Windows® information

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As of April 21, 2016 the current supported versions of Windows are as follows:

 

Vista with Service Pack 2
7 with Service Pack 1
8.1 with all cumulative updates
Windows 10

 

Sales of all version of Windows released prior to Windows 10 are scheduled to cease by Oct 31, 2016.

 

Support and upgrade information for Windows can be found at Microsoft using the following links:

 

Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows 8.1
Windows 10

 

For information on the support status of the version of Windows you are using, refer to Microsoft's Windows Life-Cycle Policy web page.

 

For information on the colourful history Windows, please refer to the Windows History page on Microsoft's web site.