New blow for Windows 7 and 8 users You will no longer be able to listen to music or watch videos
We have already told you on many occasions not to use an operating system without official support. We are talking about versions like Windows 7 and 8, so you should update as soon as possible.
Despite everything and the risks involved, there are still millions of users who are running one of these versions of the system on their computers. It should be taken into account that they are completely vulnerable, since Microsoft does not send updates to fix the latest security flaws, for example.
Moreover, it is functionally limited compared to other newer versions like Windows 10 and 11. And things get worse, as we will show you below if you enjoy your multimedia content. We should keep in mind that Microsoft is currently working on removing the old DRM services in these older versions of Windows.
All this means that from now on we will not have the possibility to listen to music or watch videos from Windows 7 or 8. All this we are telling you is because Microsoft has just added another feature to the list of legacy programs. After classifying Paint 3D and Adobe Type1 as obsolete last August, it has now set its sights on legacy DRM features.
We are referring here to the digital rights management used to allow the reproduction of protected multimedia content such as music and video. This basically means that the ability to play these files will be removed from Windows.
It is important to note that this change affects Digital Rights Management (DRM) in Windows 7 and Windows 8, and at this time Windows 8.1 is not mentioned. It is not clear if this specific system will be affected as well.
In fact, the company specifically mentioned Windows Media Player and Silverlight. This means that Windows 7 and 8 users who use Windows Media Player to play content with digital rights management (DRM) will not be able to do so once the company removes the feature.
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There are still users who use Windows Media Player to rip and play protected content CDs from here, but you won't be able to do that anymore. The program itself will no longer play any protected content, which may include content that was purchased legally.
This is nothing more than another move by Microsoft to convince those people who continue to use unsupported systems to move once and for all to Windows 11.