Windows Server 2008 (not R2) also gets Premium Assurance updates until January 2026, and it's available for both x86 and x64 unlike R2. This means Windows 7 x86 will reach end of life 15 months earlier (October 2024) than Windows Vista x86 (January 2026)!
Oh microsoft... The silver lining is that this further cements Vista's record of "longest updated version of Windows ever", coming in at just over 19 years! Well, technically it'd be minwin, and it only has 17 years + 11 months, but whatever. It still beats XP!
I'm a bit lost now (but happy about the info). This means that if I want to install now a fresh copy of Windows 7 Pro x64, I don't have to apply one of the tricks with POSReady or the Server edition and "BypassESU-v12_u" is enough now? And the support will be until Jan 2026?
- "BypassESU-v12_u" will enable you to install updates from Feb 2020 to Jan 2023. You cannot install updates from Feb 2023 and newer with only BypassESU-v12_u. - The "standalone WU ESU Patcher" will enable you to install updates from Feb 2023 and onwards. I recommend picking option 3 when you run the script. This is admittedly confusing, because abbodi chose not to update BypassESU to include the newer ESU patcher in it. Instead, he made it a standalone tool, so you need to download both. I don't know why. The general order of operations for getting your 7 SP1 image up to date: - Install 7 SP1 - Install KB3020369 (April 2015 SSU) and then KB3125574 (May 2016 convenience rollup) - Install KB4534310 (Jan 2020 rollup - final update for "Windows 7") then KB4536952 (Jan 2020 SSU) - Set up BypassESU-v12_u. Install prerequisite KBs listed in OP. Now you can install the "Windows 7 ESU" updates. - Install KB5022338 (Jan 2023 rollup - final update for "Windows 7 ESU") and KB5017397 (Sept 2022 SSU) - Set up the "standalone WU ESU Patcher". Install prerequisite KBs listed in the post. Now you can install the "Server 2008 R2 ESU" / "WES7 ESU" updates. - Install the current rollup, which right now is KB5035888 (Mar 2024 rollup). This is the most recent Year 5 update. Years 4-6 updates are billed for "Server 2008 R2 ESU" and "WES7 ESU". You may have to install intermediary SSUs along the way of all this, as prompted by Windows Update. If you're automating or slipstreaming these updates, the general rule of thumb is each monthly rollup needs the most recent SSU released before said rollup. Yes. Microsoft will be making NT 6.1 updates through at least Jan 2026. I tried to explain that partially in this post. Long story short, we now install the NT 6.1 server (Server 2008 R2) updates on our NT 6.1 clients (Windows 7 / WES7), since the codebase is identical and Server 2008 R2 has the longest outlook. Vista has been doing the same thing with Server 2008 for many years now, which also shares the Jan 2026 prognosis.
is for Windows server 2012 R2 esu based on Windows 8.1 paid support will end in October 2026 only or Microsoft will make by promise for three more years 2029 it is possible
So you want to adapt windows 8.1 updates to Windows 7? If i read you correctly. I think that it is possible with some amount of efforts..
Jan 2029 is the end date projected for ESU for both Server 2012 R2 & Win 8.0 & Win 8.1. Since I am not using these I am not sure if there are any threads here covering these or aiding in the procurement of the updates. Most of the threads & comments are for or about Win 7 & keeping it alive, updated & maintained. Win 7 core is 6.1 as is the Server 2008 R2. Win 8.0 is 6.2 & Win 8.1 is 6.3. So, I don't know if these core ESUs could even be made backward compatible to core 6.1. If it is possible I am also guessing it would be a lot of work. I would trust that here is where you would find out first. The folks who have made this project possible & have continued to make it work are the real miracle workers. I thank any & all of them for a job well done; above & beyond. ;>))
Hello everyone, sorry for asking a question already answered 100+ times, but I read different procedures in different posts from time to time and I am rather confused on the best path to choose. My scenario: I have Windows 7 Professional 32 bit and I used Bypass ESU v11 and then v12 until some time ago. Now I completely uninstalled Bypass ESU completely because no more updates were displayed in Windows Updates (as expected) With this scenario, what is the best (and possibly simplest) procedure to install newer Windows updates? Thanks Pyornkrachzark
## WU ESU Patcher - Standalone: https://forums.mydigitallife.net/posts/1779528/ you still need .NET 4 ESU Bypass
Backporting from newer OS is technically possible but it may involve all of work. There are updates/drivers/etc that have been backported/modded from W7 to XP for example. Or W8 to W7 as with the USB 3/XHCI driver Maybe individual drivers or files can be done but every month the whole update would be just too much work.
Are you sure about this (and for how long would people install ancient and no longer supported by msft and most 3rd party software OS's)? I guess it's not like with the mentioned drivers.