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<blockquote data-quote="Ink" data-source="post: 718969" data-attributes="member: 3">Via Source: <a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/345946/microsoft-blocks-all-windows-7-security-updates-unless-you-have-antivirus/" target="_blank">Microsoft Blocks All Windows 7 Security Updates Unless You Have Antivirus</a> | How-To-GeekHow to Set the Registry Key on Windows 7You need to <a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/school/using-windows-admin-tools-like-a-pro/lesson5/" target="_blank">open the Registry Editor</a>, and head to the following location (note that if the QualtyCompat key isn’t already present, you’ll need to create it inside the CurrentVersion key):[code]HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\QualityCompat[/code]Right-click the QualityCompat key, choose New &gt; DWORD (32-Bit) Value, and then give that new value the following name:[code]cadca5fe-87d3-4b96-b7fb-a231484277cc[/code]Leave the value set to its default:[code]0x00000000[/code]You can now close Registry Editor.[ATTACH=full]182533[/ATTACH]It is strongly recommended that you install an Antivirus for Windows 7, at least try <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/14210/security-essentials-download" target="_blank">Microsoft Security Essentials</a> or upgrade to <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/get-windows-10" target="_blank">Windows 10</a>.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ink, post: 718969, member: 3"] [B]Via Source: [URL='https://www.howtogeek.com/345946/microsoft-blocks-all-windows-7-security-updates-unless-you-have-antivirus/']Microsoft Blocks All Windows 7 Security Updates Unless You Have Antivirus[/URL] | How-To-Geek[/B] [SIZE=5]How to Set the Registry Key on Windows 7[/SIZE] You need to [URL='https://www.howtogeek.com/school/using-windows-admin-tools-like-a-pro/lesson5/']open the Registry Editor[/URL], and head to the following location (note that if the QualtyCompat key isn’t already present, you’ll need to create it inside the CurrentVersion key): [code]HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\QualityCompat[/code] Right-click the [B]QualityCompat[/B] key, choose [B]New[/B] > [B]DWORD (32-Bit)[/B] Value, and then give that new value the following name: [code]cadca5fe-87d3-4b96-b7fb-a231484277cc[/code] Leave the value set to its default: [code]0x00000000[/code] You can now close Registry Editor. [ATTACH=full]182533[/ATTACH] It is strongly recommended that you install an Antivirus for Windows 7, at least try [URL='https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/14210/security-essentials-download']Microsoft Security Essentials[/URL] or upgrade to [URL='https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/get-windows-10']Windows 10[/URL]. [/QUOTE]

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