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Hang loose, it just went on the price list on 12/1. I’m in the process now of having Amy Babinchak (fellow author on askwoody.com and cloud service p
[See the full post at: Patch Lady – looking for info on extended patches for Windows 7?]
Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher
Thank you very much for looking into this. I have already been looking for details today but could not find much. One particular thing I am interested in is whether I can buy exteended support for Windows 7 Ultimate. I use it in my small business and chose it for a good reason: I can easily switch between languages. For me it is not a comsumer product, but a business product. Switching languages was only also available in the Enterprise version which, of course, was not an option for my small business. I am hoping Microsoft will treat me like a business, but I do not trust them much though…
Ultimate edition was intended to be supported (the early ESU FAQ papers mentioned it
and actually, the installed ESU MAK keys licenses include Ultimate edition
but it seems they retreated the decision and it’s not officially supported
Assuming you installed November Monthly Rollup, run this in command prompt:
wmic Path SoftwareLicensingProduct Get Description, Name /value
you shall notice these entries:
Description=Windows Operating System – Windows(R) 7, VOLUME_MAK channel
Name=Windows(R) 7, Client-ESU-Year1 add-on for Enterprise,Professional,EnterpriseN,ProfessionalN,Ultimate
you will get another two for Year2 and Year3
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and these entries represent “For Embedded Systems” support, but that’s another story and not for normal clients
Name=Windows(R) 7, Client-FES-ESU-Year1 add-on for Professional,ProfessionalE,ProfessionalN,Ultimate,UltimateE,UltimateN
Yeah, but in latest FAQ, only Professional and Enterprise are listed as eligible
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4527878/faq-about-extended-security-updates-for-windows-7
and in the purchase thread, you may notice that Ultimate was erased from the descriptive images
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Windows-IT-Pro-Blog/How-to-get-Extended-Security-Updates-for-eligible-Windows/ba-p/917807
so, either they just added it for internal testing, or it’s a retracted decision
Strangely enough at least in The Netherlands, the Ultimate version is NOT supported. Besides, the whole process of activating / buying extended support is extremely cumbersome. Good moment to rethink building your business on Microsoft dependency, many will have learnt their lesson.
Yeah, but in latest FAQ, only Professional and Enterprise are listed as eligible
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4527878/faq-about-extended-security-updates-for-windows-7and in the purchase thread, you may notice that Ultimate was erased from the descriptive images
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Windows-IT-Pro-Blog/How-to-get-Extended-Security-Updates-for-eligible-Windows/ba-p/917807so, either they just added it for internal testing, or it’s a retracted decision
But their copy editors didn’t make the job in an proper way. As I mentioned within my article Windows 7 Extended Security Update (ESU) program available go to the header of the FAQ and click in the line enumerating the eligible SKUs. Currently you will find:
FAQ about Extended Security Updates for Windows 7
Applies to: Windows 7 Windows 7 Enterprise ESU Windows 7 Professional ESU Windows 7 Ultimate ESU Less
Blog reader Ismail has linked a script/tool in this comment that can at least bypass the checks that prevent the installation of the ESU test update. Whether this will still work in February 2019 remains to be checked at that time.
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Thanks, i didn’t see the header
still, Ultimate is not yet very promoted for ESU
i’m aware of the bypass tool 🙂
What’s about it? 🙂
any Win7 Ultimate system with latest monthly rollup will return the same
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