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Microsoft Blocks Windows 7 & 8.1 Updates On Current Generation AMD & Intel Processors
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| Mar 16, 2017
| Rob Williams
Posted on 03/16/2017 5:59:49 PM PDT by dayglored
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Microsoft wants you on Windows 10 SO BAD that now, if you have modern computer hardware (latest CPU), they will refuse to give you the security updates they promised for Win 7 through Jan 2020, and for Win 8.1 through Jan 2023. And this even means the "mainstream" support for Win 8.1 which is still supposedly active until Jan 2018!
Basically, Microsoft is saying:
"Say, nice little computer ya got there... be a shame if anything happened to it... how about you upgrade to Windows 10 now?"
So now
THIS MEANS NOTHING if you were so careless as to purchase a computer with a modern CPU.
Hopefully someone will work out a way to get the updates, without having to play too many stupid games or latch onto somebody's WSUS.
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posted on
03/16/2017 5:59:50 PM PDT
by
dayglored
To: dayglored
In effect, this means that if you are running one of the newest CPUs and either Windows 7 or 8.1, Windows Update will refuse to update. So Microsoft will quit pushing its spyware if I upgrade to the latest Intel chip? Sounds like I need to consider doing that.
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posted on
03/16/2017 6:05:17 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; amigatec; AppyPappy; arnoldc1; ATOMIC_PUNK; ...
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posted on
03/16/2017 6:05:41 PM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: PAR35
>
So Microsoft will quit pushing its spyware if I upgrade to the latest Intel chip? Sounds like I need to consider doing that. LOL I like how you think!
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posted on
03/16/2017 6:07:25 PM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: dayglored
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posted on
03/16/2017 6:10:15 PM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: dayglored
>”Say, nice little computer ya got there... be a shame if anything happened to it... how about you upgrade to Windows 10 now?”
Ha. I’ll buy a RedHat copy of Linux long before I steal another copy of WinBlows.
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posted on
03/16/2017 6:10:20 PM PDT
by
soycd
To: PAR35
all my love and affection for Billy Gates....NOT
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posted on
03/16/2017 6:16:31 PM PDT
by
ptsal
To: dayglored
OK, what date of Mfg. is considered a “modern” CPU?
To: dayglored
NONE of computers and their parts are made in USA. Sorry, but you are CONTRIBUTING to the trade deficit if you buy laptops, computers, processors, heat sinks etc.
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posted on
03/16/2017 6:23:40 PM PDT
by
sagar
To: dayglored
Geesh; you’d think the CIA is paying Microsoft for every PC on Windows 10.
Er,.... wait...
To: dayglored
New Architecture/BIOS chips. They never said that it would work on ALL future intel platforms. Not saying it’s a good move, but just saying they still support Win7 on all systems that were out when it was mainstream.
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posted on
03/16/2017 6:28:59 PM PDT
by
for-q-clinton
(If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
To: PAR35
That was my immediate thought on reading this: sounds more like a solution than a problem.
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posted on
03/16/2017 6:37:58 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: dayglored
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posted on
03/16/2017 6:38:21 PM PDT
by
Jane Austen
(Neo-cons are liberal Democrats who love illegal aliens and war.)
To: dayglored
Microshaft:Linux::Obama:guns
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posted on
03/16/2017 6:38:36 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: dayglored
Microshaft:Linux::Obama:guns
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posted on
03/16/2017 6:38:53 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: dayglored
And people wonder why I advocate for Linux...
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posted on
03/16/2017 6:41:41 PM PDT
by
markomalley
(Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
To: dayglored
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posted on
03/16/2017 6:41:52 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: sagar
And the alternative is......?
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posted on
03/16/2017 6:44:46 PM PDT
by
PTBAA
To: for-q-clinton
>
New Architecture/BIOS chips. They never said that it would work on ALL future intel platforms. Not saying its a good move, but just saying they still support Win7 on all systems that were out when it was mainstream. You're factually correct, but missing the point.
Microsoft said they'd provide security updates for Win7 until 2020. Period. There were no caveats like, "Except if you upgrade your hardware".
Consider this. Apple is a hardware company. They tell you up-front-and center, "Your hardware will stop being supported by our latest and greatest OS releases after some number of years." This is because they want you to buy new hardware after a while.
By contrast, Microsoft is a software company. They could tell you, "Your software will stop being supported after some numbers of years if you get the latest and greatest hardware." That would be okay to do if they let you know up-front.
But no, they pulled it out of their hat AFTER 7+ years. My personal belief is that they are so freaked out by the slower-than-expected uptake of Windows 10 that they are willing to piss off a lot of their base to try to force people to adopt Win10.
This is not policy or strategy. This is strong-arm tactics.
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posted on
03/16/2017 6:55:52 PM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: PTBAA
Dual-botting Linux Mint 18.1.
It’s excellent for many things.
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posted on
03/16/2017 6:57:58 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticides, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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