On Thu, 17 Jun 2021 at 15:28:00, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote (my
responses usually follow points raised):
>Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 5/11/2021 10:00 PM, Sailfish wrote:
>> > Ant graced us with on 5/11/2021 9:27 PM:
>> >> Or do they all require newer OSes like W10 these days? I'd like to
>> >> replace my over decade old PCs, but I really hate W10. :(
>> >>
>> >> Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
>> >
>> > Mine is relatively new (4.5 yearsold), a Dell 8900 XPS and Win 7 Pro &
>> > Ultimate work fine. However, I can't confirm anything later than that.
>> >
>
>> This PC is running win7 on a GA-Z270XP-SLI running an I7-8700K with some
>> tape mods to it's connections, and a modded BIOS. There are hacks
>> available to keep getting updates.
>
>That sounds complex and difficult.

What updates are available - is this something like the POS hack for XP,
or are you getting 10 updates and somehow using them?

I've left my 7 (32-bit HP) as is, and I get the monthly MSRT. I don't
think anything else since the end of support, and the subsequent "oops"
update.
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On 6/17/21 6:18 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

[snip]

> What updates are available - is this something like the POS hack for XP,
> or are you getting 10 updates and somehow using them?
>
> I've left my 7 (32-bit HP) as is, and I get the monthly MSRT. I don't
> think anything else since the end of support, and the subsequent "oops"
> update.

There was the update that provided Edge.

I have a Win7 installation on a virtual machine. That computer died, and
I transferred the disk to a newer machine (new host OS installation),
and it started giving "unsupported hardware" messages. I just disabled
automatic updates.

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"The truths which God revealed have been overthrown by the truths which
man has discovered." [Lemuel K. Washburn, _Is The Bible Worth Reading
And Other Essays_, 1911]

On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 at 13:00:25, Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> wrote (my
responses usually follow points raised):
>On 6/17/21 6:18 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
>
>[snip]
>
>> What updates are available - is this something like the POS hack for
>>XP, or are you getting 10 updates and somehow using them?
>> I've left my 7 (32-bit HP) as is, and I get the monthly MSRT. I
>>don't think anything else since the end of support, and the
>>subsequent "oops" update.
>
>There was the update that provided Edge.

Oh yes, I forgot about that one.
>
>I have a Win7 installation on a virtual machine. That computer died,
>and I transferred the disk to a newer machine (new host OS

Interesting. When you say you transferred the disk, do you just mean the
file that represented the virtual machine, or physically moved a drive?

>installation), and it started giving "unsupported hardware" messages. I
>just disabled automatic updates.
>
Interesting: I assume you mean the unsupported hardware messages stopped
when you disabled automatic updates. Which sounds like the checks - be
they for supported hardware or a valid Windows - are related to the
update server, which seems odd for either sort. Or?
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On 6/18/21 1:24 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

[snip]

>> I have a Win7 installation on a virtual machine. That computer died,
>> and I transferred the disk to a newer machine (new host OS
>
> Interesting. When you say you transferred the disk, do you just mean the
> file that represented the virtual machine, or physically moved a drive?

"disk" is getting to be an obsolete word, it was NVMe, which I was using
to make VMs run faster. I physically moved the drive. I've done this
before. Moved the drive to another PC to get the VM working quickly
after the hardware failed.

An unexpected problem with this move: I had to turn on a hard-to-find
setting (IIRC, called SVM) in setup to get 64-bit VMs to work.

>> installation), and it started giving "unsupported hardware" messages.
>> I just disabled automatic updates.
>>
> Interesting: I assume you mean the unsupported hardware messages stopped
> when you disabled automatic updates.

They did. It seems to be running fine, and I have no idea if there will
ever be any more updates.

BTW, I don't have much use for Edge. The important part seems just like
Chromium. You just get different integrated spyware (MS instead of Google).

> Which sounds like the checks - be
> they for supported hardware or a valid Windows - are related to the
> update server, which seems odd for either sort. Or?

Maybe they're doing this to get out of the need to test any updates on
the new hardware.

--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us/

"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our
inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the
state of facts and evidence." -- John Adams