{"id":384,"date":"2019-11-14T22:30:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T22:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.graphicz.co.uk\/blog\/?p=384"},"modified":"2019-11-14T22:34:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T22:34:52","slug":"windows-7-end-of-life-deadline-is-january-15th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graphicz.co.uk\/blog\/windows-7-end-of-life-deadline-is-january-15th-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 7 End of Life deadline is January 15th 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graphicz.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/w7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graphicz.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/w7.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.graphicz.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/w7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.graphicz.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/w7-250x188.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Windows 7 End of Life deadline is January 15th 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When setting the annual IT budget, a lot of businesses seem to lean on the old adage &#8220;if it ain&#8217;t broke, don\u2019t fix it.&#8221; That would at least explain why Microsoft\u2019s Windows 7 operating system, which admittedly has been a reliable workhorse, still owns 35 percent of the market nearly 10 years after its release. Now that the Windows 7 End of Life (EOL) deadline is just two months away, a lot of companies are suddenly realizing they need to act fast to ensure their computers are supported after January 15, 2020, otherwise they\u2019ll have to compete while struggling with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>System instability and decreasing performance<\/li><li>Inability to use new software because of incompatibility<\/li><li>Non-compliance with company and industry regulations<\/li><li>Greater security risks from unpatched vulnerabilities<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in this great article by Acronis:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acronis.com\/en-us\/articles\/windows7-end-of-life\/\">https:\/\/www.acronis.com\/en-us\/articles\/windows7-end-of-life\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And remember all versions of Actinic and Sellerdeck from the earliest will run in Windows 10. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Windows 7 End of Life deadline is January 15th 2020 When setting the annual IT budget, a lot of businesses seem to lean on the old adage &#8220;if it ain&#8217;t broke, don\u2019t fix it.&#8221; That would at least explain<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.graphicz.co.uk\/blog\/windows-7-end-of-life-deadline-is-january-15th-2020\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><b>Read more &#8250;<\/b><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-graphicz-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graphicz.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graphicz.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graphicz.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graphicz.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graphicz.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.graphicz.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":389,"href":"https:\/\/www.graphicz.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions\/389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graphicz.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graphicz.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graphicz.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}