New Posts For Thread: Windows 7!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31609803/windows-7From tomorrow (14th Jan) onward there will be no security updates to plug any holes in the software; online security would be compromised and very possibly unsafe too. Advice from Microsoft is upgrade to Windows 10 (which is awful) for a fee or get aI can still install updates after deleting cookies and scanning. Maybe it's true Microsoft will still issue updates for any serious flaws found in Windows 7 like they do with XP.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31609803/windows-7?post_id=558812625#558812625I can still install updates after deleting cookies and scanning. Maybe it's true Microsoft will still issue updates for any serious flaws found in Windows 7 like they do with XP.Sun, 09 Feb 2020 11:57:14 -0600A couple of news items recently since Microsoft stopped support for Win 7.First there was the black desktop background issue(As i've mentioned above, i've always used a pirated windows OS and have mostly worked with a black desktop background. Its juhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31609803/windows-7?post_id=558812555#558812555A couple of news items recently since Microsoft stopped support for Win 7.First there was the black desktop background issue(As i've mentioned above, i've always used a pirated windows OS and have mostly worked with a black desktop background. Its juSun, 09 Feb 2020 11:38:22 -0600Yeah Gin, you're correct.....Anyway I'm going to chain myself to the fence, with others of the same disposition, and loudly sing our anthem...After four...One, two, three, four...Keep right on to the end of the road, keep right on to the end........(https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31609803/windows-7?post_id=558672915#558672915Yeah Gin, you're correct.....Anyway I'm going to chain myself to the fence, with others of the same disposition, and loudly sing our anthem...After four...One, two, three, four...Keep right on to the end of the road, keep right on to the end........(Thu, 16 Jan 2020 07:32:05 -0600Microsoft would probably still issue updates for any SERIOUS flaws found in Windows 7. They have done this previously with Win XP.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31609803/windows-7?post_id=558672439#558672439Microsoft would probably still issue updates for any SERIOUS flaws found in Windows 7. They have done this previously with Win XP.Thu, 16 Jan 2020 05:53:31 -0600Actually, what they have done is to give us "Windows 10" with some sort of "face saving" condition!A bit like when manufacturers want to move high volumes, without upsetting retailers, by describing them as reconditioned!eg. I got a "Bissell-Powermashttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31609803/windows-7?post_id=558672077#558672077Actually, what they have done is to give us "Windows 10" with some sort of "face saving" condition!A bit like when manufacturers want to move high volumes, without upsetting retailers, by describing them as reconditioned!eg. I got a "Bissell-PowermasThu, 16 Jan 2020 04:19:46 -0600^^ and ^^^tuesday is update day, so nothing really surprising.Going forward the problem is that a "vulnerability" is found in win10 that also affects win7. Hackers check these updates and as the issue won't be fixed in win7 they try to exploit it.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31609803/windows-7?post_id=558672067#558672067^^ and ^^^tuesday is update day, so nothing really surprising.Going forward the problem is that a "vulnerability" is found in win10 that also affects win7. Hackers check these updates and as the issue won't be fixed in win7 they try to exploit it.Thu, 16 Jan 2020 04:17:33 -0600Im just carrying on as before. Im not rushing out to buy new computer or Windows 10.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31609803/windows-7?post_id=558671919#558671919Im just carrying on as before. Im not rushing out to buy new computer or Windows 10.Thu, 16 Jan 2020 03:32:11 -0600It's all Wizardry really, letting people you don't know, having keys to your office, and filing cabinets etc,on the grounds that they have promised to be good, and treat everything in there with utmost confidentiality, and if they want toalter thingshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31609803/windows-7?post_id=558671903#558671903It's all Wizardry really, letting people you don't know, having keys to your office, and filing cabinets etc,on the grounds that they have promised to be good, and treat everything in there with utmost confidentiality, and if they want toalter thingsThu, 16 Jan 2020 03:28:31 -0600I got Updates as well when I switched off last night.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31609803/windows-7?post_id=558671861#558671861I got Updates as well when I switched off last night.Thu, 16 Jan 2020 03:09:49 -0600Well here's interesting....Just fired up the desktop, and "Windows 7", with a generous shovel of "Nutty Slack", and I got...."Preparing To Configure Windows, Do Not Turn Off Your Computer"and then...."Installing Windows Updates..Please Wait"......orhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31609803/windows-7?post_id=558671849#558671849Well here's interesting....Just fired up the desktop, and "Windows 7", with a generous shovel of "Nutty Slack", and I got...."Preparing To Configure Windows, Do Not Turn Off Your Computer"and then...."Installing Windows Updates..Please Wait"......orThu, 16 Jan 2020 03:02:37 -0600