Windows Update Won’t Work on Windows 7 and 8.1 Running on New Hardware

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Here’s a new strategy to disable Windows Update* entirely: Buy a computer with the latest Intel, AMD, or Qualcomm processor and install Windows 7 or 8.1. Now Windows Update will no longer work, courtesy of Microsoft. At least that’s the plan, according to a Knowledge Base article released this month. While this hard block of Windows Update does not seem to be in effect yet, it could have dire consequences. What if you wanted to avoid Windows 10 by installing an old copy of Windows 7 on your new machine? Whatever your reason for wanting to stay with an older Windows version,...

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