Path: local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 16:06:27 +0000 From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) Subject: Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action References: User-Agent: tin/2.6.2-20221225 ("Pittyvaich") (Linux/6.10.7-100.fc39.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: <8P-dnQGrC_Web9j6nZ2dnZfqnPgAAAAA@earthlink.com> Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 16:06:27 +0000 Lines: 22 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.180.143.226 X-Trace: sv3-9Bbstgcsr95flV9JA1guflNrC2+dT6eaC90dP9L7Ya8QoFWVW7ArjpbgNT8ryIygwIVrOCGCPirw2/8!ByNqLn0zptINl0s8E+ZhHTXUkAl7bJ0oL5I7u/Vy0QIXN5N2kV9cxRy403oafnWyNDgOFrUx39ol!ymPZF0S5yPdopcU4xgk8nsNryLeSKYs/ X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2153 Mike S. wrote: > On Tue, 26 Nov 2024 05:25:40 -0000 (UTC), rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca > (Ross Ridge) wrote: > >I believe so, yes. Last week I booted my old Windows 7 PC in order to > >copy some games over to my new Windows 11 box, and I let Steam update > >a few games and it worked fine. I didn't do a complete install of any > >games though. > Steam seems to still be working on my Win 7 machine. I installed a > game which also worked fine. It just isn't updating anymore. I am > guessing it will stop working entirely at some point. Is Valve really going to block all gamers in older OSes? :( -- "Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" --John 11:26. Ant would like 2 leave Earf life tho. Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org. / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( )