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On December 7th, 2023, we will discontinue support for Windows 7 and 8 operating systems.
After support is discontinued players will be unable to launch EVE Online if they are using these operating systems. The minimum requirements for EVE Online will be updated to reflect the change, indicating that Windows 10 and later will be supported.
Microsoft discontinued Windows 7 support in January 2020 and Windows 8 support in January 2023.
Our continued support of these operating systems has now significantly impacted the team’s ability to maintain and develop new feature sets. By discontinuing support, we have the opportunity to unlock further security features in the launcher and give us more flexibility to choose external solutions as we develop EVE and its foundations further.
Players needing to transition from Windows 7 and 8 may find this Microsoft page useful.
Over the next few weeks, we will continue to message these changes via the launchers, discord, targeted emails to affected users and via news articles.