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You can no longer activate new Windows 11 builds with Windows 7 or 8 keys (www.neowin.net)

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You can no longer activate new Windows 11 builds with Windows 7 or 8 keys::Bad news for those planning to activate Windows 11 with a Windows 7 or 8/8.1 key: users noticed that the latest Windows 11 preview builds no longer allow activation with old license keys.

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[-] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Wasn't there a directx version that wasn't supported by win 7? Pretty sure that was done to push people to upgrade. I'm not a power gamer myself, but I can understand if you bought a video card that costs as much as the rest of your components, you'll want to get the most out of it.

[-] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, DirectX12 didn't come to Windows 7

Similarly, DirectStorage isn't being added to Windows 10. But that's not used by many games

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