https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/22882/windows-vista-end-of-support
"As of April 11, 2017, Windows Vista customers are no longer receiving new security updates, non-security hotfixes, free or paid assisted support options, or online technical content updates from Microsoft. Microsoft has provided support for Windows Vista for the past 10 years, but the time has come for us, along with our hardware and software partners, to invest our resources towards more recent technologies so that we can continue to deliver great new experiences. " I look after a Vista laptop for the local branch of the Red Cross. It refused to connect for updates over the weekend and this is all I could find. > On 29 May 2017 at 22:47 Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, May 30, 2017, at 04:24 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > You'll not be updating a Vista laptop any more. You missed the deadline > > by > > about a month. > > > > > Doesn't that mean no future updates? I'd assumed I could still apply > past updates if I could just get Windows Update to cooperate. > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > > > On 28 May 2017 at 22:44 Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I might have to try that. > > > > > > My old Vista laptop hasn't been updated for about a year because the > > > Update just stayed on 0% downloaded for hours. I'll try the overnight > > > thing. > > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > Brian > > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > Brian Walters > > > Western Sydney Australia > > > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > > > > > > > On Mon, May 29, 2017, at 05:39 AM, John wrote: > > > > 1. I finally got Windoze Update working on the Toshiba. > > > > > > > > Based on something I read on a Microsoft forum, I left it running > > > > overnight searching for updates. There were 18 updates available when I > > > > got out of bed this morning. Apparently the Update Client has to update > > > > itself before it will find updates. I'm installing them in small batches > > > > based on release date, oldest first. So far, I've only had one to fail. > > > > I'll try that one again after I've installed all the others. > > > > > > > > 2. Egghead finally coughed up a page full of refurbished laptops with > > > > Windows 7 Professional 64bit installed. > > > > > > > > If I still end up having to replace the Toshiba, my NEW plan is to get > > > > one of these. Linux can wait until I can no longer get Windows 7. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
