What happens when Windows 7 support ends?

[youself]

My PC running Windows 7. What should happen if windows 7 support ends after january 2020 and will be able to run most programs on windows 7 after support ends?

[emosun]

Nothing happens you just lose security updates  but the machine will still work fine

[ZivZulander]

They'll stop pushing updates. Some apps may stop supporting Windows 7 after a few years, too, like Chrome and Firefox did with Windows XP and Vista when Microsoft stopped supporting it.

 

[piemadd]

your computer will implode >:)

[MrFixitBlankFace]

You’ll get annoying “Update to Windows 10” messages every time you turn on your computer.

Besides that, nothing you can’t live with.

[ManyCoresGuy]

15 minutes ago, youself said:

My PC running Windows 7. What should happen if windows 7 support ends after january 2020 and will be able to run most programs on windows 7 after support ends?

Your pc will be syskey'd and you will have to call "Microsoft" to have them unlock it for the low price of $500. They might ask you to buy a bunch of gift cards for them to get paid though.

[CreativeName6426]

I would give a troll answer to this, but I can't think of anything

[homeap5]

It will be the same as you set updates to manual and after 6 months you realized that you forget to check updates. And then you start running in circles, screaming and going mad. Or, as alternative, you think "phew, I forget to download updates for 6 months, who cares".

 

Now it changes that you'll not must check any updates anyway because there will be no updates. And your system will be as fast as before, all your program will be the same good as before etc.

 

If you're paranoid, install good firewall (like Comodo) - it's free.

 

[DJboutit]

Nothing if your computer has a lot of older parts from like to 2014 to early 2016 and you want to upgrade anything from 2017 to early 2018 it will work with Windows 7 just fine. If you want to get any parts from 2019 to 2021 in few years then you will have to jump to Windows 8.1