Epic Games Store Dropping Windows 7 and Windows 10 32bit Support in June

[Boblin the Goblin]

EGS announced that they will be dropping support for Windows 7 and Windows 10 32bit this June.

Since it was such a huge deal that Valve announced 8 months before dropping support for Windows 7, I feel people should know that they are not the only ones. The difference is Valve will continue to support Windows 10 32bit while Epic will not.

https://winaero.com/epic-games-store-drops-support-for-windows-7-8-starting-in-june-2024/

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Ursprungligen skrivet av Piston Smashed™:

Get ready for the stampede of those who left Steam for Epic to come running back. :lol:

let's be honest, they never left, it was merely words.

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

They never leave. That's why al ofl the grandstanding is so funny.

[MonkehMaster]

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Ursprungligen skrivet av Piston Smashed™:

Get ready for the stampede of those who left Steam for Epic to come running back. :lol:

let's be honest, they never left, it was merely words.

they always claimed they would, but never did... all they cared about were those free games drying up epics bank account

[Piston Smashed™]

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Ursprungligen skrivet av Piston Smashed™:

Get ready for the stampede of those who left Steam for Epic to come running back.

let's be honest, they never left, it was merely words.

Ursprungligen skrivet av Piston Smashed™:

I wasn't being serious about a stampede, I'm betting most of those who claimed to be leaving Steam for Epic never left any way, they never do.

[Smart]

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Ursprungligen skrivet av Smart:

I just made another calculation for the coming 2025 IT-Crash:

Power-delivery in all modern devices will fail next. It´s really intesting what i just learned about Power-Delivery in the last ~5 days alone and what PD can just tell you about Math and physics alone...And about Murphy´s law!

Well. I didn´t know it would fail too. But now it´s finished. The calculation is done. PD will fail completely.

Meaning: You will have PD-devices...but you can no longer use that feature any longer, since the pairing (Polling) no longer works between Tablet/Smartphone/Steam Deck/ etc and your PD-powerbank/PD-Powerstation or other PD-battery-capable device or a PD-power block which you just plug into your AC-switch. It will all fail.

So why will Power-Delivery fail? Because USB fails completely as well (typical issue on all modern processors). and since Power-Devices relies on the USB-architecture and USB-similar protocol it will be failing as well.

So what happens when a device`s PD will fail completely? How can you detect this?

You will simply get the message similar to "Loading takes 25 hours and 59 Minutes until finished" or something very similar like that with a loooooong loading-time which is unusual. So this means whenever you get this, your PD-polling has failed!

And my point is: It will fail more and more often, first just once per month or once per year...then another year later another month regularly, and sooner or later, after 4 years have passed, you will have it happen each week...until the last day comes and your PD will no longer deliver fast power to your devices at all and will allways show a very long loading time. It will simply charge slowly only when PD-polling fails.

I once had a message, telling it takes ~45 hours and 59 minutes to charge a device.

Even electric vehicles fast-charging will fail when this day comes. For very same reasons.


yeah like i said. The end of the year 2025 will be very, very interesting. I am finding out more and more about this. Each month there is something new to learn how it will happen.

That's a neat conspiracy.

How come you allways think something is a conspiracy? I said somewhere else: Everything which uses similar chips will be affected, no matter if it´s an ARM, an AMD, an Intel or an Apple-chip. And another thing is: It especially happens faster in combination with AMD/Nvidia or Intel-shader powered GPUs. Which all devices today use.

Since power Delivery uses ARM-chips those are affected now as well i learned. And when it happens your PD-device will no longer be able to pair to your other device (See current heatpump-pairing/polling-issues as well, failing worldwide tech, stuff and ervices like "Tibber" will soon fail completey as well for similar reasons, where you rheatpump and/or solarsystem will no longer be able to pair to the cloud/API of those systems (pairing/polling-issues)). Which means you can no longer use the fast-charging.Instead you will be forced to use slow-charging.

And the usual time which is then showed is something like 45-59 hours of remaining charging-time.

[Satoru]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Smart:

How come you allways think something is a conspiracy? .

Because it is. You just made something up and then pretended it will 'happen' because... well you don't actually say why. Oh I mean you definitely typed out a bunch of nonsense that you don't understand, then Gish galloped you way to somehow thinking anything you typed out was 'correct'.

[Mad Scientist]

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Ursprungligen skrivet av Smart:

How come you allways think something is a conspiracy? .

Because it is. You just made something up and then pretended it will 'happen' because... well you don't actually say why. Oh I mean you definitely typed out a bunch of nonsense that you don't understand, then Gish galloped you way to somehow thinking anything you typed out was 'correct'.

Well their couple of posts also have nothing to do with epic ending win 7/8, and the pro-epic anti-steam people have sure been quiet in regard to this sudden change, lol. Seems some really thought egs giving out games was going to keep 7/8 it compared to other stores for some reason, and they were very wrong, so I don't hear the usual "anti consumer" line for Steam because they know epic is doing the same thing, so they'd have to apply their standards to both or they'd be dishonest.

[Leader of the Zakonistians]

Ursprungligen skrivet av brian9824:

I really don't get why they would drop Win 10 32 bit support, that bit makes absolutely no sense at all.

Yeah, I have to at least partially agree. Windows 10 is still supported and will be at least until 2027 according to some sources. I think Windows 11 is suppose to begin next year in 2025, but support for Windows 10 will continue for several years after that. I believe it was announced that Windows 10 will officially be supported through 2025 and then Windows 11 would begin the experimental phase. As for Windows 7, well, official support for 7 ended in 2023. There are still systems that run Windows 7 but they aren't updated by Microsoft anymore.

[Smart]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Satoru:

Ursprungligen skrivet av Smart:

How come you allways think something is a conspiracy? .

Because it is. You just made something up and then pretended it will 'happen' because... well you don't actually say why. Oh I mean you definitely typed out a bunch of nonsense that you don't understand, then Gish galloped you way to somehow thinking anything you typed out was 'correct'.

Oh look it´s you again...oh wow...What an argument you have there! Absolutely amazing!

Everything i don´t agree with today is "made up", this is exactly your discussion-style here...or that other guy "Everything i don´t agree with is a conspiracy-theory"...

good discussion-style sir.

Like i said: I can fully understand why ma father no longer wants to discuss with boomers today: he says they have no brain and are a waste of time now. They severely lack in complex understanding of current chain-reaction-events. And their consequences. Because nothing in life happens for coincidence.

Personally i´m just interested in finding out exactly what will happen around the globe. And what consequences might follow. Next steps seem to be: Heatpumps will fail (more and more currently fail, they can no longer couple to the Cloud-API (Polling/pairing issues),sure they might call it "bugs", but these "bugs" can never be fixed so their project will die no matter what they will do. e-cars will fail (some pattern = Pairing-issue). PD will fail. Computers will fail in the end as well for similar reasons.

Like i said: It´s all just "Murphy´s Law" after all. And i try to calculate how it happens exacly.

I even found out the movie "The 5th element" predicted some of these things as well...I mean. There are a few points which points to "murphy`s Law". You just have to read behin the lines in that movie. It was all known to happen in the future in the year 1996. They knew it. And i was warned many times in the past as well. Warned, without knowing i was warned.

Massive chain-reactions are about to happen next.

I wonder which platform will drop 32 bit-support next (in hopes to circument the 2025-events to get more free bandwidth).

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the industry fails due to its excessive greed and lack of quality products to produce higher profits and cause more frequent purchasing. examples are cars and appliances, if you noticed your grandparents had washing machines an dryers that lasted 40 years, your parents had washers and dryers that lasted 20 years, we are lucky today to get 5 years out a washer or dryer without it breaking.

case in point i had a 2019 brand new samsung, by 2023 i was replacing the heating element that broke due to faulty build construction of the product, which lead to the heating element completely burning and breaking.

new trucks for example rusting out in less then 5 years. poor manufacture cuts to produce products for cheaper while maintaining high prices to the consumer is whats wrong.

steam deck for example has already broken for many people who use it modestly. the manufactured product defect was ignored and shipped to customers with a limited warranty knowing full well that not only will the device break, but it has a small margine of operating time.


Vitas - The 7th Element : predicts how even the worse videos can gain millions of views

there is a reason why computers from 1985 still operate, and why a computer from 2022 is sitting in a junk yard with a burned out motherboard faulty processor and melted GPU.

[Mad Scientist]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Golden Unicorn:

steam deck for example has already broken for many people who use it modestly. the manufactured product defect was ignored and shipped to customers with a limited warranty knowing full well that not only will the device break, but it has a small margine of operating time.


Vitas - The 7th Element : predicts how even the worse videos can gain millions of views

there is a reason why computers from 1985 still operate, and why a computer from 2022 is sitting in a junk yard with a burned out motherboard faulty processor and melted GPU.

This isn't about the Steam Deck, it's about epic removing Win7/8.

Also, older motherboards with cylindrical capacitors tend to fail eventually and can have catastrophic affects on the other hardware, if they're not swapped before bursting. That is a known issue with older motherboards & components. As for the melting GPUs, if people tend to keep something at 100% with inadequate cooling, things can fail, like how a vehicles engine isn't meant to be in the literal red-line which is painted on the display, so if you keep it there it will likely overheat & fail. Using things in ways they're not intended to be operated or sustain operation can result in failure, there's a reason why only enthusiasts are recommended to do certain things.

So, please stick to the actual subject instead of more disinformation. Epics removing Win7/8, just like the other stores are doing lately.

[Smart]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Golden Unicorn:

the industry fails due to its excessive greed and lack of quality products to produce higher profits and cause more frequent purchasing. examples are cars and appliances, if you noticed your grandparents had washing machines an dryers that lasted 40 years, your parents had washers and dryers that lasted 20 years, we are lucky today to get 5 years out a washer or dryer without it breaking.

case in point i had a 2019 brand new samsung, by 2023 i was replacing the heating element that broke due to faulty build construction of the product, which lead to the heating element completely burning and breaking.

new trucks for example rusting out in less then 5 years. poor manufacture cuts to produce products for cheaper while maintaining high prices to the consumer is whats wrong.

steam deck for example has already broken for many people who use it modestly. the manufactured product defect was ignored and shipped to customers with a limited warranty knowing full well that not only will the device break, but it has a small margine of operating time.


Vitas - The 7th Element : predicts how even the worse videos can gain millions of views

there is a reason why computers from 1985 still operate, and why a computer from 2022 is sitting in a junk yard with a burned out motherboard faulty processor and melted GPU.

yeah, today´s washing-machines and dishwashers have similar chip-issues. Their control-units fail early (in most cases). Typically the repair of such a control-unit costs 300/€. As much as the unit itself costs in a new condition.

[Smart]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Mad Scientist:

Ursprungligen skrivet av Golden Unicorn:

steam deck for example has already broken for many people who use it modestly. the manufactured product defect was ignored and shipped to customers with a limited warranty knowing full well that not only will the device break, but it has a small margine of operating time.


Vitas - The 7th Element : predicts how even the worse videos can gain millions of views

there is a reason why computers from 1985 still operate, and why a computer from 2022 is sitting in a junk yard with a burned out motherboard faulty processor and melted GPU.

This isn't about the Steam Deck, it's about epic removing Win7/8.

Also, older motherboards with cylindrical capacitors tend to fail eventually and can have catastrophic affects on the other hardware, if they're not swapped before bursting. That is a known issue with older motherboards & components. As for the melting GPUs, if people tend to keep something at 100% with inadequate cooling, things can fail, like how a vehicles engine isn't meant to be in the literal red-line which is painted on the display, so if you keep it there it will likely overheat & fail. Using things in ways they're not intended to be operated or sustain operation can result in failure, there's a reason why only enthusiasts are recommended to do certain things.

So, please stick to the actual subject instead of more disinformation. Epics removing Win7/8, just like the other stores are doing lately.

Those capacitors can be easily repaired though or simply be replaced.
Many modern mainboards can no longer be repaired by amateurs. More and more capacitors are build in such a way and put onto the mainboard in such a way, that when you want to repair it, you can´t. Modern mainboards fail within 3-5 years of operation-time.

Just like with old washing-machines: Can easily be repaired. Every single piece of it can be replaced, assuming you still get the parts for it. Modern washing-machines cannot be repaired/isn´t worth it/isn´t meant to be repaired...

Same problems today with modern LCD-screens: Fail within 5 years. Repair is often complicated/not possible at all.

The hell: have some alarm clock from Aldi here: Frm 2003! It still works!

100% reliability. Now the same for a 2020-model bought from same Aldi again...and look what´s that? It has allready first malfunctions after....~2 years of operation-time.

in 5 out of 10 tries, the alarm-clock does not set up....Welcome to 2025 Giant-IT usses.

Because it affects simple alarm-clocks and watches as well.

[MonkehMaster]

older stuff (everything older) almost always continues working to this day, unlike newer stuff made to break, or made with cheap parts.

heck, my riding lawn mower is from the early 90's and still runs like new, same goes for my 2 push mowers and my weed eater and i can still find parts if need be, same goes for anything else old that i have, even old pc's/laptops from back them works and can be fixed, even software being older tends to run great, while the newer stuff has many issues and/or is forced obsolete in favor of w/e reasons (mostly money) as they want you to keep buying over and over.

this newer stuff has so many issues and breaks often, and parts are obscure and not easily found, or simply not allowed to be sold, its ridiculous.

also to mention, with these companies now a days, dont want you repairing stuff, go as far as soldering stuff to boards, or batteries glued inside your phones and connection soldered in some cases, or only specific plugs work (example being dell products) with chips that will detect non dell stuff.

when i bought my cell phone new, i opened it up and removed the battery and unsoldered the connection, replaced both connections on the board and wire and when my battery recently was going bad (swelling due to heat, only because i had it in my pocket standing next to a sold pot i was cleaning on a solderwave machine), i was less hassled by opening it to replace the battery, due to me thinking ahead and making the battery easily replaceable.

among many other things, i always make sure i am able to rework company nonsense, to keep my stuff repairable.

[Piston Smashed™]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Smart:

Ursprungligen skrivet av Mad Scientist:

This isn't about the Steam Deck, it's about epic removing Win7/8.

Also, older motherboards with cylindrical capacitors tend to fail eventually and can have catastrophic affects on the other hardware, if they're not swapped before bursting. That is a known issue with older motherboards & components. As for the melting GPUs, if people tend to keep something at 100% with inadequate cooling, things can fail, like how a vehicles engine isn't meant to be in the literal red-line which is painted on the display, so if you keep it there it will likely overheat & fail. Using things in ways they're not intended to be operated or sustain operation can result in failure, there's a reason why only enthusiasts are recommended to do certain things.

So, please stick to the actual subject instead of more disinformation. Epics removing Win7/8, just like the other stores are doing lately.

Those capacitors can be easily repaired though or simply be replaced.
Many modern mainboards can no longer be repaired by amateurs. More and more capacitors are build in such a way and put onto the mainboard in such a way, that when you want to repair it, you can´t. Modern mainboards fail within 3-5 years of operation-time.

Just like with old washing-machines: Can easily be repaired. Every single piece of it can be replaced, assuming you still get the parts for it. Modern washing-machines cannot be repaired/isn´t worth it/isn´t meant to be repaired...

Same problems today with modern LCD-screens: Fail within 5 years. Repair is often complicated/not possible at all.

The hell: have some alarm clock from Aldi here: Frm 2003! It still works!

100% reliability. Now the same for a 2020-model bought from same Aldi again...and look what´s that? It has allready first malfunctions after....~2 years of operation-time.

in 5 out of 10 tries, the alarm-clock does not set up....Welcome to 2025 Giant-IT usses.

Because it affects simple alarm-clocks and watches as well.

Washing machines back in the day when they were built to last were more mechanical unlike today where they are more electrical and technical. They were made of tougher materials, weighed a tonne while today they are more refined and lighter.

Those capacitors that could be easily repaired were useless and were forever leaking and blowing. Even if you repaired them with new ones would probably blow again down the line. The last time I had a blown capacitor was back in 2003/2005 and that was already an old motherboard. Ever since then they had started to make better capacitors, solid ones which no longer leaked or blown. Since they changed I have never had a motherboard fail in the last 20 years. I still have them and two of my old motherboards is are still in two PC's. I also have other motherboard as parts which still work.

My current motherboard is 4.5 years old and working perfectly fine. I do however, always buy a good motherboard, my current board is a GigaByte Z390 AORUS MASTER, maybe you should buy a decent motherboard if you keep having trouble with them failing so quickly. Even my 2012 build is still running perfectly with a GigaByte Z68XP-UD4.

I don't know what you are doing with your equipment because I have monitors I bought off Ebay back in 2012 and they are still working today, LG 22", 23" and 24". I have had a Acer 27" 240 Hz for the past 5 or 6 years no problems and it is used 24/7 along with my main monitor a LG 32" I've had for 3 years or so and no problems. In fact I've never had a monitor fail on me since I started PC gaming over 25 years ago. I still have my Dell 19" CRT which was released in 2001 and guess what... Yep it still runs.