<p>Microsoft is closed its support Windows 7, one of the most widely used OS the software firm, on Tuesday.</p>.<p>This indicates that there shall no longer be any updates, bug fixes, security patches or even technical help for the systems, laptops or any device that runs on the Windows 7 OS.</p>.<p>“Microsoft will not be providing technical support for any issues, software updates, security updates or fixes for Windows 7 post-January 14," stated an official statement released by Microsoft.</p>.<p>Microsoft had been notifying users since last year and starting today, a full-screen notification will appear for Windows 7 users, warning them about the end of support, a report by The Verge pointed out.</p>.<p>This exercise is reportedly a push towards Microsoft's one billion device goal, which is to have one billion devices run on the Window 10 OS across the globe. Further, Microsoft is likely to take a year or two to pull the market share of Windows 7 out, which stands at a massive 26%.</p>.<p>Earlier, MS had said that it was targeted towards having Windows 10 running on more than one billion devices by the end of 2020 after eclipsing 900 million last September, according to a report by the New Zealand Herald.</p>
<p>Microsoft is closed its support Windows 7, one of the most widely used OS the software firm, on Tuesday.</p>.<p>This indicates that there shall no longer be any updates, bug fixes, security patches or even technical help for the systems, laptops or any device that runs on the Windows 7 OS.</p>.<p>“Microsoft will not be providing technical support for any issues, software updates, security updates or fixes for Windows 7 post-January 14," stated an official statement released by Microsoft.</p>.<p>Microsoft had been notifying users since last year and starting today, a full-screen notification will appear for Windows 7 users, warning them about the end of support, a report by The Verge pointed out.</p>.<p>This exercise is reportedly a push towards Microsoft's one billion device goal, which is to have one billion devices run on the Window 10 OS across the globe. Further, Microsoft is likely to take a year or two to pull the market share of Windows 7 out, which stands at a massive 26%.</p>.<p>Earlier, MS had said that it was targeted towards having Windows 10 running on more than one billion devices by the end of 2020 after eclipsing 900 million last September, according to a report by the New Zealand Herald.</p>
