Prevent "Unsupported Hardware

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Curious for those us that are not big fans of Windows 10 and have Kaby Lake CPUs, if any has found a way to block MS annoying Windows Update nag message for Unsupport Hardware in Win 7.

I have searched around and have yet to find anything.

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the solution right now is to update to 10. ms has locked it down so who knows if there will be a work around. maybe you can just disable updates altogether....
 
Wow. This must mean that the latest processors contain a hidden hardware lock that win10 utilises. From Intel inside to Shady things happening inside.
 
Windows 7 will be supported until 2020... Unless you want new hardware, then suck it. I have people in their 70's and 80's that want Windows 7, so now I'll have to find previous generation hardware.

Remove KB4015549 and KB4015546 to get around it until MS pushes another patch to get in the way.
 
tec805 said:
Windows 7 will be supported until 2020... Unless you want new hardware, then suck it. I have people in their 70's and 80's that want Windows 7, so now I'll have to find previous generation hardware.

Remove KB4015549 and KB4015546 to get around it until MS pushes another patch to get in the way.
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Windows 7 is in extended support. I don't agree that Microsoft should be doing this but I have no problem with Microsoft not actively supporting Windows 7 at this point for totally new hardware. 8.1 is still in mainstream support, though for only 9 more months. Microsoft should have officially support this for 8.1, but considering the adoption rate of 8.x, well, enough said.
 
It's a vicious cycle. Microsoft does what it wants because the majority of the consumers are too dumb to be able to use the alternatives.
 
Chas said:
WSUSOffline.

Because fuck Microsoft.
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I don't think that will work anymore. If you install any of the patches going forward it will start nagging you with the pop-up every so many minutes on your desktop. Installed from MS or WSUS Offline, I don't think it makes a difference anymore since they tainted literally every patch going forward.
 
Try to uninstall and block updates KB4012218 and KB4015549. That should get rid of the annoying notification. You could also track down the executable and revoke all permissions from it.

You'll need to update using WSUS Offline Update or Windows Update MiniTool rather than Windows Update too.

http://download.wsusoffline.net/
https://wumt.blogspot.com/

It might be possible to spoof the CPU identifier too, but I haven't seen anyone document how to do that yet.
 
Microsoft's use of the "unsupported hardware" scam is but further proof that Microsoft employs psychopaths to force the use of Windows 10.
 
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Oh yes, absolutely. They want every single customer to be on Windows 10, and are willing to go to extraordinary lengths to force that decision. This is nothing compared to the forced upgrades that caused incredible havoc last year.
 
wonder if running linux headless with kvm gpu/sata/usb hardware pass through to windows would work
 
schizo said:
Try to uninstall and block updates KB4012218 and KB4015549. That should get rid of the annoying notification. You could also track down the executable and revoke all permissions from it.

You'll need to update using WSUS Offline Update or Windows Update MiniTool rather than Windows Update too.

http://download.wsusoffline.net/
https://wumt.blogspot.com/

It might be possible to spoof the CPU identifier too, but I haven't seen anyone document how to do that yet.
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Bad advice - unfortunately WSUS Offline hasn't been updated to avoid Microsoft's CPU lockout trojan. Just finished a fresh Windows 8.1 / 7700k / 1080 Ti build, had Windows Update disabled from the get-go, and ran WSUS Offline which ended up installing the CPU lockout KB update.

There's an analysis of it here: https://github.com/zeffy/kb4012218-19/blob/master/README.md

Fortunately I ran the bypass from the above link (its just a batch file for Windows 7, 8.1 and Server 2012), which got windows update going again.

The CPU lockout was blocking me from installing Microsoft's own Xbox One Wireless Adapter driver. After the bypass it installed fine.

SMFH.
 
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...cpus-install-updates-on-windows-7-andamp-8-1/

User-Made Patch Lets Owners of Next-Gen CPUs Install Updates on Windows 7 & 8.1
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The four batch scripts are now available on GitHub, open-sourced and ready to be inspected, just in case anyone fears Zeffy might have disguised any malware.

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By running a simple diff operation on these files, he was able to discover two new functions "IsCPUSupported(void)" and "IsDeviceServiceable(void)" inside the March 2017 version of wuaueng.dll, delivered through KB4012218.

Zeffy's scripts patch this DLL file and make the two functions output "1", which translates to "supported CPU." This, in turn, starts the update procedure, delivering new security updates to users Microsoft wanted to block.
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Yep, that's the best answer available right now.

Spoofing the CPUID so you don't need to patch update DLLs would be even better.
 
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