Windows 7 is an operating system that was produced by Microsoft and released as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems. It was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009, and became generally available on October 22, 2009. It is the successor to Windows Vista, released nearly three years earlier, and it was Microsoft's operating system for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs and media center PCs until it was succeeded by Windows 8 on October 26, 2012. By 2013, Windows 7 RTM provided security updates or fixes, but installation of Service Pack 1 is required for users to receive updates and support after April 9, 2013. Windows 7's server counterpart, Windows Server 2008 R2, was released at the same time. The last supported version of Windows based on this operating system was released on July 1, 2011, entitled Windows Embedded POSReady 7. On January 12, 2016, Microsoft ended support for Internet Explorer versions prior to Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7.Extended support ended on January 14, 2020, over ten years after the release of Windows 7, after which the operating system ceased receiving further support or security updates to most users. A support program is currently available for enterprises, providing security updates for Windows 7 up to four years since the official end of life. However, Windows Embedded POSReady 7, the last Windows 7 variant, continued to provide security updates until October 2021.
Minimum hardware requirements for Windows 7
Component Operating system architecture
32-bit 64-bit
Processor 1 GHz IA-32 processor 1 GHz x86-64 processor
Memory (RAM) 1 GB 2 GB
Graphics card DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM driver model 1.0
Storage space 16 GB 20 GB
Installation media DVD drive or USB drive
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