Goodbye Windows 8.1! Microsoft announced on January 10 the end of mainstream service support

January 10, 2018, Microsoft officially announced the end of the mainstream support for Windows 8.1 operating system, will be extended into the support phase in the future, in other words, the Windows 8.1 operating system in the future is no longer regular access to features and security updates, and only found that the key Sex or major bug when it will get Microsoft's technical fixes.

It is understood that extended support will continue until January 10, 2023, and Windows 7 extended support will be completed on January 14, 2020.

Currently, Microsoft's official 'Assistive Technology' page shows that users of Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 can still upgrade to Windows 10 free of charge. The upgrade will be completed on January 16, 2018, for system security and stability updates , You do not upgrade the small partners or upgrade it as soon as possible.

Windows 8.1 Released in October 2013, Remove the Windows 8 users criticized the boot disk, compared to Windows 7, Windows 8.1 compatibility better, boot faster, count as a generation of classic operating system, deadline December 2017, Windows 8.1 users in the Windows system still accounted for about 10%.