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Microsoft Locks Ryzen, Kaby Lake Users Out of Updates On Windows 7, 8.1 (kitguru.net)

Posted by BeauHD on from the limited-options dept.

Artem Tashkinov writes: In a move that will shock a lot of people, someone at Microsoft decided to deny Windows 7/8.1 updates to the users of the following CPU architectures: Intel seventh (7th)-generation processors (Kaby Lake); AMD "Bristol Ridge" (Zen/Ryzen); Qualcomm "8996." It's impossible to find any justification for this decision to halt support for the x86 architectures listed above because you can perfectly run MS-DOS on them. Perhaps, Microsoft has decided that the process of foisting Windows 10 isn't running at full steam, so the company created this purely artificial limitation. I expect it to be cancelled soon after a wide backlash from corporate customers. KitGuru notes that users may encounter the following error message when they attempt to update their OS: "Your PC uses a processor that isn't supported on this version of Windows." The only resolution is to upgrade to Windows 10.

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  1. Good thing! by slasher999 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Microsoft needs to focus on what's next, not what was. Ending support for legacy systems is important to prevent another Windows XP fiasco where the OS lives on for a decade and a half. It's not the 90s anymore, there are actual reasons why we need to continue to move forward.

  2. Re:so go use linux? by Billly+Gates · · Score: -1, Troll

    How about until the agreed upon 1/14/2020 or whatever date in our fucking contracts?

    They're blocking newer CPUs from accessing Windows Update and preventing them from downloading critical security patches. These patches do not require additional testing or development to work on PCs with the newer CPUs, and the newer CPUs do not magically make the gaping security holes go away.

    Wrong. Windows 7 features are EOL. What is still supported is security. Ryzen qualifies as a new feature update. After 2012 MS is more focused on newer platforms and will only close exploits for older hardware.

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  3. Re:Microsoft made this announcement a while back by Billly+Gates · · Score: -1, Troll

    Windows 7 will bsod on both Ryzen and kabylake. Drivers are needed and Intel and AMD are the bad guys who won't write them

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  4. Re:Microsoft made this announcement a while back by Billly+Gates · · Score: -1, Troll

    No they don't. Security updates only. Features ended back in 2012 or 2013. Ryzen is a new feature therefore it's not supported as it's in extended support

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