Windows 11 Pro/Home out of service October 8 this year.

[Brickjectivity]

I remember when a president of MS said windows 10 would be the last version. They were optimistic. I thought so at the time. 'Optimistic' is a euphemism, sometimes.

Version 11 expires on October 8 this coming October. Yes just before Halloween, but that is not significant. Meanwhile lots of people are running version 10, so they will be asked to upgrade 2 levels to 12.

Control panel will disappear, replaced by the already present settings app. All those people on win10 will suddenly be upgrading to win12, and they'll go "Hey, you, what happened to 11 ? I thought 11 came between 10 and 12! " They will not be able to obtain version 11. Too bad for them. You slow you blow. Also 11 does not come between 10 and 12. It exists between them.

 

[Stevicus]

I remember when a president of MS said windows 10 would be the last version. They were optimistic. I thought so at the time. 'Optimistic' is a euphemism, sometimes.

Version 11 expires on October 8 this coming October. Yes just before Halloween, but that is not significant. Meanwhile lots of people are running version 10, so they will be asked to upgrade 2 levels to 12.

Control panel will disappear, replaced by the already present settings app. All those people on win10 will suddenly be upgrading to win12, and they'll go "Hey, you, what happened to 11 ? I thought 11 came between 10 and 12! " They will not be able to obtain version 11. Too bad for them. You slow you blow. Also 11 does not come between 10 and 12. It exists between them.

I saw this other article that said that the Control Panel will not go away:

Microsoft isn’t removing the Control Panel from Windows anytime soon

A Microsoft support document triggered inaccurate headlines.

www.theverge.com

 

[Heyo]

I remember when a president of MS said windows 10 would be the last version. They were optimistic. I thought so at the time. 'Optimistic' is a euphemism, sometimes.

Version 11 expires on October 8 this coming October. Yes just before Halloween, but that is not significant. Meanwhile lots of people are running version 10, so they will be asked to upgrade 2 levels to 12.

Control panel will disappear, replaced by the already present settings app. All those people on win10 will suddenly be upgrading to win12, and they'll go "Hey, you, what happened to 11 ? I thought 11 came between 10 and 12! " They will not be able to obtain version 11. Too bad for them. You slow you blow. Also 11 does not come between 10 and 12. It exists between them.

I'm running Ubuntu 22.04 and will most likely not have to upgrade as long as this machine exists.

 

[Coder]

Hi @Brickjectivity , I see very little information regarding Windows 12. It's in a very preliminary phase and not presented in any way as one might expect if it were to be released in two months. Perhaps check this further?

 

[Brickjectivity]

Hi @Brickjectivity , I see very little information regarding Windows 12. It's in a very preliminary phase and not presented in any way as one might expect if it were to be released in two months. Perhaps check this further?

Sorry! I should have included the link.
"https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/august-27-2024-kb5041587-os-builds-22621-4112-and-22631-4112-preview-9706ea0e-6f72-430e-b08a-878963dafe08"
It says:

"...07/09/24---END OF SERVICE NOTICE---​

​

IMPORTANT Home and Pro editions of Windows 11, version 22H2 will reach end of service on October 8, 2024. Until then, these editions will only receive security updates. They will not receive non-security, preview updates. To continue receiving security and non-security updates after October 8, 2024, we recommend that you update to the latest version of Windows...."​

So it is not all Windows 11 but only the version I am currently running. I have misread it.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

I think the last time I had a computer, it was Windows 8. At least the upgrades are free now. For the regular version, anyway.

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

All those people on win10 will suddenly be upgrading to win12, and they'll go "Hey, you, what happened to 11 ? I thought 11 came between 10 and 12! "

At least there actually was a windows 11.
How did you enjoy Windows 9?

Anyhow, that support in october only ends for windows version that run on the current feature update.
A new one will be rolling out and when installed, it will extend support for another year till november 2025.
Each feature update will extend support.
So if another one hits in 2025, support will once again be extended to 2026 and so on.

 

[esmith]

Where I worked just before retiring, any product by Microsoft was not allowed. The company was owned by Sun Microsystems.
FYI there are a few people that prefer ChromOS.

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

Where I worked just before retiring, any product by Microsoft was not allowed. The company was owned by Sun Microsystems.

Made me lol

FYI there are a few people that prefer ChromOS.

Yeah... mostly students who get a browsing and typing machine for under 300 bucks and other people who don't care about privacy or getting real stuff done
Good for them though, there's a market for everything.

I personally wouldn't touch it with a 5-foot pole.
But my reasoning is likely more like Sun. I don't really care about the products. I just really hate the company behind it.