

But because Windows 7 was so popular with businesses, Microsoft took the unusual step of offering three additional years of optional, paid update support for the operating system. Most people stopped receiving general-purpose security updates for Windows 7 back in 2020, around a decade after its original release. If you thought that Windows 7 had already stopped getting security updates, you’re not wrong. Because the underlying Chromium engine in both Chrome and Edge is open source, Microsoft could continue supporting Edge in older Windows versions if it wanted, but the company is using both end-of-support dates to justify a clean break for Edge.

The end-of-support date for Edge coincides with the end of security update support for both Windows 7 and Windows 8 on January 10, and the end of Google Chrome support for Windows 7 and 8 in version 110. With sfc /scannow some critical Office files are being put back where they needed to be after upgrading to Windows 10.Further Reading “Too much and too soon”-Steven Sinofsky looks back at Windows 8, 10 years later This usually doesn’t take longer than 20 minutes with a regular hard disk and takes much shorter when you have a fast SSD drive.

If you don’t see this, instead choose: Windows PowerShell (Admin).Right click on the Start button of Windows and choose: Command Prompt (Admin).This tool scans and verifies the integrity of all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with correct versions. To recover from the issue, you must run the Microsoft Windows Resource Checker tool, also know as “System File Checker” or “sfc”. However, recovering from this is relatively easy but of course still annoying. It can happen with any version of Outlook. This issue seems to be common for some specific configurations although the actual cause isn’t clear at this point. How can I get sending back to work again? The error message I get it Įrror message: 'Robert - Sending' reported error (0x800CCC13): 'Cannot connect to the network. All the mail server settings are correct and interestingly enough, the test message is successful as well. I just upgraded to Windows 10 and now Outlook can’t send anymore.
