I admit, I'm a little behind on my updates on this Dell laptop. So I checked
my Important updates, and that KB3133977 is in there, and it's checked. I
have no idea as to whether I have an Asus motherboard in here, so I
unchecked the update, just to be on the safe side. I can't find anything
about my motherboard in my System Information. I can find my processor, hard
drive numbers, Ram and all that, but nothing about a motherboard. I'm sure
not gonna take the chance of installing that update.!
Evan
-----Original Message-----
From: Grant Metcalf via Talk
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 3:59 PM
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Subject: Fw: Microsoft Warns Windows 7 Has A Serious Problem (the article)
Hello there.
The Forbes article was hidden behind some "Welcome" script that wouldn't
remove itself unless I allowed its site to save cookies on my machine, which
I did not do. But, I did end up finding a text feed of the article. What
follows below (which describes Microsoft's new "strong-arm" tactic) is that
article. Hope this helps.
Jan 2, 2016 @ 05:30 PM
Microsoft Warns Windows 7 Has Serious Problems
Gordon Kelly , Contributor
Speaking to Windows Weekly, Microsoft Marketing chief Chris Capossela
explained that users who choose Windows 7 do so “at your own risk, at your
own peril” and he revealed Microsoft has concerns about its future software
and hardware compatibility, security and more.
“We do worry when people are running an operating system that’s 10 years old
that the next printer they buy isn’t going to work well, or they buy a new
game, they buy Fallout 4, a very popular game, and it doesn’t work on a
bunch of older machines,” Capossela stated. “And so, as we are pushing our
ISV [Independent Software Vendor] and hardware partners to build great new
stuff that takes advantage of Windows 10 that obviously makes the old stuff
really bad and not to mention viruses and security problems.”
He also stressed it is “so incredibly important to try to end the
fragmentation of the Windows install base” and to get users to a “safer
place”.
There’s only one problem with Capossela’s statements: they are complete
rubbish.
Windows 7 is no less secure than Windows 10 (it will be supported until
2020) and no less compatible with new hardware and software. In fact its far
greater market share means it is developers’ priority and has greater
compatibility with legacy programmes and peripherals. If Fallout 4 won’t run
on your Windows 7 computer, it will be upgrading your components not
installing Windows 10 which fixes that.
As for fragmentation, the only issue that creates is for Microsoft and its
target of getting one billion devices running Windows 10 within 2-3 years of
release. And this is where the true motivation for Capossela’s statements
become clear:
“We think every machine that is capable of running Windows 10 we should be
doing everything we possibly can to get people to move to Windows 10…We are
going to try to find that right balance, but we just know there’s a lot of
people out there who constantly kick the can down the street without a
little bit more of a, frankly, a push. And so, there’s no doubt with a base
as big as ours, it is hard to move anyone to a new model without angering
some people. We don’t want to anger anybody, but we do feel a responsibility
to get people to a much better place, and Windows 10 is a much better place
than Windows 7. We will always give you a way out, but we’re trying to find
the right threat balance.”
This phrase – “threat balance” – is telling. Microsoft has been cranking up
the pressure on Windows 7 and Windows 8 users to upgrade and, in my opinion,
the ‘balance’ was replaced by ‘threat’ a long time ago due to mandatory
Windows 10 downloads, automatic upgrade attempts and now Capossela’s claims
which add up to nothing more than deliberate misinformation designed to
unsettle users.
As I’ve written before, at its core Windows 10 is a very capable operating
system with immense promise but it is also overly controlling and I can
respect those Windows 7 and Windows 8 users who choose to stay where they
are. And this is the part Microsoft has forgotten: technically it keeps
giving users a choice, but by enforcing nagging pop-ups, cutting opt-out
options and spreading groundless fear for the average user it appears there
is no choice at all…
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