To purchase and activate an ESU subscription you must have the versions of Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate or PC with Windows 7 with Retail license and Windows 7 pre-installed with OEM license.įor all those companies that have a Windows Enterprise active volume license agreement that decide to activate ESU they will pay for the first year $ 25 for each PC and the second year $ 50 for each PC. Volume licensed companies that have Windows 7 Enterprise or Windows 7 Professional installed on their computer can also enjoy the same price .
Windows 7 updates for businessĪs for companies that still have Windows 7 installed on PCs and for cost and compatibility reasons they cannot upgrade to Windows 10 in a note Microsoft stated that it will still be able to provide security updates for Windows 7 until 2023 , but beware only for a fee through the already active Extended Security Updates (ESU) service .Įxtended Security Updates (ESU) is a paid service that through a subscription with a minimum of one year allows you to continue receiving Windows 7 security updates for another three years despite the end of support.īut who can buy the ESU subscription? Extended Security Updates for Windows 7 is not available to private users , but only to companies both small and large (enterprise). There is no minimum purchase limit for subscriptions you can also get a license for a single PC.
Install the latest Windows 7 updatesĪs a first step to secure Windows 7 I recommend you to install the latest official updates which are KB4534314 (January security update) and the second KB4534310 (cumulative update for the base version of Windows 7 SP1). If you own a company or if you are a common consumer who does not want or cannot upgrade your PC from Windows 7 to Windows 10 due to cost and compatibility problems with other programs or for other reasons then you must know that through some paid services you can still download security patches and update Windows 7 after January 14, 2020 . Let’s see how.
How to continue receiving updates for Windows 7 after Janudespite the official support from Windows Update has ended If you still have Windows 7 installed on your PC, as you have seen, Microsoft has already announced for some time that support ends from 14 January 2020 and therefore you will no longer be able to receive updates and security patches for the Windows 7 operating system . But I also have good news to give you to solve those often serious security problems, some platforms allow you to continue receiving updates for Windows 7 despite the end of support. So if you are interested, get comfortable and let’s see how to receive updates for Windows 7 after the end of official support.