I Got Windows 7 in 2022.

mechtech · Aug 13, 2022

Tomgang said:
Ah yeah Windows 7. Good times. Run Windows 7 on my old X58 system until it no longer got securety updates. When i swiched to Windows 10, cause of security, but n ot because i wanted to.

For those that perhaps miss the start menu i Windows 7 in Windows 10. There is Classic shell. It has not recived update since 2017, but i still use it with out any problems on my current PC.

Classic Shell - Start menu and other Windows enhancements

This is how my start menu looks like in Windows 10 with Classic shell. It can be changed to different layouts, Just in case some one wanted to try it. I do not know if Classic Shell works on Windows 11, but down count on it as it has not resived updates since 2017.
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looks like you still have room for 5 more icons on your taskbar get'r'done

Tomgang · Aug 13, 2022

mechtech said:
looks like you still have room for 5 more icons on your taskbar get'r'done

Hahaha, yeah not right now. Those saved to my Taskbar are the most used programs. So i ad and remove then as i need or dont need them any more.e

KLiKzg · Aug 13, 2022

Had a similar problem, like many of us, with Sound Blaster's. Once I found out they are the blame for not getting their drivers up to timeline with Microsoft product Windows 10.

I said goodbye to Sound Blaster & switched to quite a margin better sound of Xonar's. :cool:

Nice that Windows 7 works, but would not want to push it past the EOL support.

ThrashZone · Aug 13, 2022

Tomgang said:
Hahaha, yeah not right now. Those saved to my Taskbar are the most used programs. So i ad and remove then as i need or dont need them any more.e

Hi,
Damn you for not using win-10-11 start menus replacement desktop for those shortcuts only one extra click :cool:

delshay · Dec 8, 2022

It looks like windows 7 has just received it's last update of Microsoft Edge. It looks like there will be no more updates. Last update yesterday Version 108.0.1462.42 which should be current with windows 10.

There is now the following message in the browser "To get future Microsoft Edge updates, you'll need Windows 10 or later. This computer is using Windows 7"

lexluthermiester · Dec 8, 2022

delshay said:
It looks like windows 7 has just received it's last update of Microsoft Edge. It looks like there will be no more updates. Last update yesterday Version 108.0.1462.42 which should be current with windows 10.

There is now the following message in the browser "To get future Microsoft Edge updates, you'll need Windows 10 or later. This computer is using Windows 7"

I don't know anyone IRL that uses Edge on 7. But this is good to know for those who do..

eidairaman1 · Dec 8, 2022

lexluthermiester said:
I don't know anyone IRL that uses Edge on 7. But this is good to know for those who do..

7 is still the best OS MS Released. Hell i forced WUDs off on 11 to stop any problems. Would love to put Aero Glass on it and move everything in settings back to Control Panel

lightning70 · Dec 8, 2022

Your Choice. Windows 7 is the legend of my adolescence. It's fine on an older equipped computer that is still supported, but I think it can cause problems on existing computers that are newly equipped. If you installed it on a computer with up-to-date hardware, how did you handle the Driver issue?

lexluthermiester · Dec 8, 2022

lightning70 said:
Your Choice. Windows 7 is the legend of my adolescence. It's fine on an older equipped computer that is still supported, but I think it can cause problems on existing computers that are newly equipped. If you installed it on a computer with up-to-date hardware, how did you handle the Driver issue?

Do you complain in every thread you visit? Seriously, ease up.

lightning70 · Dec 8, 2022

lexluthermiester said:
Do you complain in every thread you visit? Seriously, ease up.

So why are you jumping on my every comment?

mb194dc · Dec 8, 2022

Looks like there is a concerted campaign to finally kill windows 7. It's still superior to later versions in many ways...

solarmystic · Dec 8, 2022

Salute to OP. I only stopped using Windows 7 at the end of 2021 and made the move to 10 21H1 (stripped down version) when more and more games refused to work on it, demanding DX12. They could be modded and hex edited to work with 7 but i didn't want to deal with it anymore. RT pushed me over the edge too.

And now that i've upgraded to a 12700KF system with big.Little arch, there's no turning back now. The scheduler in 7 would be utterly confused by the CPU and i'd have to use Process Lasso to do everything unless i turned off E-cores. The lack of NVIDIA game ready driver updates after 472.12 (Nvidia still provides critical security hotfixes but with no newer game support) is also another factor.

Space Lynx · Dec 8, 2022

solarmystic said:
Salute to OP. I only stopped using Windows 7 at the end of 2021 and made the move to 10 21H1 (stripped down version) when more and more games refused to work on it, demanding DX12. They could be modded and hex edited to work with 7 but i didn't want to deal with it anymore. RT pushed me over the edge too.

And now that i've upgraded to a 12700KF system with big.Little arch, there's no turning back now. The scheduler in 7 would be utterly confused by the CPU and i'd have to use Process Lasso to do everything unless i turned off E-cores. The lack of NVIDIA game ready driver updates after 472.12 (Nvidia still provides critical security hotfixes but with no newer game support) is also another factor.

e-cores still don't schedule right all the time in windows 11. it works fine 99% of the time but i noticed in total war warhammer (the first game) i was getting 81% ecore usage and the game was not maxed out on fps either. p-cores for some reason were not being utilized.

again, 99% of the time and games I played i had 0 issues, but its just annoying.

delshay · Dec 8, 2022

lexluthermiester said:
I don't know anyone IRL that uses Edge on 7. But this is good to know for those who do..

I use Edge on win 7. ...It was getting regular updates up-to three times per month. It's sad it has come to an end.

EDIT: As a side note I can upgrade to win 10 using the same key.

QuietBob · Dec 8, 2022

It's sad to see this great system go. Even ESU support will be retired next month. I'm planning to create a clean installation on a dedicated drive, so that I can use it as an image for older systems.

Does anyone know of a way to get Windows 7 Embedded ESU on client editions after January 10, 2023?

delshay · Dec 8, 2022

I just want to say i'v been updating win 7 manually. There are many updates out there that you can do manually. Here is one update I missed but just added this in the last two days. The Microsoft version is outdated.

see here VCP Drivers - FTDI (ftdichip.com)

EDIT: Here are some more updates I've been doing manually

Visual C++ Redistributable Runtimes All-in-One (Nov 2022) Download | TechPowerUp

.NET Downloads (Linux, macOS, and Windows) (microsoft.com)

KLiKzg · Dec 8, 2022

delshay said:
It looks like windows 7 has just received it's last update of Microsoft Edge. It looks like there will be no more updates. Last update yesterday Version 108.0.1462.42 which should be current with windows 10.

There is now the following message in the browser "To get future Microsoft Edge updates, you'll need Windows 10 or later. This computer is using Windows 7"

Edge is nothing more than a Chrome-based MS designed browser. So why not use Chrome?
Well, sure you can...for a little while, as it has EOS soon.
You can also use Opera, which is also Chrome-based...but it also has EOS.
Well, maybe Mozilla will make you smile? Well, no...it EOS was on 2020, but security updates ends on Jan 2023.

So why not update to Windows 10?

delshay · Dec 8, 2022

KLiKzg said:
Edge is nothing more than a Chrome-based MS designed browser. So why not use Chrome?
Well, sure you can...for a little while, as it has EOS soon.
You can also use Opera, which is also Chrome-based...but it also has EOS.
Well, maybe Mozilla will make you smile? Well, no...it EOS was on 2020, but security updates ends on Jan 2023.

So why not update to Windows 10?

I did try win 10 but it's very sluggish with my old PC. This is why I stayed with win 7.

Edge is now built into win 7 if you take all of the Microsoft Updates.

theFOoL · Dec 8, 2022

WiN7 Update+

Note: this for updates no Drivers

LINK

P4-630 · Dec 8, 2022

Is this still a thing?
It should die already....
Especially if you are running a brand new Alder Lake system or alike...

:shadedshu:

KLiKzg · Dec 8, 2022

delshay said:
I did try win 10 but it's very sluggish with my old PC. This is why I stayed with win 7.

Edge is now built into win 7 if you take all of the Microsoft Updates.

That means you either use HDD or low RAM...so get this updated & you won't have any problems! :cool:

K4sum1 · Dec 8, 2022

After looking at the rules, which I had to use Google ~~DuckDuckGo~~ to find, self promotion doesn't appear to be in them, so I guess it's safe to post this.

Over on my forum, I post methods to get applications that don't run on 7 anymore working.

the54thvoid · Dec 8, 2022

K4sum1 said:
After looking at the rules, which I had to use Google ~~DuckDuckGo~~ to find, self promotion doesn't appear to be in them, so I guess it's safe to post this.

Over on my forum, I post methods to get applications that don't run on 7 anymore working.

Linking to solutions that take you away from TPU is not allowed. Feel free to share the complete solution here, and post a link afterwards.

Jacky_BEL · Dec 8, 2022

I don't get MS for not putting out a windows 7 GUI "skin" for windows 10 and 11.
I mean "under the hood" the new OS'es need to improve all the time , but that doesn' mean they have to cripple a GUI that has evolved for the better over time.
Needless to say I still prefer how windows 7 gets things done. It was for me simply the best. I feel like since windows 8 MS has been dumbing down the GUI and adding in a crapload of unwanted bloat.

delshay · Dec 8, 2022

K4sum1 said:
After looking at the rules, which I had to use Google ~~DuckDuckGo~~ to find, self promotion doesn't appear to be in them, so I guess it's safe to post this.

Over on my forum, I post methods to get applications that don't run on 7 anymore working.

Norton not happy with that link

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I Got Windows 7 in 2022.

mechtech

Tomgang

KLiKzg

ThrashZone

delshay

lexluthermiester

eidairaman1

The Exiled Airman

lightning70

lexluthermiester

lightning70

mb194dc

solarmystic

Space Lynx

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delshay

QuietBob

delshay

KLiKzg

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