Microsoft drops Windows 7 support for CPUs without SSE2

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Microsoft drops Windows 7 support for CPUs without SSE2

Microsoft has dropped support for several older processors in Windows 7 after reportedly giving up on resolving a problem listed as a “known issue,” ZDNet reported.

According to the report, the March 2018 security update for Windows 7 listed a known issue where a “Stop” error will occur on PCs that don’t support Streaming Single Instructions Multiple Data Extensions 2 (SSE2).
 
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