As of midnight last night Microsoft’s support of Windows 7 officially ended.  Microsoft’s announcement can be read here.  So does that mean if one of your systems is running Windows 7 that it will stop working?  No, your system will continue to function as usual but you will no longer receive official support from Microsoft, you will no longer receive software updates and most importantly you will no longer receive security updates or fixes.  The last item is critical as security vulnerabilities are uncovered frequently and rolled up into weekly patches (every Tuesday for Microsoft) or even emergency patches that are issued immediately for download.  Just this week a serious vulnerability in Windows 10 was brought to Microsoft’s attention by the NSA (details here).  So what to do??  Well if you’ve been delaying getting a new system this may be a good time to purchase a new system with Windows 10 included.  You also have the choice to do an in-place upgrade to Windows 10 at a cost much less than the purchase of a new system.  You should, however, have a plan to back up and migrate your data and make sure that your current system and network are not infected so that you are not moving infected data to an updated system or putting a bandaid on a deeper issue.

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