According to Channel 24, the mailing with the service expiration notice will begin next month. This will be the first reminder of the rapid termination of the operating system lifecycle.

Which version of Windows will lose support?

Windows 8.1 will not be supported early next year. Microsoft believes that the operating system is quite old. Also, Windows 8.1 owners can easily upgrade to Windows 10 or 11.

We recommend that you upgrade Windows 8.1 to a supported operating system to continue receiving updates for Microsoft 365 products.
– It is said in the company’s message.

Microsoft has announced that most computers running Windows 8.1 are not compatible with Windows 11.

Older versions of Windows lose support

It will be remembered that Microsoft initially stopped supporting the Windows 8 operating system in 2016, while the 8.1 version gave a little more time.

There is an important point to note with the termination of Windows 8.1.. Businesses and the corporate sector will not be able to receive required security patches for an additional fee, as Microsoft will not offer a paid program of advanced security updates. This means that large companies will either have to upgrade to a newer version of the operating system or use Windows 8.1 at your own risk.

“Start” is not published

Interestingly, Windows 8 was designed primarily for users of touchscreen devices. To do this, we developed a new Metro interface without a “Start” button, but users did not like such changes. The company soon had to release an update that returned the “Start” button and other familiar features, and Windows 8.1 appeared.

Russia without Windows

Recently, Russians began to complain about problems with downloading ISO images of Windows 10 and 11 from the Microsoft site. There is a 404 error because Microsoft has banned users in Russia from downloading the latest operating systems.

It will be remembered that Microsoft decided to leave the Russian market and stopped selling its products in March. Now the company has banned the download of Windows 11 and has closed the Xbox gaming section.