Security News > 2021 > November > Patch Tuesday updates the Win 7 updater… for at most 1 more year of updates
The November 2021 Patch Tuesday updates from Microsoft and Adobe are out.
The a critical patch to the Windows Servicing Stack, which is how Windows delivers and installs updates, especially to machines that are running versions of Windows no longer receiving regular support.
That's especially important this month, because several of the updates have been released for systems as out-of-date as Windows 7, which as of today is 665 days past its official end of life on January 14, 2020.
You need to be part of the Windows 7 Extended Support Updates programme to get this particular update - and, yes, enrolling for extended support costs extended money.
Update 2021.11.05: For Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 7 Professional for Embedded Systems, the Extended Security Update Program will be entering its third and final year of extended support beginning on February 8, 2022 and ending on January 10, 2023.
Windows 7 is definitely done for in just over a year's time.
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