[PAR35]

and a quick look at Microsoft’s support page reveals upgrading to Windows 10 is the only way to fix the problem.

Mint won't also fix the problem?

I'll dig out a link to the other thread on this and cross link in a couple of minutes.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Lots of confusion on all of this...

I don't think one can quite say Windows 7 or 8 or 8.1 won't run on the new stuff....

But it does say

Don't call us if you have a problem with running the OLD STUFF!

[MCH]

and a quick look at Microsoft’s support page reveals upgrading to Windows 10 is the only way to fix the problem.

Mint won't also fix the problem?

Windows 7 was deprecated 5 years ago. To be fair, you'd have to compare a comparable era version of Mint to see if it would support the latest processors.

Looks like that would be Mint v13 (Maya) from 2012, which is the oldest version of Mint still being supported. And from Linux Mint version history it looks like v13 LTS ends next month. So, pretty much on par with MS' old Windows 7 product in terms of long term support.