Microsoft will stop supporting Win8 next week (January 12), please upgrade Win8.1 or Win10

Not long ago, this report will stop supporting IE8, IE9, IE10 old browsers on January 12th. In fact, Win8 system will also greet the "Doomsday" on the same day, so users who are still using Windows8 system Need to upgrade to Win8.1 or Win10 as soon as possible, otherwise you will not be able to receive security updates pushed by Microsoft in the future.

Windows8 is the operating system officially released by Microsoft in October 2012. Compared to Win7, it brings a new Metro (now called Modern) user interface. This interface is borrowed from the Microsoft Windows Phone operating system, and also laid the foundation for the subsequent development of Win8.1 and Windows10 systems and the unification of the application store.

When Win8 was first launched, although it was sought after by many fans, the changes in the desktop environment were too radical and also criticized by many users, called "The second Vista”.

After that, Microsoft introduced a modified version of Windows 8.1. The main change was to bring back the start button, but still use the full screen start screen. It wasn't until Win10 that Microsoft brought back the "Start Menu" menu. The new Start menu incorporates the Win7 Classic Start Menu and the Win8 Start Screen and Dynamic Tile features, which are recognized by users. Win10 has also become the fastest-growing generation of Windows in Microsoft's history, with more than 200 million installations.

Although Microsoft will no longer provide security updates for Win8, users can update to Win8.1 for free, and Microsoft also offers free upgrades to Win10 for Win7 and Win8.1 users, so it can't Said that Microsoft has abandoned Win8 users. However, for system security, here are reminders that users who are still using Win8 need to consider upgrading to Win8.1 or Win10 as soon as possible. The life cycle of Win8.1 and Win10 systems are:

• Win8.1 mainstream support will end on January 9, 2018, and extended support will end on January 10, 2023.

• Win10 mainstream hosting will end on October 13, 2020, and extended support will end on October 14, 2025.

Specially reminded that users who want to upgrade to Win10 should hurry, because Microsoft only provides a one-year free upgrade period, which means that you need to pay to upgrade Win10 after July 29 this year. . Download upgrade Win10 please refer to "Win10 TH2 official version of Microsoft MSDN official original ISO system image download Daquan (1511)".