Windows 7 has reached end of life. New software, like gaming clients, really should not support it as no security updates to Windows 7 would mean the system is prone to malware etc. which can be used to hack EA accounts. I would not be too optimistic about this "bug" being a priority.
@asdf23451 wrote:
@Carbonic EOS does not mean EOL. Besides, updates are just a way for Microsoft to break the OS. I haven't had my Windows fully updated for a long time, and my account is doing just fine. I'm sure that with an adblocker and a decently up to date browser, someone with even Windows 7 RTM could do just fine.
Microsoft litterallly defines the ending of a Windows product lifecycle as ending when it's no longer supported. Pretty much making End of Service and End of Life the same thing so no need to hassle over the semantics.
That some people with Windows 7 could keep it safe enough or be lucky enough to not have security issues does not really fix the issue with many others wasting the time with EA support because they were hacked due to running Windows 7.
Besides, development of EA Desktop will probably go a lot quicker if legacy support like Windows 7 and Windows 8 was dropped. I know it sucks for the people out there that don't want to use Windows 10 for their gaming but it's hard to deny developing for Win7/8 does not make that much sense anymore.
EA dropped XP support for Origin only 3 years ago. And very small amount used XP in 2013 already.
It will be extremely stupid to drop Win7 support already, especially since 1/5-1/4 of gamers still use Win7.
I have the same problem on Win7. No problems installing on Win10.
I can't even install EA Desktop at all though I I keep using Win7. Here's the pic: EA Desktop Installer Missing a Log
Please Help...
@VBProject wrote:
EA dropped XP support for Origin only 3 years ago. And very small amount used XP in 2013 already.
It will be extremely stupid to drop Win7 support already, especially since 1/5-1/4 of gamers still use Win7.
I have the same problem on Win7. No problems installing on Win10.
JFYI - The latest Steam Hardware survey says 5% and quickly going down + I would imagine the %age is even lower on Origin.
Windows 7 64bit may only be 5% on Steam but interestingly enough, its still the second most used operating system. Meaning its used significantly more than any MacOs version, Linux distro, Windows 8.1, and even Windows 10 32 bit.
