How to Contact HPD. 1  Dial 9-1-1 to report an emergency. 2  Helpful information on using the 9-1-1 Emergency Number. 3  Dial (713) 884-3131 to request non-emergency police service for locations within the city limits of Houston.
Contrary to headlines you may have read today, Microsoft isn't dropping support for Windows 7 today. The operating system is still supported and will continue to receive security updates for at least another five years.Today is the last day of Windows 7's mainstream support period, with the operating system now entering extended support..icrosoft will no longer release new features for the operating system, but there's nothing new there: even during its mainstream support period, such updates were few and far between. No-cost phone support also comes to an end, but this too is essentially irrelevant to most Windows users.
Since the early 1990s, Microsoft operating systems and Intel hardware have dominated much of the personal computer market, first with MS-DOS and then with Windows. Alternatives to Microsoft's Windows operating systems occupy a minority share of the industry. These include Apple's macOS and free open-source Unix-like operating systems such as Linux.