win 7 update for compaq computers being closed down by microsoft

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I have had a compaq nc6400 for at least ten years without any trouble. Now microsoft have closed it down saying I have not paid. I have read on the net they have closed down many even those that have paid saying it is not genuine. Now it is so long ago when I bought it second hand that I dont know if the previous owner paid or not. I have read that only now they have put in a special update which can find that out. So the first thing is get an update blocker. Now the problem is that this computer was made before windows 7 and althouth it will work with windows 7 it wont be able to use audio. I have asked HP and they say there is no help for this. But I have been using the computer with win 7 for many year. I found the answer it is this. You have to use the audio of the xp and this will work on the compaq for win 7.
I want to upload the file on here but they say it is too large. Maybe I will split it and also upload the file splitter to join them later if necessary. So I just wrote the place where to down load it. The name of the file should be sp38529.exe some have a habit of downloading different ones. It is not always easy to see what one is downloading from free sites.
When you download it follow the instructions get into the soundmax who will make the driver update for you. This works very well.
I read a lot of people are now having their computer closed down by microsoft. So it should be of interest to many