Custom patch bypasses update block for Windows 7, 8.1 PCs with newest-generation processors April 19, 2017 by admin Tweet A GitHub user has devised a method to re-activate updates on Windows 7 and 8.1 PCs on new generation processors. He modified two functions that determine if a processor is still supported. Read more… Neowin Related Posts:AMD will announce its next generation Ryzen…Windows 11's supported CPU list restores some of the…Windows 11 gets more officially supported Intel…AMD processors hit by performance issues on Windows…Intel's 13th Gen chips bring 24-core processors to laptops