Plex is under no obligation to support an OS on the same schedule as the maker. If Microsoft wants to drag out a EOL because they are worried about shops jumping to a FOSS server OS that’s their decision.
As pointed out by BigWheel, support ending does not mean it will stop working, it just wont get any future updates, much like Plex stopped supporting Windows <10 on the Plex PC client apps last year. I was running Windows 8.1, which was still supported by Microsoft, but I could not get a newer Plex desktop app, regardless of any security issues that might have been fixed in later versions.
Plex is entertainment software, not a mission-critical business application. Let’s keep some perspective here.
If anybody is still running a version of Windows that Microsoft does not support anymore then YOU are the problem.
There is no debate here.
BTW unless there are specific checks in the installer file any future upgrades could still install and work correctly. There just is no guarantee. Try it.
I’d hope that server has no access to the outside internet and is only running local access. That plex version is so old it’s at least two major security vulnerabilities which are well known to hackers…
Being forced to update always sucks- imho - because of the money, time and hassle involved. This year my 2012r2 Essentials machine (a 1st gen i7 build that started life as a Windows Home Server) was facing EOL in October. Also I had a 6th gen i7 machine running windows 10 that just missed the cut to qualify for Windows 11. Sooo, I spent some money on a new Windows 11 machine and used my old desktop as a new Windows Server 2019 machine (picked up an inexpensive license on ebay). In my case I just didn’t want to risk the security concerns with an unsupported OS.
I did an eyeroll as well when I saw Plex was dropping support for older systems, but I understand and appreciate their reason for it. Just another risk vs benefits calculation on our part as to whether to upgrade an OS or not.
Hi All -
I’m new here.
Was running windows media center, until the HDD crashed beyond recovery.
I have an 8 core AMD pc with 32gb of ram - running win7 (win 10 and beyond are travesties! AOL dialup had better interface…)
Anyway - How can I get the last Win 7 compatible 64bit version of plex server?
Thanks in advance.
I believe totally removing support for Windows 7 is a very good thing. trying to retain support for a totally unsupported operating system (Even Microsoft no longer supports Windows 7) is just a horrid idea.
Actually nobody should support an operating system as outdated as Windows 7.
