Karlston Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Someone found a way to bypass Windows 7 Extended Security Updates checks Someone discovered a way to enable Extended Security Updates on all machines running Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system. Support for Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system ends after the January 2020 Patch Tuesday. Small businesses and Enterprises may extend support by up to three years for a price. Small businesses pay Microsoft up to $200 per device and year for extended support, Enterprises up to $200 per user and year. The support program is available already and there are prerequisites that need to be met. Microsoft won't offer the Extended Security Updates program to Home users even though some would pay Microsoft to extend support for Windows 7. Home users may get some security patches created by third-party company 0Patch, but support will be limited and not as extensive -- likely -- as what Microsoft pushes out via the Extended Security Updates program. Note: Microsoft released a test update that administrators may attempt to download and install to verify that the device is eligible for Extended Security Updates. This, and other parameters, may change before the program starts officially in January 2020. Creating backups is highly recommended. Devices or users that participate in the Extended Security Updates program need to install an update that verifies eligibility to receive updates after January 14, 2020. Extended Security Updates must be installed online on live systems; they cannot be integrated or installed offline, at least not right now. Users on the My Digital Life forum discovered a way to bypass the Extended Security Updates check. The bypass works with Microsoft's test update but it is unclear if it will also work with "real" updates that the company releases after the January 2020 Patch Day. All that needs to be done currently is to download a small archive from the My Digital Life forum and extract it. The package includes two batch files that enable or disable the bypass on the system, executable files, and the source. Basically, what happens behind the scene is that verification checks return true all the time through manipulation of these checks. One interesting aspect of the hack is that it enables support for all Windows 7 editions, even those that Microsoft does not want to support after January 14, 2020. In other words: Windows 7 Home, Starter or Ultimate editions would be able to receive updates provided by the Extended Security Updates program when the bypass is installed. The developers plan already to extend support to Windows Vista and to support the POSReady 7 SKU which will receive security updates until 2024. (via Deskmodder) Source: Someone found a way to bypass Windows 7 Extended Security Updates checks (gHacks - Martin Brinkmann) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mp68terr Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 AFAIK, for online updates so far, but let's hope that it will work too with some kind of offline simplix-like ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banned Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Congratulations. You may continue to use your "obsolete" version of Windows for a little while longer. Welcome to the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 3 hours ago, banned said: Congratulations. You may continue to use your "obsolete" version of Windows for a little while longer. Welcome to the club. XP and Vista users will welcome Win 7 to the club very soon. haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vakdan Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 I wouldn't recommend doing this, firstly because most likely it will be patched and secondly I see many companies stopping support and updates of their apps for Windows 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 18 hours ago, vlefteriss said: I wouldn't recommend doing this, firstly because most likely it will be patched and secondly I see many companies stopping support and updates of their apps for Windows 7. Older apps can able to support Win7, but future major releases after January 2020 will see Win7 being axed from the support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrix Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 59 minutes ago, majstrrrduxx said: Here is script from MDL forum.. Post removed this is news section! Also direct downloads from other forums are not allowed here. Guidelines Quote Members are kindly requested to make their links properly share-coded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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