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Microsoft to release one more update (free) for Windows 7, correcting the black wallpaper issue
Microsoft released their last public security updates for Windows 7 earlier this month, ending support for that operating system after more than 10 years. Microsoft however created a big of an issue with that last update, causing problems with the wallpaper for some Windows 7 users.
“After installing KB4534310, the desktop wallpaper may appear black when set to mode Stretch, ” admits Microsoft. It seems to only affect stretched wallpapers, and the adjustment, fill, tile or center options still work for Windows 7 users.
It is unusual for Microsoft to issue public patches and updates to operating systems that are marked as out of support, since customers generally have to buy ESU. These are US $25 or US $50 per machine for companies that are still running Windows 7, and have led the German government to pay around US $ 887,000 for their PCs. Microsoft earlier on relayed that this would not be fixed, and would only be available “for organizations that bought Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU).
However, they are coming back from that statement and now will patch the issue. So yeah, there is one more Windows 7 patch inbound.
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#5754919 Posted on: 01/28/2020 11:09 AM
Yeap, seems like last week I was installing the first preview builds after finishing secondary school.
That 10 years flew by it seems.
Yeap, seems like last week I was installing the first preview builds after finishing secondary school.
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#5754928 Posted on: 01/28/2020 11:19 AM
M$ would be clever to offer the ESU to 'normal' customers as well... so who wants to still stick with 7 for the next 2 years would have a real option.
But I would't be surprised when they screw up Win10-Users the same way, when a successor arrives. :-/
M$ would be clever to offer the ESU to 'normal' customers as well... so who wants to still stick with 7 for the next 2 years would have a real option.
But I would't be surprised when they screw up Win10-Users the same way, when a successor arrives. :-/
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#5754939 Posted on: 01/28/2020 11:43 AM
Lawyers probably told them that they would be legally liable for leaving the OS in a damaged state.
Lawyers probably told them that they would be legally liable for leaving the OS in a damaged state.
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#5754974 Posted on: 01/28/2020 12:55 PM
M$ would be clever to offer the ESU to 'normal' customers as well... so who wants to still stick with 7 for the next 2 years would have a real option.
But I would't be surprised when they screw up Win10-Users the same way, when a successor arrives. :-/
I been using Windows since Windows 95 and never been screwed over. I always made sure to switch to a new OS two or more years prior before the other goes EOL.
People seem to forget Microsoft has been supporting Windows 7 for nearly 11 years... 11 years... 11 years.
Yeah, i wish Samsung supported their mobile devices for that long.
M$ would be clever to offer the ESU to 'normal' customers as well... so who wants to still stick with 7 for the next 2 years would have a real option.
But I would't be surprised when they screw up Win10-Users the same way, when a successor arrives. :-/
I been using Windows since Windows 95 and never been screwed over. I always made sure to switch to a new OS two or more years prior before the other goes EOL.
People seem to forget Microsoft has been supporting Windows 7 for nearly 11 years... 11 years... 11 years.
Yeah, i wish Samsung supported their mobile devices for that long.
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That 10 years flew by it seems.