![]() An Android tablet, or even an iPhone, has a better protected browser environment than an older unpatched Windows operating system. Websites and cloud applications are often used by attackers to gain access to your data, so think long and hard about how you access the internet. I once again urge users (you know who you are) to move to a supported system with a modern web browser that can better protect you. But don’t gloss over the fact that Windows 7 will get increasingly hard to maintain and use, as will ensuring you have a backup software vendor that supports it. 0patch plans to keep providing targeted updates to Windows 7. That said, there are still options for Windows 7 users, including 0patch to monitor and review for security issues going forward. Since then, Microsoft has hardened and changed the Windows update servicing stack to no longer support SHA1, making it a painful process to cleanly install Windows 7. Remember Windows 7 and 8.1 are the last operating systems to offer up security-only non-cumulative updates (along with a security and non-security monthly bundle). ![]() Because I lived that process for so many years, I cringe at having to relive it. Often at, I’m asked to document how to get Windows 7 from SP1 to completely patched, which means dealing with hundreds of updates. I find it much easier to do a repair install on Windows 10 - or even a clean installation of Windows 10 or 11 - than I do for Windows 7. While I admit that both Windows 10 and 11 sometimes drive me slightly crazy, one thing I don’t miss about Windows 7 are its installation and patching issues.
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