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Legacy Update
@legacyupdate.net

Getting an error that the Windows Update service isn’t running, or is Microsoft Update not being enabled for you on Windows 7, 8, or 8.1? Microsoft just let a config file expire… *again*. It took 2 days for them to fix it in 2017 🤷‍♀️ We’re monitoring and will take action if they don’t fix it soon.

github.comMicrosoft Update authorization expired on Windows 7 - 8.1 · Issue #369 · LegacyUpdate/LegacyUpdateSpotted by @renodr: As of 2025-07-01, midnight UTC, the Microsoft Update service has expired and is no longer eligible to be enabled on Windows 7, most likely also 8 and 8.1, and possibly early 10 ...
Legacy Update
@legacyupdate.net

We’ve added a more detailed error message for anyone who gets stuck at the 80248015 error this is causing, as well as a button to disable Microsoft Update to at least get Windows updates going again:

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