Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-4.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 19:10:59 +0000 From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) Subject: Re: Steam finally kills Win7/8 support Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action References: <8P-dnQGrC_Web9j6nZ2dnZfqnPgAAAAA@earthlink.com> User-Agent: tin/2.6.2-20221225 ("Pittyvaich") (Linux/6.10.7-100.fc39.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 19:10:59 +0000 Lines: 30 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.180.143.226 X-Trace: sv3-ptfzXR4ne6AP5UGIsS3PjUW0gX2QLDOhrjbzW8Iut8yvegV6RquF6U4SrW/UIdjuwIaEOZcYiBxgVur!iqr8LT3lq5EJP5QGSifrmG+muSH1kzK/4jJq8Gt+Npfqi0sP0CMsKF7m2angO1OEMWSHyLueSYV6!L6QTtMPoZu91PHC+ULqgTbUbJjnssFlw 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: 2535 Xocyll wrote: > ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) looked up from reading the entrails of the porn > spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say: > >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? :( > Old OS gamers don't buy Gabe Cheeseburgers. I can has cheeseburgers? ;) -- "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| | \ _ / ( )