ceo54 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 (edited) On 7/5/2022 at 3:57 PM, Jody Thornton said: But how are the ESU updates legally obtained? Are they on the Microsoft Catalog site? Yeah, updates will be on Catalog site but they will not install without an ESU subscription. Once that is installed, updates will normally install. Edited January 16, 2023 by Tripredacus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jody Thornton Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 On 1/6/2023 at 12:03 PM, Vistapocalypse said: Is anyone using Windows Defender on Windows 8 or 8.1? It looks like doomsday is near: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-defender-for-windows-8-and-81 I will say that just now I've updated Defender, and I received definitions created at 3:34 am this morning. I'll keep my fingers crossed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legacyfan Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 2 hours ago, Jody Thornton said: I will say that just now I've updated Defender, and I received definitions created at 3:34 am this morning. I'll keep my fingers crossed. from now on its going to be a big battle to keep microsoft from slowly ruining everything they see and browsers are getting harder as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave67 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 On 1/6/2023 at 9:03 AM, Vistapocalypse said: Is anyone using Windows Defender on Windows 8 or 8.1? It looks like doomsday is near: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-defender-for-windows-8-and-81 Still getting definition updates for Defender 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cocodile Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 On 1/11/2023 at 10:53 PM, legacyfan said: from now on its going to be a big battle to keep microsoft from slowly ruining everything they see and browsers are getting harder as well This battle is with us since the dawn of times. I'm thinking, maybe I also need to buy the ESU licence. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoltboy01 Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share Posted March 21, 2023 Microsoft Accounts seem to no longer work on Windows 8.1 I couldnt sign in, even with a fully patched 8.1 (01/23). They break everything currently 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jody Thornton Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 As of late I have not received automated updated definitions. Here's what I posted on here and Reddit: Hey Folks. I'm on Windows 8, using Antimalware Client 4.8.207.0. Over the past two weeks, it has not updated automatically, or when I press the "Update" button in Windows Defender. In the latter case, It says "Searching", and shows a small amount of the percentage bar; then quits. There is no error message. It just goes back to displaying the time and date of the last time Defender was update (as if there was no update available). I can download the latest definitions and install them myself however. That works. So there's indeed a way to remain updated. Has anyone else experienced this? ... and then in a secondary comment: Upon further investigation, I notice the Event Log there's an Schannel Fatal Alert 40. It only happens when I press the update button in Windows Defender. At the same time in the Windows Defender "Operational" Logs, there's an error under Event ID 2001 at the same time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vistapocalypse Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 11 hours ago, Jody Thornton said: As of late I have not received automated updated definitions. Hi Jody. It is most likely Microsoft starting to annoy you. MSE users have reported similar issues with definition updates in a recent thread at SevenForums. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jody Thornton Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 4 hours ago, Vistapocalypse said: Hi Jody. It is most likely Microsoft starting to annoy you. MSE users have reported similar issues with definition updates in a recent thread at SevenForums. I saw that yesterday. Thanks for the response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroSkipper Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 (edited) Microsoft's strategy is to annoy all users of older operating systems in order to get them to switch to their latest operating system. They "learnt" from the past to avoid such long support as it was in the case of Windows XP. Edited July 23, 2023 by AstroSkipper Update of content 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mshultz Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 My definitions are now 4 days old. Manual update is not working. Also, I created a Microsoft account this weekend. Successful, but when I tried to enter my landline number, it tried to text me a security code. I do have a cell phone now, but it is for emergency use only. If I start handing out that number, I might start to get calls on it, which I do not want. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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