Microsoft end of October to provide Win7 pre-installed WIN7 Professional Edition escaped a robbery

Microsoft (47.07,0.51,1.10%) Windows 7 will usher in the next key node of the lifecycle in the coming month, Beijing time, September 25 morning. The U.S. ZDNet Web site counts the situation that Windows 7 is about to face after October 31, 2014. After October 31, 2014, Microsoft will no longer provide PC partners and system developers with Windows 7 Home base, home Advanced edition, and Ultimate version for pre-installed to new PCs. This means that OEMs can continue to sell inventory PCs that install these versions of Windows 7 systems, but the inventory is sold out. However, this deadline does not apply to PCs that install the Windows 7 Professional Edition. Microsoft officials again said this week that it was not ready to formally announce the deadline for sales of the Windows 7 Professional Edition. This is a good thing for business users who are still not planning to upgrade to Windows 8 and are looking at Windows Threshold/windows 9 's release to decide whether to purchase PCs that can install these versions of the system. After October 31, 2014, Microsoft will still provide technical support for Windows 7, and users will still be able to obtain version demotion rights. Mainstream support for Windows 7 SP1 expires on January 13, 2015. And on January 14, 2020, the extended technical support period, Microsoft will continue to provide Windows 7 with free security updates. Microsoft is likely to extend such support as it did with Windows XP earlier. In terms of version demotion rights, users can still purchase new PCs with commercial Windows OEM licensing and then downgrade to earlier versions of the system. PCs pre-loaded with Windows 8.1 Professional editions can be demoted to Windows 7 Professional or Windows Vista commercial. Microsoft's bulk-licensing recipients also need not worry about the OEM's downgrade rights, which can be demoted to any previous version of Windows. (D-Gold)