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Microsoft Windows 7 or 8.1 users on Intel Kaby Lake or AMD Ryzen CPUs will not be able to download Windows updates.
Microsoft announced some time ago that new silicon as the company called it back then would not be officially supported on Windows 7 or 8.1.
This meant basically that only Windows 10 would support Intel's, AMD's and Qualcomm's new processors, while Windows 7 or 8.1 would not.
This does not mean that Windows 7 or 8.1 won't install on machines running these new processors, but that Microsoft (and the manufacturer) won't offer any form of support for those devices.
A new support page on the Microsoft website suggests that users who run an unsupported processor on an older version of Windows -- read Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 -- won't be able to scan for or download Windows updates anymore.
Users will get the following error message when they run the scan:
Unsupported Hardware
Your PC uses a processor that isn't supported on this version of Windows and you won't receive updates.
It looks like I'll be moving to BSD or Linux sooner than I planned.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 19 2017, @03:35AM (6 children)
oh right, blame it onnthe CPU: " Tah shitty modern cpus need extra careful attention to be able to run our super cool top notch operating system and we cannot be bothered to make it run on those totally non conformal processors."
no word about m$ not being happy about AMD supporting the linux opensource GPU effort with drivers.
hows this m$ shot across the bow.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 19 2017, @03:43AM (5 children)
And Kaby Lake? What has Intel done to earn their wrath?
No, I think it's real simple. Microsoft hasn't sold enough Windows 10 licenses (because people don't want Windows 10), so Microsoft is trying to subtly encourage people to buy more Windows 10 licenses.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 19 2017, @05:01AM
Microsoft is trying to subtly encourage people to buy more Windows 10 licenses.
Like they "subtly" tried to get users to upgrade to Win10 before, or how they "subtly" try to force telemetry into Win7/Win8 "security" patches.
Microsoft has all of the subtlety of a sledgehammer to the skull.
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday March 19 2017, @05:10AM (3 children)
Intel are Jews. After having been told that it shouldn't have to sink in -- Jews are all about making more money and controlling the Goyim. Now look what Microsoft are doing, compare the two, and let that sink in.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday March 19 2017, @05:18AM
Lies. Windows works just fine from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. Microsoft are Cthulhu cultists, because everything they do is ratshit insane and would be evil if it were more coherent.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 3, Touché) by https on Sunday March 19 2017, @07:03AM (1 child)
It's not often I say this, but the world would be better off without you. Heck, you would be better off without you.
Offended and laughing about it.
(Score: 2) by etherscythe on Monday March 20 2017, @03:38PM
Offended and laughing about it.
This comment might be more impactful if not for the sig.
"Fake News: anything reported outside of my own personally chosen echo chamber"