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Grettin
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Starting later this year, we will begin the process of ending support for Windows XP and Windows Vista in World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, Diablo III, Hearthstone, and Heroes of the Storm. Microsoft ceased mainstream support for these versions of Windows in 2009 and 2012, respectively, but since a decent portion of our audience was still using them at the time, we continued supporting them. However, there have been three major Windows releases since Vista, and at this point, the vast majority of our audience has upgraded to one of the newer versions. After these older operating systems are no longer supported, the games will not run on them, so we encourage any players who are still using one of the older OSes to upgrade to a newer version. We’ll be rolling out this change on a staggered schedule, and will post further notices as we get closer to making the change for each game. Ending Support for Windows XP and Vista More regarding Starcraft & Remastered: https://us.battle.net/forums/en/starcraft/topic/20753935869#post-3 | ||
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-xpeh-
Ukraine86 Posts
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Grettin
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On August 25 2017 20:31 -xpeh- wrote: What is the last version which supports XP? Windows 7. Microsoft stopped supporting XP in 2014 and Vista in 2017. Thus why Blizzard isn't supporting them either. | ||
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-xpeh-
Ukraine86 Posts
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Grettin
42381 Posts
On August 25 2017 20:34 -xpeh- wrote: Version of Starcraft, dude. My bad. I don't know the answer for that. | ||
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danbel1005
United States1319 Posts
On August 25 2017 20:34 -xpeh- wrote: Version of Starcraft, dude. 1.16.1 | ||
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ProMeTheus112
France2027 Posts
i never want windows 8 or 10 however | ||
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-xpeh-
Ukraine86 Posts
ProMeTheus112 some hardware is too old for 7, someone doesn't want to reinstall all the software. | ||
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Grettin
42381 Posts
On August 25 2017 20:49 ProMeTheus112 wrote: imo windows 7 > windows XP no? it works better, more stable, XP must be a bit easier on old hardware though i never want windows 8 or 10 however offtopic: Upgrading should be no-brainer at this point. Using non-supported OS is a huge security risk for starters. But each their own. | ||
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-xpeh-
Ukraine86 Posts
On August 25 2017 20:55 Grettin wrote: [Using non-supported OS is a huge security risk for starters. Who is a starter? | ||
BigFan
TLADT24920 Posts
This was the latest version before blizzard started updating BW to 1.18 etc... so afaik, 1.16.1 is the last version of BW that will work in XP. | ||
c3rberUs
Japan11286 Posts
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ProMeTheus112
France2027 Posts
On August 25 2017 20:51 -xpeh- wrote: danbel1005 any proof? ProMeTheus112 some hardware is too old for 7, someone doesn't want to reinstall all the software. ok yeah makes sense no one has to use a OS they don't want too On August 25 2017 20:55 Grettin wrote: offtopic: Upgrading should be no-brainer at this point. Using non-supported OS is a huge security risk for starters. But each their own. non-supported doesn't actually mean a lot to me, you choose your OS, security risk is often associated with most used system too, because security compromisers focus on what ppl use the most me for example I will not be using windows 8 because of its bad interfaces, and I wont use windows 10 because I am opposed to microsoft trying to record what I'm doing on my comp and taking control on my activity on my computer | ||
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-xpeh-
Ukraine86 Posts
Is there a way to attack windows itself from internet if you are behind a firewall? | ||
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ProMeTheus112
France2027 Posts
On August 25 2017 22:15 -xpeh- wrote: ProMeTheus112 Is there a way to attack windows itself from internet if you are behind a firewall? I'm not security expert but afaik, 100% security simply doesn't exist so there is always a way but I think for most people, there is not that much reason for you to be a target for an exterior attack like this so you're fine.. I'm not using firewall or antivirus personally | ||
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blade55555
United States17423 Posts
On August 25 2017 21:49 ProMeTheus112 wrote: ok yeah makes sense no one has to use a OS they don't want too non-supported doesn't actually mean a lot to me, you choose your OS, security risk is often associated with most used system too, because security compromisers focus on what ppl use the most me for example I will not be using windows 8 because of its bad interfaces, and I wont use windows 10 because I am opposed to microsoft trying to record what I'm doing on my comp and taking control on my activity on my computer If you use the internet on an older machine, wouldn't be surprised if your information has been compromised. The difference in security between an OS that isn't supported (like XP) and the risk on windows 10 is this. On XP there are probably a lot of backdoors that will never get patched. So your information could already be stolen and you wouldn't know it. On Windows 10/8/7 this is far less likely due to constant security updates. Also, Microsoft doesn't take control of your computer but I can understand you worrying about them recording what you are doing on your computer I guess. Staying on 7 is fine, but you would want to upgrade when it stops getting supported, or at least don't save anything you value on your computer after that point. | ||
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ProMeTheus112
France2027 Posts
if I have stuff valuable I copy it to multiple hard disk or internet cloud, its mostly a matter of not losing it I would switch to a new OS only if it suits me well enough, no 8, no 10, I don't understand the meaning of "unsupported", I don't need support, just compatibility and performance pretty sure I would be using linux if it were not for the compatibility problem, unfortunately kinda windows bound as a massive gamer for now its funny btw, that windows 10 is a built in complete spyware lol. microsoft rly sucks, I pirate their shit like there's no tomorrow | ||
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olivia987
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