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In May this year, Microsoft launched the latest updated May version of 2019 Windows 10 with a series of new features. More importantly, any previous device that can be upgraded to Windows 10 can be installed and updated to the 2019 Windows 10 update May, ensuring the latest feature updates and security patches.

In contrast, five months later, Microsoft's classic Windows 7 operating system will officially stop technical support (EOS) on January 14, 2020, and Windows 7 can continue to start and run, but subsequent updates and technical support are not available-including new security updates, non-secure hot patches, free or paid ancillary support options, and online technical updates.

This means that PC running Windows 7 will be in a high-risk state after January 14, 2020. Users can receive regular security updates and help them protect their devices against malicious attacks only if they migrate to systems that are still supported, such as Windows 10.

Windows 7 is old, Windows 10 is reborn.

Windows 7 has been dominant for a decade, but according to Netmarketshare Statistics, the gap in global market share between Windows 7 and Windows 10 widened in July 2019, with Windows 10 rising to 48.86% and only 31.83%.

In the first year of Windows 10, Microsoft announced that Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 could be upgraded to Windows 10 for free. And as long as you upgrade to the Windows 10 system, you will open the way to unlimited free upgrade of the new version of Windows 10. At the same time, relatively speaking, the Windows 10 system configuration requirements and Windows 7 era requirements have hardly changed, and if your device is easy to run Windows 7, then Windows 10 is fine. According to Microsoft's official statistics in May 2019, the Windows 10 system is already running on 825 million devices.

Microsoft adopts the strategy of continuous upgrade, re-upgrade and re-innovation on Windows 10. In the latest May version of the 2019 Windows 10 update, Microsoft also improved the Windows Update update mechanism to provide feature updates only when users manually check for updates, and to provide click-to-download / install options. For users of older systems, they can be notified when Windows 10 support is coming to an end. The update and upgrade of the large version of Windows 10 will not be started until the deadline is reached. It can be said that the user-friendliness of Windows 10 is improving all the time.

The safety of equipment cannot be compromised.

On the evening of May 12, 2017, the largest ransomware cyber attack to date swept the world. The blackmail virus, called WannaCry (and its variants), has been attacked by a large number of organizations around the world. The victim's computer will be locked by hackers and prompted to pay a certain amount before it can be unlocked. At that time, it coincided with the defense of college students' graduation thesis, and the students were hit one after another, delaying their academic progress.

This shows how much security risk a system that is about to or will not be supported by security updates will face. The best way for Windows XP or Windows 7 users to avoid the influence of virus software is to upgrade to the latest Windows 10, because in this storm of "WannaCrypt" viruses and variants, few Windows 10 users have been hit.

It is urgent to migrate to Windows 10, and none of us can guarantee that the next "WannaCry" blackmail virus will not come again. At that time, only the continuously updated Windows 10 can play a defensive function and protect the information security of users.

Upgrade to Windows 10 is the right time

After the termination of Winodws 7 support, you can still install and activate the Windows 7 system, but due to the lack of security updates, it is more vulnerable to security risks and viruses. After January 14, 2020, users must migrate to Windows 10 system as soon as possible to ensure system security. In addition, support for IE 11 browsers on Windows 7 devices will be terminated after January 14, 2020. As a Windows system component, the IE browser supports the same life cycle as the Windows operating system with IE installed.

It is important to note that Microsoft has retained the latest IE browser version on Windows 10 and continues to build an Edge browser based on the open source Chromium core, a new Edge browser that will support compatible IE modes as well as new features.

At present, there are two ways to upgrade to Windows 10. One is to upgrade the Windows 7 system on the original equipment to Windows 10 system, which ensures the latest system updates and technical support while ensuring maximum hardware compatibility. Another recommendation is to upgrade to the latest hardware pre-installed with Windows 10, where personal computers are faster, lighter, more powerful, more secure, and cheaper on average than they were eight years ago.

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