Windows 7
I am still running windows 7 but I read that MS is having problems with it. Any comments here?
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Earlier this year Microsoft MSFT +0.88% warned users that Windows 7 has serious problems. I dismissed its claims as a desperate attempt to shift copies of Windows 10 (and I still do), but now Microsoft has warned of a new serious Windows 7 problem that is very real – even though it makes no sense whatsoever…
In short: Microsoft has made a seemingly small yet completely bizarre tweak to Windows Update on Windows 7 and confirmed it is crippling many users’ PCs.
The tweak? It switched the status of Windows 7 update KB3133977 from ‘Optional’ to ‘Recommended’. The bizarre part? Despite acknowledging the problems, Microsoft knew they would occur in advance and it has no plans to do anything about it. I found this in a Forbes article! I went to my control panel clicked on windows update found the KB3133977 and right clicked and put in as a hidden update! So far so good. If this installs it is also known to render your Operating System unusable as it blocks it with a window. You should be able to locate the article using 5/6/2016 date and Forbes!
In short: Microsoft has made a seemingly small yet completely bizarre tweak to Windows Update on Windows 7 and confirmed it is crippling many users’ PCs.
The tweak? It switched the status of Windows 7 update KB3133977 from ‘Optional’ to ‘Recommended’. The bizarre part? Despite acknowledging the problems, Microsoft knew they would occur in advance and it has no plans to do anything about it. I found this in a Forbes article! I went to my control panel clicked on windows update found the KB3133977 and right clicked and put in as a hidden update! So far so good. If this installs it is also known to render your Operating System unusable as it blocks it with a window. You should be able to locate the article using 5/6/2016 date and Forbes!
