chore: drop support for Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 (#36427)

* chore: drop support for Windows 7 & 8

* chore: remove disable-redraw-lock.patch

* chore: update patches

* Update docs/breaking-changes.md

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* Update docs/breaking-changes.md

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* fix breaking-changes.md

* chore: note last supported version

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* chore: add link to deprecation policy

* Update docs/breaking-changes.md

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* update README.md

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docs/breaking-changes.md

@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ This document uses the following convention to categorize breaking changes:
 
 ## Planned Breaking API Changes (23.0)
 
+### Removed: Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 support
+
+[Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 are no longer supported](https://www.electronjs.org/blog/windows-7-to-8-1-deprecation-notice). Electron follows the planned Chromium deprecation policy, which will [deprecate Windows 7 support beginning in Chromium 109](https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/185534985/sunsetting-support-for-windows-7-8-8-1-in-early-2023?hl=en).
+
+Older versions of Electron will continue to run on these operating systems, but Windows 10 or later will be required to run Electron v23.0.0 and higher.
+
 ### Removed: BrowserWindow `scroll-touch-*` events
 
 The deprecated `scroll-touch-begin`, `scroll-touch-end` and `scroll-touch-edge`