Posted on 03/22/2017 6:01:17 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Technology giant Microsoft is blocking Windows 7 and 8.1 updates on Intel's seventh generation Core i3, i5 and i7 AMD's seventh generation processor (Bristol Ridge) and Qualcomm's 8996 processors.
While trying to scan and download updates through Windows Update, error messages appear saying, "Windows could not search for new updates" and "code 80240037 Windows Update encountered an unknown error."
As explained in Microsoft Knowledge based article the errors occur as the new processor generations require the latest Windows version. For those on Windows 7 and 8.1, Microsoft recommends updating the devices to Windows 10.
In response to the matter a Microsoft spokesperson told the Forbes, "As new silicon generations are introduced, they will require the latest Windows platform at that time for support. This enables us to focus on deep integration between Windows and the silicon while maintaining maximum reliability and compatibility with previous generations of platform and silicon".
From July onward the Intel Skylake processors will not support Windows 7 and 8, which means users will need to update to the latest operating system in order to receive further updates.
However, Microsoft did not reveal how much it would charge users of Windows 7 and 8.1 devices after the free Windows update period gets over. But users can use Windows 7 and 8.1 product keys for Windows 10 installation.
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Why would you use Windows 7 on a new generation processor?
They are referring to brand new chips. It may even require a new motherboard.
AMD makes a Bristol Ridge processor (?)
Sounds like Fake News to me. The company I worked for IT dept would resist any OS upgrades. We’re talking hundreds or thousands of PCs.
I tried their upgrade path on my laptop and it failed and I wasn’t going to spend a week getting it running only to find out it had killed my performance because my old laptop couldn’t handle it. Laptop later died and I’m on a Win 10 desktop and I like it just fine, but those forced upgrades on older hardware was just a scam to break peoples old machines and force them to buy new ones, in my opinion.
Thx ...
Let’s see. . .
1. Embedded spyware.
2. Random reboots when IT wants to update software, no matter what you’re doing.
3. The sleazy way Microsoft pushed it on people/ / /
Since you seem interested, here’s a link to Apple’s Refurbished Store - 100% same warranty, just less expensive.
The inventory changes often...
http://www.apple.com/shop/browse/home/specialdeals/mac
Linux Mint. Trust me. (grin)
Ubuntu for me.
Ah, I see. The oldest software I use is a game from ‘99 but it runs fine.
That said, the problem is that your software and hardware are old and haven’t been updated. That’s not Microsoft fault and shouldn’t stop them from updating the windows kernel to make it more efficient.
Or you can just use a pc not connected to the Internet for work. And you can build an older model using new old stock.
Nothing is supported forever, no new updates, so what. Live with it or change.
As for Apple I had an iPhone 3gs Apple stopped upgrading ios.
I have a brand new laptop running 64 bit windows 10. It STILL doesn’t know it is a laptop. Whenever I go to sign on, the on screen keyboard pops up. There is no apparent way to disable this.
I kept getting “Download Windows 10” on my Windows 7 laptop, so I finally did. Messed up my machine so badly I had to get a new laptop with Windows 10 already on it.
I still don’t think W-10 is any better than W-7.
I tried 10 for about 3 days and found it to be crap.
IF ...
If it had a classic theme, it might be usable. As is, the scroll bars and window borders were too narrow to be useful. The windows overlapped and the ‘themes’ made it difficult to distinquish which contents belonged to which overlap.
If it had not dumped Media Center. I have hardware and software that REQUIRE Media Center.
If it had not dumped IE. I have software that REQUIRE Internet Explorer.
From 98 to XP and from XP to 7 I lost the use of some hardware and software. The same would have been true going from 7 to 10. Some of the software programs are utility programs that have no comparable 10 equivalents.
I recently heard one Win10 ‘pusher’ admit that 10 was designed for touchscreens, not regular laptop/desktop computing. That is where Microsoft screwed the pooch — many of use prefer to use laptops/desktops for ‘real’ computing and not cutsie boxes and backgrounds.
Yep. Crap.
The 3GS was around 2008 or almost 10 years ago.
Anyhow, they do their iOS updates for free. Although I think the latest iOS update will only work on the iPhone 4S and above.
Linux has it own problems, however.
Last year I purchased a Linux laptop [Mint/Cinnamon].
Wine is a joke at trying to run MS programs. I tried several types (Win 95 to 7) and none fully worked.
I tried every known-to-Linux browser to try to get certain video websites to work: FoxSportsGo, ESPN, my cable company’s TV-to-PC. At most, all I got was a spinning video indicator. Apparently, the problem is with the DRM, and my cable company does not support Linux. Ironically, the websites/TV-to-PC do work on Android devices.
I also found several of the ‘extensions/add-ons’ in Firefox either do not work at all or only partially work.
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Eventually, I may play around with VM to see if I can get things to work, but that is currently counter-productive since I have a Win7 laptop and desktop and Android tablet that will work.
This is why I’m getting a computer with Windows 10 Home Edition installed from scratch. Fortunately, most Windows apps do run with Windows 10, and the upcoming Creators Update coming out in April will allow all users to delay any updates to Windows for up to 35 days (though I think Microsoft should post updates to Windows 10 every Tuesday on essentially a weekly schedule similar to the current monthly updates to Windows 7 and 8.1).
Lack of updates != forced update. My 7s at home and 8.1 at work will stay, and if they can’t get upgrades that just means less rebooting. People panic too much.
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