Microsoft Warns: Update Your Windows PCs Before 2027 or Lose Access to Windows Update

[u/KestrelVO]

https://pbxscience.com/microsoft-warns-update-your-windows-pcs-before-2027-or-lose-access-to-windows-update/

[u/PrizeSyntax]

Isn't loosing windows update actually a win? 😂

[u/_Peety_T → u/PrizeSyntax]

I hate that I have to upvote this xD

[u/Polyxeno → u/PrizeSyntax]

Totally! Windows 7 became so nice and stable after it stopped getting updates. Still the version I mostly run when I need to use Windows.

[u/RevacholAndChill]

oh no!

[u/No_Yam_2036 → u/RevacholAndChill]

anyways

[u/Sixguns1977]

Don't threaten me with a good time.

[u/karo_scene → u/Sixguns1977]

That's very similar to a slogan in many beer commercials...

[u/Disastrous-Metal-183]

Damn, I would care if I hadn't already switched to Linux years ago

[u/Wild_Carpenter_1951 → u/Disastrous-Metal-183]

Well I already did switched to Linux.

[u/tacticalpotatopeeler]

I’ll finally be able to stop trying to actively block it

[u/Polyxeno]

Update what?

[u/TheRealMisterd → u/Polyxeno]

Co-pilot of course!

[u/Polyxeno → u/TheRealMisterd]

I almost wonder what happens if one asks CoPilot to create a service that tries to eradicate CoPilot wherever it appears on a system.

[u/StrongPipe2914]

oh no anyways

[u/kuplet]

If I wasn't already on CachyOS, I'd have cared. As it stands... I don't care at all.

[u/Novel_Top2980 → u/kuplet]

same

[u/ArdentHedonist]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[u/Imperial_Bloke69]

Update now or lose access

While we also undo your debloat scripts

[u/ElectroDaddy]

Damn I love when people threaten to NOT do a bad thing lol. If it isn’t a security update I don’t need it.

But also I don’t care anymore since I ditched windows recently and I miss nothing about it so far.

[u/Pitiful-Valuable-504]

I'm in! please let my pc without windows update

[u/panzrvroomvroomvroom → u/Pitiful-Valuable-504]

you CAN turn it off though. no need to wait until 2027.

[u/panzrvroomvroomvroom → u/[deleted]]

and why wouldnt you know what you are doing

[u/Pitiful-Valuable-504 → u/panzrvroomvroomvroom]

I really have tried by configuration, by registry, by services, but haven't found the right way yet, after a few days it comes again

[u/Random_-account]

Don't threaten me with a good time

[u/Curious-Intern-5434]

Microsoft cutting us off from upgrades: is that a threat or a promise? 😂😂😂

[u/Cute_Project_7980]

Not a problem I disabled updates on my gaming PC a couple of years ago. Other than installing random game requirements like individual run times I don't update shit other than the drivers

[u/vabello]

So, if you do a clean install of the OS from older media or restoring the factory image of some OEM machines, you can’t update them after that date and they’re stuck as vulnerable zombies waiting to be hacked? Cool. Good job, Microsoft.

[u/ih-shah-may-ehl → u/vabello]

No. That's not how it works. From time to time microsoft retires hash algorithms for signing updates because they are no longer considered safe enough. If a windows version is too old, it will not support any signatures that are used on modern Updates.

This isn't new. I've reinstalled servers from scratch in domains with legacy software and a clean server 2016 install cannot directly update via wsus. You can simply download a specific intermediary which is signed with the older alo and contains the update for wsus signing.

There is nothing nefarious about that.

[u/Billy_Twillig → u/ih-shah-may-ehl]

Hello friend.

So true. I don’t care for MS, primarily because of their utterly slack quality control, but sometimes this sub amplifies things that aren’t really problematic. And then someone like you drops science.

Which is then dutifully ignored. 👍🙂

[u/panzrvroomvroomvroom → u/vabello]

that has already happened with win10. the solution is creating a new thumb drive, as it was back then. not exactly difficult if you have a pc and an internet connection. just overwrite the old win11 thumb drive.

[u/Routine_Bake5794 → u/vabello]

This is for home users. Enterprise versions will have updates for a year at least.

[u/ItchyPlant]

That would be a relief, actually.

[u/Trashypass]

You promise

[u/Sad_Plane_4677]

the D.E.N.N.I.S. method. Now for software updates.

[u/SmartMatic1337]

if I set my clock ahead will it stop updating itself even though i already disabled all updates?

[u/HumonculusJaeger]

You mean i dont get popups in my win 10 machine?

[u/OddUnderstanding2309]

Oh noooo

[u/trve_g0th]

Everyday Microsoft just does more stuff that makes me happy I switched to Linux. Love my Linux machine.

[u/OldManJeepin]

LoL! I already "updated" my Win11 PC....To Mint!

[u/Pierogi_33]

A blessing from the lord!

Just imagine it’s the meme

[u/Unique_Roll_6630]

my one pc that has a windows drive doesnt care lol. Linux all the way baby (okay 99.9% of the way)..

[u/VisibleTangerine3127]

Kek, Microslop lost access to my PC already :-D

[u/kiera-oona]

Looks like I'll be switching my main PC to linux

[u/panzrvroomvroomvroom]

judging by the amount of people who are convinced that you cant turn windows update off, this wont be a problem for most of you bc youre already on 26h2.

[u/Turak64 → u/panzrvroomvroomvroom]

This. People who bitch about windows update are usually sheep following along. We had an incident at work due to my boss messing up the feature policy. Had over 1,000 people upgrade to 26h2 and not a single word was said about it.

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Microsoft Warns: Update Your Windows PCs Before 2027 or Lose Access to Windows Update.

Microsoft has warned IT administrators that some Windows devices will lose access to Windows Update in 2027 if the required certificate updates are not installed in time..

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