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Microsoft brings update for Windows 7. (Photo: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock)
29.01.2020, 04:28 a.m.
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Although the official support for Windows 7 expired a few days ago, Microsoft still has to submit an update. The reason is problems with some wallpapers.
Microsoft officially released it just two weeks ago Support for Windows 7 discontinued, That means: There should actually be no free updates and patches for normal users – only for those who pay for a support extension. Actually; because Microsoft now delivers a Windows 7 update, with which problems with some wallpapers are to be fixed, such as The Verge reports,
Windows 7: Update to fix wallpaper bug
Accordingly, the bug should have been brought to the users’ computers with one of the last official updates for Windows 7, specifically: with KB4534310. Subsequently, users who have set their desktop wallpapers to the “Stretch” option may see the screen go black, as Microsoft announced. Apparently, the error only occurs with stretched wallpapers that have been set to fill the screen and have been changed in format. Other options should continue to work.
Probably the remaining ones Windows 7 users don’t get upset, Microsoft has now extended the update with which the patch is to be delivered to all users of the outdated operating system. Initially, according to The Verge, the plan was to only offer the fix to companies that pay to extend Windows 7 support. These include the federal government and several federal agencies that are doing this alone this year Let 800,000 euros cost,
Microsoft provides all Windows 7 users with the update
The fix is now available to all users who still have Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 installed. However, the subsequent update is not very unusual. After all, Microsoft has also been public in recent years Updates for Windows XP provided to better protect its users against ransomware attacks.
Also interesting: Petition calls for Windows 7 to be converted to open source software
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