Re: Sunsetting support for old Windows versions

On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 6:09=E2=80=AFPM Jason A. Donenfeld <[email protected]=
> wrote:
> I must admit, however, that I am a bit sad about this. After coding up
> [1] this dialog box for the installer, I felt a few pangs of sadness
> when testing it for the first time on Windows 7 and seeing the tragic
> result: https://data.zx2c4.com/bye-bye-wg-win7.png . But it was a
> familiar feeling. For, long ago, I'd already watched the beauty of
> Windows fall to pieces. To me, Windows 2000 is the most beautiful of

In order to reduce user confusion, this dialog box for old Windows
installations is now augmented with this email thread opening:
https://data.zx2c4.com/windows7-update-sunset-flow.gif . This
especially helps with the update flow on old Windows, where dialog
boxes aren't shown. Hopefully this reduces the amount of confused
emails I've been receiving, while also not lulling old Windows users
into a false sense of security by disabling all update notifications.

Jason