Windows XP End of Life is April 8th, 2014. Are You Ready?
Windows XP End of Life is April 8, 2014. Microsoft will discontinue all support for XP and leave your system highly vulnerable to security threats and more! Window’s XP was released in 2001. This outdated platform is still a mainstay in both homes and small businesses. Traditional support was discontinued back in 2010 and is operating on borrowed […]
Continue Reading...Windows 7 End of Life: How to Prepare and What to Expect
One week from now marks the 10 year anniversary of Windows 7’s release. As Windows 10 is currently the major share of the PC market, Microsoft has announced Windows 7 End of Life. While Microsoft stopped mainstream support for the operating system on January 13, 2015, the extended support that has been provided for the […]
Continue Reading...Microsoft Office 2010 End of Support: Protect Your Data
As we begin to move away from the massive transition of Windows 7’s official End of Support, other Microsoft applications developed around the OS have begun to reach the end of their timetables as well. On October 13, 2020 Microsoft Office 2010 will reach its end of support. Just like with Windows 7 back in […]
Continue Reading...Windows 7 End of Life is January 14, 2020. Are you prepared?
Windows 7 End of Life is January 14, 2020. What does this mean for you and are you prepared? Well, Windows 7 has had a great run, similar to Windows XP, yet change is inevitable. The retirement of Windows 7 signifies much more than when XP reached end of life. The use of mobile devices […]
Continue Reading...Windows 10 Operating System will be released on July 29
The Windows 10 Operating System is coming and should be the fix to all the woes of Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. It may be everything that Windows 8 lacked. Here at the Orange County Computer Tech Repair Center, we have downgraded many of our clients from Windows 8 to Windows 7 and others waited until Windows […]
Continue Reading...Windows Server 2003 End of Life July 14, 2015
Farewell Windows Server 2003, Microsoft ends support on July 14, 2015. The ever popular Windows Server 2003 has been officially put to rest at Microsoft. Support and updates formally ended last week on July 14th, 2015. This means that Microsoft will not longer issue security updates for any version of Windows Server 2003, hence any network running […]
Continue Reading...Windows 8.1 Update Install Deadline Has Passed
June 10 was the install deadline for consumer users of Windows 8.1 to move to the Windows 8.1 Update. Most Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1 users with Microsoft’s Windows Update service turned on will have received the update. If the Windows 8.1 Update doesn’t get installed on a Windows 8.1 machine, future operating system […]
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