MS is forcing people who buy new systems, ie with new CPUs such as AMD Ryzen or Intel Kaby Lake, to use Win10. If they use Win7 or Win 8.1, they will be blocked from receiving Windows Updates.
What to do?
1. Stop receiving Win updates - actually I have switched off Win updates for over a year, after hearing news that updates can stuff up the PC sometimes. So this not being able to get Windows Update can be a good thing, provided your PC is secured via other means.
2. Someone in the internet has already developed a way to bypass the MS shenanigans.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/19/chap_fixes_microsofts_windows_7_and_8_update_block_on_new_cpus/
http://www.networkworld.com/article/3190832/security/bypass-microsofts-update-block-for-windows-7-8-1-pcs-with-kaby-lake-ryzen.html
https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/matthew-wilson/microsofts-no-update-policy-in-effect-for-ryzen-and-kaby-lake-systems-on-windows-78-1/
Apparently a set of Win updates are responsible for checking the CPUs. These updates are listed below, perhaps if we avoid them, then it would not check for CPUs.
KB4012218, KB4012219, KB4015546, KB4015547, KB4015549, KB4015550, KB4015552 and KB4015553.
What to do?
1. Stop receiving Win updates - actually I have switched off Win updates for over a year, after hearing news that updates can stuff up the PC sometimes. So this not being able to get Windows Update can be a good thing, provided your PC is secured via other means.
2. Someone in the internet has already developed a way to bypass the MS shenanigans.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/19/chap_fixes_microsofts_windows_7_and_8_update_block_on_new_cpus/
http://www.networkworld.com/article/3190832/security/bypass-microsofts-update-block-for-windows-7-8-1-pcs-with-kaby-lake-ryzen.html
https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/matthew-wilson/microsofts-no-update-policy-in-effect-for-ryzen-and-kaby-lake-systems-on-windows-78-1/
Apparently a set of Win updates are responsible for checking the CPUs. These updates are listed below, perhaps if we avoid them, then it would not check for CPUs.
KB4012218, KB4012219, KB4015546, KB4015547, KB4015549, KB4015550, KB4015552 and KB4015553.
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