The popular computer OS (operating system), Windows 7 is set to lose Microsoft’s support and security updates this month. This means that if you own a system that runs the Windows 7 and there is an issue with it, Microsoft will be unable to assist you.

Microsoft’s reason for pulling the plug on Windows 7 is “to focus on it’s investment by supporting newer technologies and great new experiences” meaning that the wish is for users to be up to date with their hardware and software.

There is a way for corporations who wish to continue running Windows 7 on their computers. To do so, corporations will pay for what they call, “Windows 7 extended security updates (ESUS) which costs $20-$200 per workstation each year to keep it running until 2023.

Microsoft is prompting users to upgrade to Windows 10 and are providing information on how to do so safely and efficiently, so that users can protect any important files and legal documents that their system may contain.

WJPS senior Brandon Levy, a Windows 7 user, said, “I really hate the discontinuation of the security updates, it forces people, like myself, to switch to what I see as an inferior version.”