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Bypass for Windows Update Lock for Next-Gen Processors Found

posted by cmn32480 on Friday April 21 2017, @11:08AM   Printer-friendly
from the update-this! dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

Microsoft blocked the delivery of Windows Updates recently to Windows 7 and 8.1 devices powered by a next-generation processor.

The company announced the support change in January 2017. Broken down to the essentials, it means that Intel Kaby Lake and AMD Bristol Ridge processors are only support by Windows 10, and not older versions of Windows.

To hammer that home, Microsoft made the decision to block Windows Update on Windows 7 or 8.1 PCs with those next generation processors.

The company introduced patches, KB4012218 and KB4012219 for instance, which introduced process generation and hardware support detection on Windows 7 and 8.1 systems.

Windows users who run Windows Update get the unsupported hardware error prompt when they try to scan for and download the latest patches for their -- still supported -- operating system.

GitHub user zeffy made the decision to take a closer look at how the actual blocking is done on the operating system level.

Details on exactly what was done are available in the article.

Source: https://www.ghacks.net/2017/04/18/bypass-for-windows-update-lock-for-modern-processors-found/

This will be especially handy for those whose machines were entitled to updates but were mistakenly blocked from receiving them.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 22 2017, @05:23AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 22 2017, @05:23AM (#497796)

    systemd = MicroSft sponsored sabotage of the Linux world.

    I am concerned about MS joining the Linux Foundation, as well as the re-alignments at Canonical / Ubutu for "commercial" focus... is Shuttleworth preparing to sell out to MicroSoft? That woulod be a complete train smash for Linux, something that would have Satan Nutella licking his H1-B legacy lips.