yoltboy01 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 (edited) With the upcoming End-Of-Life of Windows 8.1, Microsoft decided to annoy us with their ads regarding a Windows Upgrade to Windows 10/11. Furthermore, Microsoft announced that Windows 8.1 will not receive Extended Security Updates (ESU) like Windows 7 did. However, it's Server counterpart Server 2012/2012 R2 will receive ESU till October 2026. I'm curious if these updates could be installed on 8.1 as well, as I remember that it was possible to do so with Windows Vista and Server 2008 R1. Source: theverge.com/2022/6/24/23181347/microsoft-windows-8-1-end-of-support-notifications-pop-ups Edited June 25, 2022 by yoltboy01 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave67 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 It could. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mina7601 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 (edited) I just tried installing a Server 2012 R2 update (KB5010794 is an example) on 8.1, and yes, it successfully installed. Edited June 25, 2022 by mina7601 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergiaws Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 to get rid of adds, we just need to remove these updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jody Thornton Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 On 6/25/2022 at 5:04 PM, yoltboy01 said: With the upcoming End-Of-Life of Windows 8.1, Microsoft decided to annoy us with their ads regarding a Windows Upgrade to Windows 10/11. Furthermore, Microsoft announced that Windows 8.1 will not receive Extended Security Updates (ESU) like Windows 7 did. However, it's Server counterpart Server 2012/2012 R2 will receive ESU till October 2026. I'm curious if these updates could be installed on 8.1 as well, as I remember that it was possible to do so with Windows Vista and Server 2008 R1. Source: theverge.com/2022/6/24/23181347/microsoft-windows-8-1-end-of-support-notifications-pop-ups But how are the ESU updates legally obtained? Are they on the Microsoft Catalog site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonghornXP Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 If Micr0$0ft ending Server 2012 R1 and Server 2012 R2 in October 2026, wich means 8 and 8.1 will receives updates until October 2026 but Server 2008 R1 and Server 2008 R2 will ending in 2023 same as 7 and Vista, Sad 😢 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoltboy01 Posted July 7, 2022 Author Share Posted July 7, 2022 On 7/6/2022 at 7:26 AM, LonghornXP said: If Micr0$0ft ending Server 2012 R1 and Server 2012 R2 in October 2026, wich means 8 and 8.1 will receives updates until October 2026 but Server 2008 R1 and Server 2008 R2 will ending in 2023 same as 7 and Vista, Sad 😢 No, not exactly. Windows Thin PC (based on 7) will still receive ESU till October 2024, which means that there will still be some updates released and more than a year and a half updates after Windows 7 ESU ends. Windows Server 2008 R1 (based on Vista) is eligible for one additional year of ESU (till 2024), if it‘s used in Cloud (I think they call it Azure or something like that..) I won‘t give any links away but it‘s your choice if you wanna install an ESU-bypass tool or not but that‘s just a quick information regarding the support lifecycle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoltboy01 Posted July 7, 2022 Author Share Posted July 7, 2022 On 7/5/2022 at 9:57 PM, Jody Thornton said: But how are the ESU updates legally obtained? Are they on the Microsoft Catalog site? There are ESU-bypass tools but they‘re obviously not legal, since people pay for these updates. It‘s your own choice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SigmaTel71 Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 I got full-screen notifications about upcoming retirement of Windows 8.1 support when I installed the latest Monthly Rollup. Having an option to uninstall this mess and not install at all is great, so I keep installing security-only equivalents of these updates. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erpdude8 Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 https://borncity.com/win/2022/07/14/windows-8-1-zeigt-jetzt-warnungen-zum-supportende-im-januar-2023/ just add the following registry entry to disable/turn off the 8.1 EOL notifications after installing any update from July 2022 onward: Quote [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\EOSNotify] "DiscontinueEOS"=dword:00000001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vistapocalypse Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Is anyone using Windows Defender on Windows 8 or 8.1? It looks like doomsday is near: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-defender-for-windows-8-and-81 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jody Thornton Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 54 minutes ago, Vistapocalypse said: Is anyone using Windows Defender on Windows 8 or 8.1? It looks like doomsday is near: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-defender-for-windows-8-and-81 Crap! That would have been nice to get more noitice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vistapocalypse Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 (edited) I think you could use any other antivirus except a couple of German products (Avira and Emsisoft) that have already ended support for 7 and 8. Edit: McAfee still supports 8.1, but not 8.0 or 7. https://www.mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103148&page=shell&shell=article-view Edited January 6 by Vistapocalypse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelby Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Avast is a good freeware (1 year) antivirus and WiseVector StopX is a very good freeware antivirus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceo54 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Server 2012 Extended security updates are supported till October 2026 and with a bypss tool for certain SKU's like professional should work on client workstations. Now we have to find the ESU bypass tool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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