This led Microsoft to work away at Windows 7 and 8 to try and get people to move away from the now unsupported XP.ĭespite this history, Vista has still been receiving critical updates all these years. Windows XP’s market share remained strong for many years. Instead of replacing XP it did the exact opposite and encouraged more users to stick with the predecessor. Although it was a long time coming, it failed to meet expectations, and suffered from buggy features. Vista was released in 2007 as the follow-up to Windows XP. And while that may barely be a blip on the screen, if you’re one of those users, you have about a month to get updated and secured. The latest figures on operating system market share show that Vista has just 0.78 percent of the pie.
Vista’s antivirus suite Microsoft Security Essentials will only have “limited effectiveness,” it added. “Also, as more software and hardware manufacturers continue to optimize for more recent versions of Windows, you can expect to encounter more apps and devices that do not work with Windows Vista,” said Microsoft in its announcement.
