Earlier in the week, I wrote about how the Windows 10 Creators Update was incompatible with certain PCs already running Windows 10. Devices powered by Intel’s Atom Clover Trail CPU couldn’ t install the latest feature update, even though upgrading from Windows 8x to Windows 10,…
Earlier in the week, I wrote about how the Windows 10 Creators Update was incompatible with certain PCs already running Windows 10. Devices powered by Intel’s Atom Clover Trail CPU couldn’ t install the latest feature update, even though upgrading from Windows 8x to Windows 10, and the Anniversary Update, worked fine.
A post from Acer suggested that it was a temporary glitch and that Microsoft was working to address the incompatibility, providing a glimmer of hope for users of the affected devices, but it turns out that’s not the case. Atom Clover Trail processors won’ t be supported in the Creators Update or any future feature updates.
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As for the reason, speaking to The Verge, a Microsoft spokesperson said:
It’s not all bad news though, as Atom Clover Trail devices running the Windows 10 Anniversary Update will now receive security updates until January 2023, which is when the extended support period for Windows 8.1 (the original OS for those devices) is set to end.
