Windows 7 annoying "Unsupported Hardware" pop ups

Anonymous
2017-04-12T08:22:47+00:00

I, just like most users hate Windows 10 for so many issues and bugs. It has usability issues and so many problems that Windows support team chooses ignore despite multiple complaints. Microsoft knows this very well but they keep hush about all this. Now to add to it, Windows 7 (the best OS so far) keeps giving a warning that my Intel Core i7 (7700k) processor is not supported.

I'm sorry but Windows 10 is officially the **** and buggiest product I've ever used. And I'm never going to switch to it until every problem has been fixed. Please do something about these annoying "unsupported processor" pop ups. If this is not resolved soon I'm going to write an entire blog about this and I'm sure there are many users who feel the same. Now this is not a small issue and I suggest to take this at the highest priority.

Every user should be allowed to use whatever version of Windows that suits their needs and is comfortable to use.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-12-29T17:12:07+00:00

    I got rid of this message unsupported hardware by deleting update KB4054518. hope this helps.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-05-08T23:48:38+00:00

    To expand on this i have found a workaround today that worked for me. Windows 7 machine with a 7th Gen CPU i7-7700. This fix got rid of that message for me.

    Hopefully it will save someone the hours it took me to finally resolve it. I posted on our website here.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-08-28T06:35:36+00:00

    People, just do this: https://github.com/zeffy/wufuc

    End of thread... I have it for 3 months now, updates roll in, no issues what so ever.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-06-13T07:07:20+00:00

    For a workaround, Google "github unsupported hardware"...

    Or let me be more precise :P https://github.com/zeffy/wufuc

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  5. Anonymous
    2017-04-13T21:12:16+00:00

    Good report and that helps.

    Mid last year when Windows 10 was offered for free it caused much grief in the community for folks that didn't want it but the notifications and other things kept popping up - how to get rid of them?!  And some updates began to look much like spyware, snooping and data collection on your system but of course none of your personal information or data would ever be collected - really?  Nobody wanted that stuff either.

    Many users decided to just set Windows Update to never check for updates, then you are in control of your system instead of Microsoft.  That way you check for updates periodically and install the updates that YOU want instead of what MS thinks you should have.  Still there are folks that just install all the updates offered without looking at them and then come the topics with descriptions like "Windows Update broke my computer!"

    For me and many others that would just be only consider installing updates that have the word "Security" in them and only after reading the descriptions.  There will be no more enhancements or bug fixes for Windows 7 - just patches until 2020.

    You may find of interest this topic from October about the subject:

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-update/windows-update-how-will-it-change-your-system/6d2ee7f8-908f-4ddb-8fd9-1eab55773141?tm=1476461665170

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