Google extends Chrome on Windows 7 support for enterprise users

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Google is looking to help its enterprise customers deal with the setbacks 2020 has dealt. The company announced its support for Chrome on Windows 7 is extended until at least January 15, 2022. Google initially planned to revoke support by July 15, 2021, but the COVID-19 pandemic has businesses realigning some planned IT projects, including migrating their systems to Windows 10.

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Microsoft to stop support for Windows 7 on January 14th

The day has come. Microsoft will finally stop support for millions of computers that are still running Windows 7 on Tuesday, January 14. The end of support means these machines will no longer receive software updates that could prevent viruses or malware.

"While you could continue to use your PC running Windows 7, without continued software and security updates, it will be at greater risk for viruses and malware," Microsoft says on its website. "In addition, Microsoft customer service will no longer be available to provide Windows 7 technical support."

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Microsoft brings its Chromium Edge browser to Windows 7 and 8

Two months after Chromium Edge made its way to Windows 10, the browser is now available for testing on both Windows 7 and Windows 8. The company will be releasing daily Canary builds first with weekly Dev channel support coming soon. The installer is available over at Microsoft Edge’s Insider site. A lot of the features will stay the same. There will be support for Internet Explorer for enterprise customers coming as well as the new Collections feature to make it easier to collect information from the browser into a note. But there won’t be dark mode and support for AAD sign-in. Right now all iterations of it, including the macOS version, are still in testing. It isn’t clear yet when Microsoft plans to release this more broadly.

Source: The Verge

Microsoft is here to remind you that Windows 7 support is ending soon

Microsoft wanted to remind its users that Windows 7 support will be ending in less than a year. A newly deployed update will let users know that security updates will end after January 14, 2020. There’s even a not-so-subtle reminder that the OS has been around for 10 years and now is the time to consider what’s next. This update should start appearing on those Windows 7 machines starting April 18^th. It’ll be hard to miss the alert the first time it appears, but you will get an option to disable future reminders.

According to Engadget, a lot of people will be seeing this notice with Net Applications data suggesting Windows 7 is represented nearly 40.2 percent of desktop usage as of February. But we don’t know if these users will heed the warning. A lot of these are PC users that would struggle with the change, and others are using corporate machines where updating isn’t in their control. But Microsoft is hoping the alert will reach the holdouts. Once official support ends, only those who paid for extended support will get security updates (that is until 2023). Outside of a big issue, like the WannaCry ransomware outbreak, Microsoft won’t release anymore updates.