MaryM Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 I have a question. It is this. I and another family member are running windows 7 Professional in our home. I am using the same modem and routed the the other home users computer. I know in Jan the support for windows ends. I wan to to stay with windows 7 and not upgrade to 10, the other home user is going to windows 10. If i stay with windows 7 being we are routed to gether will it harm his windows 10 in any way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted November 29, 2019 Report Share Posted November 29, 2019 My advice is for you to upgrade to Windows 10 as well. Continuing to use Windows 7 without patches and updates will leave your system vulnerable to new exploits and malware as they emerge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryM Posted November 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2019 but will it hurt the other computer running windows10? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted November 30, 2019 Report Share Posted November 30, 2019 ... if you are sharing files with them on your network, then it might ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryM Posted December 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 no files being shared just routed to the other computer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayantika Dey Posted December 12, 2019 Report Share Posted December 12, 2019 As per my information I don't think using both Windows 10 and outdated Windows 7 in a same network connection will affect anything until your outdated Windows 7 got malware attack (very likely due to Windows stopping any security update to Windows 7) then your network may get affected. Regularly updating your other Windows 10 PC along with Windows Defender or any other 3rd party Antivirus may help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akshay_M Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 Good to know. But windows 7 still has its own fan base. Microsoft is soon gonna end its support for windows 7 on Jan 14, 2020. Though users can migrate to Windows virtual desktop azure for getting extended life security updates windows 7 still it will be missed by win 7 geeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washburn Posted April 7, 2020 Report Share Posted April 7, 2020 You better upgrade to Windows 10,this is what you should do,as Windows 7 is no longer supported,Windows 7 will be easily violated by viruses in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washburn Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 On 4/7/2020 at 2:38 PM, Washburn said: You better upgrade to Windows 10,this is what you should do,as Windows 7 is no longer supported,Windows 7 will be easily violated by viruses in the future. An OS that is not supported by Microsoft is vulnerable to malicious attacks,in order to avoid damage to the work,it is best practice to upgrade to Windows 10 as soon as possible.Or switch to other OS,like Linux,it works great too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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