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Re:Windows 10 is bringing ads to File Explorer – how to turn... by criddell on Saturday March 18, 2017 @09:23PM (#13904573)
Isn't Microsoft starting to block updates to Windows 7 on new hardware?
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Re:Windows 10 is bringing ads to File Explorer – how to turn... by clouddrover on Saturday March 18, 2017 @09:30PM (#13904609)
Yes: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4012982/discusses-a...
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Re:Windows 10 is bringing ads to File Explorer – how to turn... by Mithaldu on Sunday March 19, 2017 @11:59AM (#13907848)
They're not "blocking" updates, they've stopped writing and compiling them with the backwards compatibility shims that made them work on older hardware. They probably do this because it drives updates AND because it's cheaper, but please try to describe it accurately.
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Re:Windows 10 is bringing ads to File Explorer – how to turn... by clouddrover on Monday March 20, 2017 @08:28AM (#13913498)
> they've stopped writing and compiling them with the backwards compatibility shims that made them work on older hardware

That claim doesn't stack up. Windows 10, for example, works fine on older hardware. As Microsoft said, they're blocking updates to Windows 7 and 8 if you try to run those OSes on newer hardware.

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