win: block running on EOL Windows versions

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 EOL was January 14, 2020.
Windows 8 EOL was January 12, 2016.

Windows 2012 (not R2) is still supported and allowed to run. This
clarifies that support is experimental.

PR-URL: #31954
Reviewed-By: Rod Vagg <rod@vagg.org>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Franziska Hinkelmann <franziska.hinkelmann@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>

Author: joaocgreis

BUILDING.md

@@ -106,8 +106,9 @@ platforms. This is true regardless of entries in the table below.
 | GNU/Linux        | armv6            | kernel >= 4.14, glibc >= 2.24   | Experimental | Downgraded as of Node.js 12       |
 | GNU/Linux        | ppc64le >=power8 | kernel >= 3.10.0, glibc >= 2.17 | Tier 2       | e.g. Ubuntu 16.04 <sup>[1](#fn1)</sup>, EL 7  <sup>[2](#fn2)</sup> |
 | GNU/Linux        | s390x            | kernel >= 3.10.0, glibc >= 2.17 | Tier 2       | e.g. EL 7 <sup>[2](#fn2)</sup>    |
-| Windows          | x64, x86 (WoW64) | >= Windows 7/2008 R2/2012 R2    | Tier 1       | <sup>[4](#fn4),[5](#fn5)</sup>    |
-| Windows          | x86 (native)     | >= Windows 7/2008 R2/2012 R2    | Tier 1 (running) / Experimental (compiling) <sup>[6](#fn6)</sup> | |
+| Windows          | x64, x86 (WoW64) | >= Windows 8.1/2012 R2          | Tier 1       | <sup>[4](#fn4),[5](#fn5)</sup>    |
+| Windows          | x86 (native)     | >= Windows 8.1/2012 R2          | Tier 1 (running) / Experimental (compiling) <sup>[6](#fn6)</sup> | |
+| Windows          | x64, x86         | Windows Server 2012 (not R2)    | Experimental |                                   |
 | Windows          | arm64            | >= Windows 10                   | Experimental |                                   |
 | macOS            | x64              | >= 10.11                        | Tier 1       |                                   |
 | SmartOS          | x64              | >= 18                           | Tier 2       |                                   |
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ Binaries at <https://nodejs.org/download/release/> are produced on:
 | linux-s390x           | RHEL 7 with devtoolset-6 / GCC 6 <sup>[7](#fn7)</sup>                    |
 | linux-x64             | CentOS 7 with devtoolset-6 / GCC 6 <sup>[7](#fn7)</sup>                  |
 | sunos-x64             | SmartOS 18 with GCC 7                                                    |
-| win-x64 and win-x86   | Windows 2012 R2 (x64) with Visual Studio 2017                            |
+| win-x64 and win-x86   | Windows 2012 R2 (x64) with Visual Studio 2019                            |
 
 <em id="fn7">7</em>: The Enterprise Linux devtoolset-6 allows us to compile
 binaries with GCC 6 but linked to the glibc and libstdc++ versions of the host

src/node_main.cc

@@ -28,9 +28,12 @@
 #include <WinError.h>
 
 int wmain(int argc, wchar_t* wargv[]) {
-  if (!IsWindows7OrGreater()) {
-    fprintf(stderr, "This application is only supported on Windows 7, "
-                    "Windows Server 2008 R2, or higher.");
+  // Windows Server 2012 (not R2) is supported until 10/10/2023, so we allow it
+  // to run in the experimental support tier.
+  if (!IsWindows8Point1OrGreater() &&
+      !(IsWindowsServer() && IsWindows8OrGreater())) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "This application is only supported on Windows 8.1, "
+                    "Windows Server 2012 R2, or higher.");
     exit(ERROR_EXE_MACHINE_TYPE_MISMATCH);
   }
 

tools/msvs/msi/product.wxs

@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
              Compressed="yes"
              InstallScope="perMachine"/>
 
-    <Condition Message="This application is only supported on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, or higher.">
-      <![CDATA[Installed OR (VersionNT >= 601)]]>
+    <Condition Message="This application is only supported on Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, or higher.">
+      <![CDATA[Installed OR (VersionNT >= 603) OR (VersionNT >= 602 AND MsiNTProductType <> 1)]]>
     </Condition>
 
     <Media Id="1" Cabinet="media1.cab" EmbedCab="yes"/>