Microsoft has released a large batch of cumulative updates for its operating system as part of the traditional monthly Patch Tuesday. Updates are offered for Windows 11 and Windows 10, but the company hasn’t spared such veterans as Windows 8.1 with Windows 7.
Updates for Windows 7 (KB5012626) and Windows 8.1 (KB5012670) address a fairly extensive list of known issues, including problems with Windows Media Center, memory leaks, password changes, and so on.
As a reminder, support for Windows 8.1 will continue until early 2023, while free support for Windows 7 is no longer available. Microsoft ended support for the Windows 7 operating system two years ago on January 14, 2020. For corporate users, Microsoft offers paid extended support for Windows 7. They can receive security updates as part of the Windows 7 ESU program (Extended Security Updates, extended security updates) until January 2023. In 2021, the price of this service has increased to $50 per computer, and in 2022 to $100 per computer.
Note that according to StatCounter as of March 2022, the combined share of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 exceeds 15% of the total number of Windows PCs in the world. In Russia, this figure exceeds 27%.
Source: ixbt
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