While researching Group Policy settings for Windows Update on this TechNet library page, I ran across this worrisome statement describing what OSes the settings are supported on:
Supported on: Starting with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 (Windows 7), Windows operating systems that are still within their Microsoft Products Support Lifecycle.
Does Microsoft plan to disable Group Policy when an OS becomes unsupported?
Two possible interpretations for this "supported on" statement have entered my mind:
- Microsoft won't help (support) you if the GP setting doesn't work correctly on an unsupported OS. But when an OS is unsupported, wouldn't it be redundant to point this out?
- This GP setting won't work on an unsupported OS. Yikes!
Googling this question unfortunately results in plenty of help for those who don't know how to get GP to work as it should, not an answer to my question.
No, when support ends for a product from Microsoft, it simply means that if you tried to call to get something working (like a group policy setting) the answer is going to be "upgrade then call back if it's still not working".