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Re:Microsoft: No Driver Updates Allowed for Win7 and Win8 by StillBored on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @03:26PM (#24923068)
How do you permanently disable signing on 64-bit win7? Last I checked it wasn't possible to do cleanly, you end up needing user interaction for every boot, or you get a nag border.

So, its a big deal.

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Re:Microsoft: No Driver Updates Allowed for Win7 and Win8 by freeone3000 on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @03:37PM (#24923200)
The nag border is only visible with the desktop showing, it's not a big deal at all.
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Re:Microsoft: No Driver Updates Allowed for Win7 and Win8 by userbinator on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @03:50PM (#24923358)
I haven't checked in a while if a patch has appeared, but it's probably no harder than cracking activation, which is already well done.

Once MS stops issuing updates, you don't have to worry about them reverting your changes.

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