Sunsetting support for old Windows versions

[Jason A. Donenfeld]

On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 7:38 PM Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason at zx2c4.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 7:34 PM Jeffrey Walton <noloader at gmail.com> wrote:
> > WIndows 7 market share dropped to around 1% in January 2026.  I think it is a good decision.  Confer, <https://gs.statcounter.com/os-version-market-share/windows/desktop/worldwide>.
>
> What do you suppose accounts for that December->January change? Some
> large operator enabled a TLS configuration not supported by the OS /
> by Chrome 109?

Ahh, the reason is that Server 2008R2 ESU ended January 13, 2026, and
enterprising users, god bless them, had previously hacked the update
mechanism on 7 to get those updates.