Voluntary patches that can be automatically updated even in Windows 7 / 8.1 by invalidating Microsoft measures to block Windows Update of the latest CPU

Microsoft wanting to switch to users of Windows 7 or 8.1 whatever it is Windows 10 came out as a hard way to "stop Windows Update on Windows 7 / 8.1 on PCs with the latest CPU". Volunteers who rebelled against this policy have created patches that can be automatically updated even on PCs that have Windows Update stopped and published.

GitHub - zeffy / kb 4012218 - 19: Research paper and patches for Windows updates KB 4012218, KB 4012219 and others (too long to list here)
https://github.com/zeffy/kb4012218-19

User-Made Patch Lets Owners of Next-Gen CPUs Install Updates on Windows 7 & 8.1
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/user-made-patch-lets-owners-of-next-gen-cpus-install-updates-on-windows-7-andamp-8-1/

"Intel Kaby Lake"Or"AMD RyzenYou can find out about the abolition of the update program offering on the Windows 7/8 / 8.1 machine equipped with the current CPU such as "The following article.

Microsoft unveiled policy to only support Windows 10 Intel 7th generation "Kaby Lake" and AMD "Ryzen" - GIGAZINE


Windows Update for March 2017With "KB 4012218" delivered in support of Windows 7 / 8.1 update program on PC with the latest CPU has been discontinued. However, among users who do not want to upgrade to Windows 10, mainly Windows 7 users, "The newest PC can not be renewed" among the users who strongly voiced the repulsive voice, the creation of countermeasure patches began.

Mr. Zeffy, one of the volunteers, reverse-engineered KB 4012218 and found that two of the "IsCPUSupported (void)" and "IsDeviceServiceable (void)" in the March 2017 wuaueng.dll provided through KB 4012218 I found a new function. According to Zeffy, the CPU of the PC that receives Windows Update is checked by two additional functions, and by rewriting these functions to "1", the CPU information of the machine is changed to "supported CPU", CPU censorship Avoid blocking update distribution by.

Zeffy said, "The biggest disadvantage of the published solution is that we need to apply a new patch every time wuaueng.dll's content is updated," says Zeffy, It suggests the possibility. Zeffy recommends saving a copy of the original wuaueng.dll just in case to apply the patch released this time, after creating the restore point of the system and running it.

The patch for Windows Update update on Windows 7 / 8.1 is published on the GitHub page below.

GitHub - zeffy / kb 4012218 - 19: Research paper and patches for Windows updates KB 4012218, KB 4012219 and others (too long to list here)
https://github.com/zeffy/kb4012218-19