• Two more casualties in the ‘Unsupported hardware’ Kaby Lake/Ryzen Windows Update lockout

    Posted on April 27, 2017 at 13:29 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    There’s a report of a mis-identification for an older E3500 processor, and one blocked Windows Update for a guy who upgraded his video card.

    InfoWorld Woody on Windows

    UPDATE: I just got an email from DP who pointed me to this excellent discussion on the Intel forum, from a guy named Igor Levicki:

    Either Microsoft is lying, and Intel is effectively enabling that by staying silent, or Microsoft is telling the truth, and Intel is falsely advertising their new CPUs as 100% backward compatible. In both cases Intel’s behavior looks dishonest toward consumers and developers alike.

    Intel’s perspective is different from Microsoft’s. If you’re concerned about this situation, you should read that whole thread.

    ANOTHER UPDATE: Martin Brinkmann at gHacks has a great essay on the topic:

    Microsoft’s decision to block its customers from receiving updates on supported machines is as customer unfriendly as it gets especially since the block includes security updates and patches as well.

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