As of January 14, 2020 Microsoft stopped support of Windows 7. Computers running Windows 7 will no longer receive security patches. Most machines are able to upgrade to Windows 10, see Windows 7 End of Life and Upgrade to Windows 10. If you are running legacy software or have computers attached to scientific equipment that only work with Windows 7, you must register it with IT or risk being blocked from the network. Windows 7 computers which have not been registered on the Windows 7 Exception Request Form will be blocked after June 30, 2020.


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