Steam will stop working on Windows XP and Vista at the start of next year

guest · Jun 13, 2018

Steam will stop working on Windows XP and Vista at the start of next year
June 13, 2018
https://www.neowin.net/news/steam-w...indows-xp-and-vista-at-the-start-of-next-year

In an announcement posted on the Steam website, Valve said:

"Starting on January 1 2019, Steam will officially stop supporting the Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems. This means that after that date the Steam Client will no longer run on those versions of Windows. In order to continue running Steam and any games or other products purchased through Steam, users will need to update to a more recent version of Windows."

The primary reason cited for the cessation of Windows XP and Vista support was attributed to the "embedded version of Google Chrome, which no longer functions on older versions of Windows". In addition, future versions of the Steam client will need access to security updates and features that only exist in Windows 7 and later editions of the operating system.

If your gaming rig is still running Windows XP or Vista then you've still got the best part of six months before the client will stop working on your system. While you will still be able to launch games from your library in the interim, new enhancements such as the upgraded Steam Chat experience, will not be made available.
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guest · Jan 1, 2019

Steam support for Windows XP and Vista ended
January 1, 2019
https://www.ghacks.net/2019/01/01/steam-support-for-windows-xp-and-vista-ended/

Steam customers who use devices with the operating systems Windows XP or Windows Vista cannot run the Steam client anymore on these devices starting today.

Valve notes that Steam won't run anymore on those versions of Windows and that users who want to "continue running Steam and any games or other products purchases through Steam", need to "update to a more recent version of Windows".

Steam customers have two main options:

Upgrade to a supported version of Windows or use a PC that runs a supported version of Windows.

Switch to Linux or Mac.

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lodore · Jan 2, 2019

I just seen this news on Hexus. I am wondering if supporting windows 10 with the regular releases every 6 months will require more or less resources than supporting windows 7 8.1 and 10. Less resources should be required as windows 10 is always being released regularly which will free up resources for other platforms such as Linux.
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