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   Message 195,811 of 197,590   
   Daniel70 to Mark Lloyd   
   Re: "Support has ended" nags   
   26 Nov 25 21:09:49   
   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 26/11/2025 6:31 am, Mark Lloyd wrote:   
   > On Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:12:17 +0000, wasbit wrote:   
   >   
   > [snip]   
   >   
   >> I beg to differ.   
   >> I am still getting updates for Windows 8.1 as well as daily updates for   
   >> Windows Defender definitions.   
   >> There wouldn't be much point in using Windows Defender if there were no   
   >> new definitions.   
   >   
   > I have two Win7 installations. One gets those regular Defender updates.   
   > The other one doesn't because its on a unsupported CPU*.   
   >   
   > * - a VM that's been transplanted from a dead host machine to a newer   
   > system.   
   >   
   > [snip]   
   >   
   My Dual Boot HP 6730B (??) Win7/Linux Laptop died earlier this year. I   
   used to boot it up into Win7 each Wednesday to pick up any Anti-Virus   
   Updates.   
      
   I'm sure I picked up some Win7 updates last year, too.   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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