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Thread: Windows 7 and new PC

  1. #1
    Hi,

    Recently purchased a new tower with latest i5 processor, only to find that Windows 7 updates no longer supported! No mention of this was made on the vendors website, though I hadn't asked for Windows 7 to be installed. Definitely didn't want Windows 10, so came with no OS installed.

    Didn't find out until I'd installed Win 7 that the OS was no longer supported by this hardware. Not too big a deal for me because ultimately going for Linux as main OS.

    Just wondering if anyone else forced to have Win 10 on their new PC?

    Waywyrd.

  2. Software & Hardware   -   #2
    This artificial limitation effectively ends support for those using blacklisted processors, even though Windows 7 wasn't supposed to go EOL until January 2020. Fortunately, it can be patched.

    https://github.com/zeffy/kb4012218-19
    "I just remembered something that happened a long time ago."

  3. Software & Hardware   -   #3
    Thanks for the info. Will make a note of it for future use.

  4. Software & Hardware   -   #4
    Quote Originally Posted by anon View Post
    This artificial limitation effectively ends support for those using blacklisted processors, even though Windows 7 wasn't supposed to go EOL until January 2020. Fortunately, it can be patched.

    https://github.com/zeffy/kb4012218-19
    Oooh, nice find!

  5. Software & Hardware   -   #5
    theaecassociates
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    Thanks for the information

  6. Software & Hardware   -   #6
    You're welcome

    Note that this only gets rid of the CPU check. If Microsoft starts releasing Windows 7 updates that are incompatible with these processors, there won't be much that can be done. It seems unlikely that they'd do it, though.
    "I just remembered something that happened a long time ago."

  7. Software & Hardware   -   #7
    Good to know about this.. thanks for sharing the link...

  8. Software & Hardware   -   #8
    Chewie's Avatar Chew E. Bakke
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    I jumped to Win10 for my sins but ClassicShell makes it all OK again.
    You do have to dig about and uninstall/turn off quite a lot of shitty M$ "features" and "apps" though.
    There isn't a bargepole long enough for me to work on [a Sony Viao] - clocker 2008

  9. Software & Hardware   -   #9
    I didn't accept to upgrade. I do not want to upgrade to win 10. I did not click anything to upgrade. I am happy with Windows 7.

  10. Software & Hardware   -   #10
    Alternatives are:
    - linux with wine (for win7)
    - vmware on linux (for win 7, no compatibility problems)
    - virtualbox on linux ((for win 7, no compatibility problems)

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