OneDrive sync with Windows 7 and 8 will be removed soon
According to Aetna from System counts According to the analytical news website engadget, Microsoft seeks to impose new restrictions on more people to use up-to-date versions of the Windows operating system.
Reports indicate that Microsoft has recently warned that OneDrive desktop software will not be synchronized with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 PCs as of March 1, 2022.
In addition, the software will not receive updates from January 1.
However, users can still transfer their files manually via the web, but permanent access to cloud files via older computers has become a not-so-small hassle these days.
Customers of the commercial version of Windows will not be immune to this restriction. However, this group of Windows 7 and 8.1 users has been given a deadline of January 10, 2023, and from this date it will not be possible to synchronize OneDrive with the Windows they are using. Of course, Windows 8 users are no exception.
The developers of OneDrive also stated that the reason for this decision is that it will focus resources on newer Windows platforms and technologies. In other words, Microsoft really wants its users to eventually upgrade to Windows 10 or 11.
Of course, this move by Microsoft was not far-fetched, and the company was so reluctant to persuade its customers to upgrade that some governments and companies even preferred to seek more proprietary support from Microsoft instead of using the upgrade option. Pay money.
However, such actions may cause some users of older versions of Windows, who have not yet found a valid reason to upgrade their system, to finally upgrade their PC to newer, Microsoft-supported versions.
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