Nick Heath is a computer science student and was formerly a journalist at TechRepublic and ZDNet.
It is the latest machine that Microsoft has blocked from receiving the Windows 10 May 2019 update after the upgrade had unintended consequences.
After several extensions to the deadline, 16th January is the last day for owners of Windows 7 and 8.1 to get a free upgrade under the "assistive technologies" offer.
Microsoft has issued a patch to resolve problems caused by a Windows update last week, which had stopped some Windows 10 users getting online.
Windows 8 market share continued to grow at a modest pace in July after showing signs of picking up in June.
Analyst house Gartner advises business to start considering wider deployment of Windows 8 following the release of Windows 8.1.
Several UK businesses that had begun to upgrade their systems to Microsoft's Vista OS are switching to Windows 7 before the installation is complete.