Windows 7 is rapidly approaching its end of support, so now that we're within the last Twelve months of updates, Microsoft must begin its typical struggle to make everyone conscious of the risks of staying by having an operating system that no longer receives patches.

While in the case of Windows, the latest operating-system that reached the end of life, the efforts in this regard were more or less minimal, Microsoft needs to do better this time because of a simple reason.

Windows 7 happens to be the 2nd most used desktop operating and until not a years ago, it was the top choice for PC users.

At this point, Windows 7 still has some 36 percent market share, while Windows 10, the new leader of the industry, is fairly close with approximately 39 percent. So Windows 7 remains an incredibly popular choice even almost ten years after its launch.

So now that the Windows 7 support is due a finish, Microsoft apparently has a more aggressive plan in mind in order to get people off this operating-system.

Among the ideas which are part of this strategy is a notification-based system that'll be used for Windows 7 users. Basically, what Microsoft will start doing is displaying warnings on Windows 7 devices in order to let users know that the support is coming to a finish.

Exactly the same notifications will also include learn more links to assist users find out more information about what's happening in January 2020, but additionally a recommendation to upgrade to Windows 10, which is the operating-system that Microsoft says offers the best available performance and security.

This means that Microsoft would more or less display Windows 10 upgrade notifications on Windows 7 once more, and although the company says users could block them, most are outraged the software giant is dependant on this approach once again.

These notifications tend to be more or less like the ones pushed as part of a company referred to as "Get Windows 10," which included messages turning up on Windows 7 users an encouraging these to upgrade to Windows 10 in the first 12 months after its launch.

However, while a lot of people don't think this is actually the right method for Microsoft, it is. And there's a very good reason for this.

A worrying number of users have no idea that Windows 7 is projected to achieve the end of life in January 2020, making this pretty much the simplest and most efficient method to let them know this is happening. And what's worse, I met users that didn't even know which form of Windows they were running, while others believed Windows 7 was the newest Microsoft operating-system.

Some people reading technology news are typically power or tech-savvy users, you will find way too many other users out there who know little about computers, no more support, Windows generally, and Windows 7 particularly. For all these, notifications displayed on their desktops is the most efficient way to make sure that once the end of life is reached, they simply don't become sitting bucks for hackers online.

There's no doubt that when these notifications begin to show on users' devices, Microsoft would always again belong to fire because of its aggressive Windows 10 push, but this time, the organization really has a very good reason to highlight the advantages of upgrading to the latest operating-system.

And despite all of these, not everyone would migrate off Windows 7 before the January 2020 deadline is reached. What exactly Microsoft must do is reduce the dpi as much as possible.