get windows 7-based support until 2021! with windows embedded posready 7 (this method wont work anymore)

[legacyfan]

(warning! this method wont work anymore you can try it still if you want but it could cause problems)

 

 

Edited May 26, 2021 by legacyfan
added a warning

[i430VX]

FWIW, it's not support, it's updates only. As far as M$ will care, POSReady updates on Vanilla 7 is an unsupported configuration and as such you wiill not receive any support from microsoft. Just security updates.

[mshultz]

In order to use this version, you need a copy of Windows 7 POS with a valid product key.  A quick check of eBay did not turn up any Windows 7 POS copies for sale.  It looks like a dead end.

 

[InterLinked]

Also, why use POS updates when you can get the real ones? Windows 7 is NOT unsupported, Microsoft just wants people to think that. They are releasing updates through 2023. Just saying...

[i430VX]

Vanilla Windows 7 is only (first party) supported at this point if you pay microsoft for ESU or have some sort of private ($$$$) arrangement. Support in this context does not equal updates, though they would almost always be included in a support contract. Support means the company is supporting the product to the end user(s) (you). Third-Party/Community support? Yes, of course that still is going strong. But just because you're getting new updates on a 7 box does not mean you are supported, per se. As in... if you call microsoft support, they will not help if you are not paying them to do so, at this point.

You see many open source or freeware programs, even frequently updated ones that are "...provided on an AS-IS basis." For all intents and purposes, this is the same scenario.

This is definitely a rant, but there is a (clear) line in the sand to be drawn between updates and support, when you are taking updates intended for another product/payment scenario and putting them on yours.

[InterLinked]

On 3/5/2021 at 11:52 PM, i430VX said:

Vanilla Windows 7 is only (first party) supported at this point if you pay microsoft for ESU or have some sort of private ($$$$) arrangement. Support in this context does not equal updates, though they would almost always be included in a support contract. Support means the company is supporting the product to the end user(s) (you). Third-Party/Community support? Yes, of course that still is going strong. But just because you're getting new updates on a 7 box does not mean you are supported, per se. As in... if you call microsoft support, they will not help if you are not paying them to do so, at this point.

You see many open source or freeware programs, even frequently updated ones that are "...provided on an AS-IS basis." For all intents and purposes, this is the same scenario.

This is definitely a rant, but there is a (clear) line in the sand to be drawn between updates and support, when you are taking updates intended for another product/payment scenario and putting them on yours.

Maybe true, but when has Microsoft ever offered free "support" for their products anyways? You can't call up Microsoft if you have a problem with a "supported" OS like Windows 10 and ask for help. Unless you have an enterprise support agreement, even if the problem is THEIR fault, you are SOL because you don't matter. I don't care squat about whether Microsoft will supposedly offer "support" - they never have anyways for the consumer market! So, it's a bit irrelevant IMO if they are "supporting" something or not, because the outcome is the same either way. If there are software updates, then that's more than good enough for me.