{"id":2388,"date":"2022-07-23T11:33:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T18:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/?p=2388"},"modified":"2022-07-25T20:22:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T03:22:44","slug":"windows-8-1-end-of-life-coming-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/windows-8-1-end-of-life-coming-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 8.1 End of Life Coming Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After January 10, 2023, security updates for Windows 8.1 users will no longer be available. As a result, in order to continue using Windows without risk, those users will have to upgrade to a newer version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/windows-81-end-of-life-is-creeping-ever-closer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tech Radar<\/a>, &#8220;Only a tiny minority of Windows users are still using Windows 8.1, 3.06% according to the latest statistics, dwarfed by the 71.82% using\u00a0Windows 10.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, technical assistance will no longer be available. As a result, Microsoft&#8217;s website will no longer be updated with technical information, and Windows 8.1 devices won&#8217;t be able to run Microsoft 365 apps anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Windows 8.1 will continue to function after January 2023. 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