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Windows 7 Platform Update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 was released on February 26, 2013[127] after a pre-release version had been released on November 5, 2012.[128] It is also included with Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7.[129]
Hyper-V Hyper-V management tools are not compatible with Windows Vista Home Basic or Home Premium[51][51] or Windows 7 Home Premium, Home Basic or Starter.
Windows XP On April 14, 2009, Windows XP exited mainstream support and entered the Extended support phase; Microsoft continued to provide security updates every month for Windows XP; however, free technical support, warranty claims, and design changes were no longer being offered. Extended support ended on April 8, 2014, over 12 years since the release of XP; normally Microsoft products have a support life cycle of only 10 years.[123] Beyond the final security updates released on April 8, no more security patches or support information are provided for XP free-of-charge; "critical patches" will still be created, and made available only to customers subscribing to a paid "Custom Support" plan.[123][124][125] As it is a Windows component, all versions of Internet Explorer for Windows XP also became unsupported.[126]
Windows 7 editions Windows 7, a major release of the Microsoft Windows operating system, was available in six different editions: Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate. Only Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate were widely available at retailers.[1] The other editions focus on other markets, such as the software development world or enterprise use. All editions support 32-bit IA-32 CPUs and all editions except Starter support 64-bit x64 CPUs. 64-bit installation media is not included in Home-Basic edition packages, but can be obtained separately from Microsoft.