*** HP Reverb G2 Owners Thread ***

i get moving a device over to a legacy support with no new features added.

i can maybe even forgive them going no active supports and if it breaks it breaks.

but actively removing support for a device which was - at least until v recently - still on sale new....... that is a step way to far!.
 
bigmike20vt said:
i get moving a device over to a legacy support with no new features added.

i can maybe even forgive them going no active supports and if it breaks it breaks.

but actively removing support for a device which was - at least until v recently - still on sale new....... that is a step way to far!.
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The support if it breaks would be handled by HP but it is microsoft that are removing the support to make it work so they are two different things. That said I doubt HP put up much of a fight to stop them because as far as I know they haven't said anything or even tried to come up with their own way to keep it working.
 
So Windows 10 is still OK for now, you can update to 24H2 and WMR will still work because it is a separate app. The WMR app for Windows 10 will remain in the Microsoft Store until 2026.

But in Windows 11, WMR is embedded into the O/S and that is ripped out in 24H2. For now, there is no solution, other than remain on 23H2. With registry settings you can block 24H2 but still obtain security updates. If you would rather not edit the registry you can use the freeware utility InControl from GRC to do this for you. The Monado open source project is working on adding WMR driver support but they are concentrating on Linux first.

Around 10 WMR headset models, including the Reverb G2, are bricked by this update from Microsoft.

There is a petition to Microsoft to make it open source.
www.change.org

Sign the Petition

Urge Microsoft to Make Windows Mixed Reality VR Platform Open Source
www.change.org www.change.org
 
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IT Troll said:
So Windows 10 is still OK for now, you can update to 24H2 and WMR will still work because it is a separate app. The WMR app for Windows 10 will remain in the Microsoft Store until 2026.

But in Windows 11, WMR is embedded into the O/S and that is ripped out in 24H2. For now, there is no solution, other than remain on 23H2. With registry settings you can block 24H2 but still obtain security updates. If you would rather not edit the registry you can use the freeware utility InControl from GRC to do this for you. The Monado open source project is working on adding WMR driver support but they are concentrating on Linux first.

Around 10 WMR headset models, including the Reverb G2, are bricked by this update from Microsoft.

There is a petition to Microsoft to make it open source.
www.change.org

Sign the Petition

Urge Microsoft to Make Windows Mixed Reality VR Platform Open Source
www.change.org www.change.org
Click to expand...
Signed, thanks the the link.
 
IT Troll said:
So Windows 10 is still OK for now, you can update to 24H2 and WMR will still work because it is a separate app. The WMR app for Windows 10 will remain in the Microsoft Store until 2026.

But in Windows 11, WMR is embedded into the O/S and that is ripped out in 24H2. For now, there is no solution, other than remain on 23H2. With registry settings you can block 24H2 but still obtain security updates. If you would rather not edit the registry you can use the freeware utility InControl from GRC to do this for you. The Monado open source project is working on adding WMR driver support but they are concentrating on Linux first.

Around 10 WMR headset models, including the Reverb G2, are bricked by this update from Microsoft.

There is a petition to Microsoft to make it open source.
www.change.org

Sign the Petition

Urge Microsoft to Make Windows Mixed Reality VR Platform Open Source
www.change.org www.change.org
Click to expand...

Signed, thanks for the link!

I've blocked 24H2 updates. **** Microsoft.
 
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