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by dr_st » Tue Jul 18, 2017 6:14 am
This is nothing new.
Microsoft always EOLd support for an older service pack / RTM release a short time after the newer service pack came out. The latest service pack has always received the full 5+5 year (mainstream + extended) support.
The only difference with Win10, is that "Service packs" are now "milestone releases" and Microsoft plans to continue release them continuously (~twice a year). Windows 1607 has been superseded by 1703. This will, in turn, be superseded by the next drop (Redstone 3), etc.
The problem is that some hardware that may be running 1607 suddenly "cannot run" 1703. This needs to be investigated. I am not sure there were cases in the past where fundamental hardware incompatibilities blocked a Windows service pack, when the previous release (of the same OS) ran. Maybe there was something between Win8 and Win8.1?
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