It is known that Microsoft announced that it will completely stop supporting Windows 7 by the end of next year. But until then, Microsoft has decided to "discourage" Windows 7 users and force them to upgrade to Windows 10. It should be noted that users will have a particularly difficult time, as the free upgrade offers have expired.
What's changing in Windows 7 Media Player ?
Now, Microsoft has disabled key features of Media Player, a move that shows the company's latest efforts to push users to Windows 10. Specifically, as of last week, it was officially announced that Windows 7 users will not be able to download metadata from Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center from their servers.
The company stated on its website that if a user moves to Windows Media Center and Windows Media Player, they will not be able to see information (metadata), such as the title, genre and artist for songs, director, actors, cover art and TV guide for movies! After reviewing customer feedback and data usage, Microsoft proceeded to discontinue the service. This means that the new metadata will not be upgraded to media players installed on the Windows device. However, any of the information that has already been downloaded will still be available. It should be emphasized that this change will not affect important functions of Media Player, such as playback, browsing collections, media streaming and others. Only minor features that require downloading the new metadata will likely be affected.
Most interestingly, Microsoft hasn't made any other changes for Windows 10 users, as it has for Windows 8 and 8.1 users. The new change to Media Player is expected to push users to download third-party applications to access the information they want rather than upgrade, which is Microsoft's main goal.
