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Microsoft now blocks Windows 7 and 8.1 updates on Kaby Lake, Ryzen systems

March 17, 2017

Via: TechSpot

Despite Microsoft, Intel and AMD all stating that current generation processor platforms, namely Intel Kaby Lake and AMD Ryzen, are not supported on operating systems earlier than Windows 10, these latest parts do actually work on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.

It seems clear, though, that Microsoft doesn’t want these processors to work on their older operating systems. So they’ve decided to roll out a processor check in Windows Update on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, preventing users from download updates if their system contains a Kaby Lake or Ryzen CPU.

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