Google had promised that they would continue to support the Google Chrome browser under Windows 7 SP1 until January 2023 (see Windows 7: Google Chrome gets support until January 2023). I had pointed this out in the above post. Also oPatch wants to offer support for Server 2008 R2 until Jan. Those who need to continue running Windows Server 2008 R2 can buy extended support through Microsoft until Jan. Whether these updates are installable in Windows 8.1 isn't known. But Windows Server 2012 R2 gets security updates until October 2023. This question came up once in August 2022 (see Will Microsoft provide ESU support for Windows 7/8.1 and Server beyond January 2023?). So far, I am not aware of Microsoft extending support beyond January 2023 for Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. The operating system should have been showing end-of-support warnings for some time (see Windows 8.1 now shows warnings "end of support in January 2023"). This operating system will receive its last security update on January 10, 2023, on Microsoft Patchday, and will be considered "End-of-Life" (EOL) from that point on. Windows 8.1 will also reach the end of support. I had covered this in the article Wow! Windows 7 get extended support until January 2023. After all, support for Windows 7 SP1 had already expired in January 2020 – but in enterprise environments there was the option of an ESU program to get Extended Security Updates until January 2023.
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