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Re:User-Made Patch Lets Owners of Next-Gen CPUs Install Upda... by 0x0 on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @02:47PM (#14150568)
What I don't get is that Windows 7 is in extended support until 2020, so if you bought Windows 7 retail and upgraded your CPU to one of these blocked next-gen versions, how is blocking windows update even excusable???
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Re:User-Made Patch Lets Owners of Next-Gen CPUs Install Upda... by type0 on Thursday April 20, 2017 @05:44PM (#14161203)
Because, EULA???
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Re:User-Made Patch Lets Owners of Next-Gen CPUs Install Upda... by jacobush on Thursday April 20, 2017 @05:54PM (#14161253)
Ah the thing where you agreed to sacrifice a goat at midnight
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