ­ු⎀ෙāļą් āˇƒāˇ„ාāļē āļąොāļ¯āļš්⎀āļą āļ´āļ¯්āļ°āļ­ි āļ…āļąි⎂්āļ§ āļ¸ෘāļ¯ුāļšාංāļœ āˇƒāˇ„ ⎃āļēිāļļāļģ් āļ´්‍āļģ⎄ාāļģ⎀āļŊāļ§ āļœොāļ¯ුāļģු ⎀ිāļē ⎄ැāļšිāļē.

āļēෙāļ¯ුāļ¸් āļ…āļąුāļšූāļŊāļ­ා⎀: Windows 8.1 ⎃āļŗāˇ„ා, Microsoft Store āļ¸ිāļŊāļ¯ී āļœැāļąීāļ¸් āļąāļ­āļģ āļšāļģ āļ‡āļ­ි āļ…āļ­āļģ, āļēෙāļ¯ුāļ¸් āļ…āļŠු ⎀ි⎁්⎀ා⎃āļąීāļē ⎀ිāļē ⎄ැāļšිāļē. Windows 7 āˇƒāˇ„ 8.1 ⎃āļŗāˇ„ා, Google Chrome (Chrome 109 āļą් āļ´āˇƒු) āˇƒāˇ„ Microsoft Edge ⎀ැāļąි āļļ්‍āļģ⎀්⎃āļģ් āļ­āˇ€āļ¯ුāļģāļ§āļ­් āļ¸ෙāļ¸ āļ´āļ¯්āļ°āļ­ි ⎃āļŗāˇ„ා āˇƒāˇ„āļē āļąොāļ¯āļš්⎀āļą āļ…āļ­āļģ, āļ†āļģāļš්⎂āļš āļ…⎀āļ¯ාāļąāļ¸් ⎀ැāļŠි āļšāļģāļēි.

Microsoft 365: Microsoft 365 āļēෙāļ¯ුāļ¸් āļ­āˇ€āļ¯ුāļģāļ§āļ­් Windows 7 ⎄ෝ 8.1 āļ¸āļ­ āˇƒāˇ„āļē āļąොāļ¯āļš්⎀āļą āļ…āļ­āļģ 2025 āļ”āļš්āļ­ෝāļļāļģ් 14 ⎀āļą āļ¯ිāļąෙāļą් āļ´āˇƒු Windows 10 ⎄ි ⎀ි⎁්āˇ€āˇƒāļąීāļēāļ­්⎀ āļœැāļ§āˇ…ු ⎀āļŊāļ§ āļ¸ු⎄ුāļĢ āļ¯ෙāļąු āļ‡āļ­.

⎀ිāļšāļŊ්āļ´āļē: Windows 11 ⎀ෙāļ­ āļ‹āļ­්⎁්‍āļģේāļĢි āļšිāļģීāļ¸: āļ”āļļේ āļ´āļģිāļœāļĢāļšāļē āļ¯ෘāļŠාංāļœ āļ…⎀⎁්‍āļēāļ­ා ⎃āļ´ුāļģාāļŊāļą්āļąේ āļąāļ¸් (āļ‹āļ¯ා: TPM, UEFI, āˇƒāˇ„ාāļē āļ¯āļš්⎀āļą CPU), āļ”āļļāļ§ Windows āļēා⎀āļ­්āļšාāļŊීāļąāļē ⎄āļģ⎄ා āļąොāļ¸ිāļŊේ āļ‹āļ­්⎁්‍āļģේāļĢි āļšāˇ… ⎄ැāļšිāļē. Windows 11 āļ¸āļŸිāļą් ⎀ැāļŠිāļ¯ිāļēුāļĢු āļšāˇ… āļ†āļģāļš්⎂ා⎀, ⎀ේāļœāˇ€āļ­් āļļ්‍āļģ⎀ු⎃ිāļą් āˇƒāˇ„ ⎀āļŠා ⎄ොāļŗ āļļැāļ§āļģි āļ†āļēු āļšාāļŊāļēāļš් āļŊāļļා āļ¯ෙāļēි.

Windows 10 ⎀ෙāļ­ āļ‹āļ­්⎁්‍āļģේāļĢි āļšිāļģීāļ¸: Windows 7/8.1 āļ´āļģි⎁ීāļŊāļšāļēිāļą් ⎃āļŗāˇ„ා, Windows 10 ⎀ෙāļ­ āļ‹āļ­්⎁්‍āļģේāļĢි āļšිāļģීāļ¸ āˇ€ිāļšāļŊ්āļ´āļēāļš් ⎀āļą āļąāļ¸ුāļ­් 2025 āļ¯ී āˇƒāˇ„āļē āļ…āˇ€āˇƒāļą් ⎀āļą āļļැ⎀ිāļą් āļ‘āļē āļ‘āļ­āļģāļ¸් ⎃ුāļ¯ු⎃ු āļąො⎀ේ. āļ¯ෘāļŠාංāļœ āļ´්‍āļģāļ­ි⎃්āļŽාāļ´āļąāļē āļšāļģāļą්āļą: āļ´ැāļģāļĢි āļ´āļģිāļœāļĢāļš (⎀ි⎁ේ⎂āļēෙāļą් Windows 7/8.1 āļ‹āļ´ාංāļœ) āļ¯ෘāļŠාංāļœ āˇƒීāļ¸ා⎀āļą් āļąි⎃ා Windows 11 ⎃āļŗāˇ„ා āˇƒāˇ„āļē āļąොāļ¯āļš්⎀āļēි. Windows 11 āļ´ූāļģ්⎀ ⎃්āļŽාāļ´āļąāļē āļšāļģ āļ‡āļ­ි āļąāˇ€ āļ´āļģිāļœāļĢāļšāļēāļš් āļ¸ිāļŊāļ¯ී āļœැāļąීāļ¸ āˇƒāļŊāļšා āļļāļŊāļą්āļą.

⎀ිāļšāļŊ්āļ´ āļ¸ෙ⎄ෙāļēුāļ¸් āļ´āļ¯්āļ°āļ­ිāļē: ⎃āļ¸āˇ„āļģ āļ´āļģි⎁ීāļŊāļšāļēිāļą් ⎀ි⎁ේ⎂āļēෙāļą් āļąොāļœැāļŊāļ´ෙāļą āļ¯ෘāļŠාංāļœ āˇƒāļŗāˇ„ා āļ´ිāļģි⎀ැāļē-āļĩāļŊāļ¯ාāļēී ⎀ිāļšāļŊ්āļ´āļēāļš් āļŊෙ⎃ Linux āļļෙāļ¯ා⎄ැāļģීāļ¸් (āļ‹āļ¯ා: Zorin OS) āļœāˇ€ේ⎂āļĢāļē āļšāļģāļēි.

Cloud Solutions: Windows 365 ⎀āļŊාāļšු⎅ු āļ¸āļ­ āļ´āļ¯āļąāļ¸් ⎀ූ Windows 11 āļ…āļ­āļŽ්‍āļē āļ´āļģිāļœāļĢāļšāļēāļš් āļŊāļļා āļ¯ෙāļēි, āļąāļ¸ුāļ­් āļ‘āļēāļ§ āļ¯ාāļēāļšāļ­්⎀āļēāļš් āļ…⎀⎁්‍āļē ⎀ේ. āļ´්‍āļģāļ­ිāļ āļš්‍āļģීāļšāļģāļĢāļē/⎀ෙ⎅āļŗාāļ¸: Microsoft ⎄ි ⎄ු⎀āļ¸ාāļģු āˇƒāˇ„ āļ´්‍āļģāļ­ිāļ āļš්‍āļģීāļšāļģāļĢ āˇ€ැāļŠāˇƒāļ§āˇ„āļą් āļ´ැāļģāļĢි āļ‹āļ´ාංāļœ āˇ€āļœāļšීāļ¸ෙāļą් āļļැ⎄ැāļģ āļšිāļģීāļ¸āļ§ āļ‹āļ´āļšාāļģී ⎀ේ.

āļąිāļģ්āļ¯ේ⎁:

  • āļ‹āļ­්⎁්‍āļģේāļĢි āļšිāļģීāļ¸āļ§ āļ´ෙāļģ OneDrive ⎄ෝ āļļා⎄ිāļģ āļ¸ාāļ°්‍āļē ⎀ැāļąි ⎀āļŊාāļšු⎅ු ⎃ේ⎀ා āļˇා⎀ිāļ­āļēෙāļą් āļœොāļąු āļ‹āļ´āˇƒ්āļŽ āļšāļģāļą්āļą.
  • Microsoft ⎄ි PC Health Check āļ¸ෙ⎀āļŊāļ¸ āļˇා⎀ිāļ­āļēෙāļą් Windows 11 ⎃āļŗāˇ„ා āļ¯ෘāļĒාංāļœ āļ…āļąුāļšූāļŊāļ­ා⎀ āļ´āļģීāļš්⎂ා āļšāļģāļą්āļą.
  • ⎀්‍āļēාāļ´ාāļģ ⎃āļŗāˇ„ා, ⎃ංāļš්‍āļģාāļą්āļ­ි ⎃āļ¸āļēේāļ¯ී āļ…āļąුāļšූāļŊāļ­ා āļœැāļ§āˇ…ු ⎀ි⎃āļŗීāļ¸āļ§ Microsoft ⎄ි App Assure ⎀ැāļŠāˇƒāļ§āˇ„āļąāļ§ āļ‹āļ¯āˇ€් āļšāˇ… ⎄ැāļšිāļē.
  • āļ†āļģāļš්⎂āļš āļ…⎀āļ¯ාāļąāļ¸් āļ…⎀āļ¸ āļšිāļģීāļ¸ āˇƒāļŗāˇ„ා, ⎀ි⎁ේ⎂āļēෙāļą් ⎃ං⎀ේāļ¯ී āļšාāļģ්āļēāļēāļą් ⎃āļŗāˇ„ා, āļ¸ාāļģ්āļœāļœāļ­āˇ€ āˇƒāˇ„ාāļē āļąොāļ¯āļš්⎀āļą āļ´āļ¯්āļ°āļ­ි āļˇා⎀ිāļ­ා āļšිāļģීāļ¸ෙāļą් ⎀⎅āļšිāļą්āļą.
⎀ැāļŠි ⎀ි⎃්āļ­āļģ ⎃āļŗāˇ„ා, Microsoft ⎄ි āˇƒāˇ„ාāļē-āļ…āˇ€āˇƒāļą් āļ´ිāļ§ු⎀āļ§ āļ´ි⎀ි⎃ෙāļą්āļą: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-of-support

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