/w7t/ - windows 7 thread (inspired by 4chan's d7t)

[splashy]

welcome to the windows 7 thread
/d7t/ copypasta:
Feel free to share your experience here with legacy Windows operating systems past their EoL date, such as:
>Methods to hack software to make them run
>Last versions of software/drivers known working on legacy Windows
>Custom forks/builds of software that don't support legacy Windows systems anymore
>Getting legacy Windows systems updated
>Other tips-and-tricks
Feel free to post your projects, devices, and setup
also feel free to let out ur nostalgia for w7 or simply discuss windows 7 / other old ass windows versions. many pre-8 versions of windows were great after all.

 

[Remember_Summer_Days]

It feels so surreal to see Windows 7 become nostalgic, yet here we are. I think this is the operating system of zoomer childhood right? I barely used XP, most of minecraft-at-midnight, anime on youtube, club penguin days were spent on Windows 7. At least from what I remember, very few computers actually updated to Windows 8, so even by the early-mid 2010s most PCs still ran on Windows 7.

I can't say I feel particularly nostalgic about it, I have my PC with a Windows XP skin though...

Also, can you post the 4chan thread lol

 

[imnotdeadyet]

I think this is the operating system of zoomer childhood right?

I thought the OS of zoomer childhood was XP? I grew up on that and windows 2000, got vista and 7 later. I am a late zoomer though.

Also, can you post the 4chan thread lol

This is the most latest one: https://boards.4channel.org/g/thread/96154274/d7t-lwt-legacy-windows-thread

 

[Captain]

Windows 3.1 seems like yesterday. Hard to wrap my brain around Windows 7 being old enough to be nostalgic.

 

[splashy]

my current windows 7 setup on my laptop

 

[eve]

is there any advantage to running win7 besides the obvious ? ( nice polished ui and native support for windows applications )
ive been thinking abt installing it on one of my old laptops cuz it would probz run better than whatever is on them naow ( probz win10 ) and ive just been trying 2 weigh the pros and cons ... i mean with each passing year moar and moar software drops support for windows 7 ;w; not 2 even mention the EoL issue XDDD

 

[splashy]

is there any advantage to running win7 besides the obvious ? ( nice polished ui and native support for windows applications )
ive been thinking abt installing it on one of my old laptops cuz it would probz run better than whatever is on them naow ( probz win10 ) and ive just been trying 2 weigh the pros and cons ... i mean with each passing year moar and moar software drops support for windows 7 ;w; not 2 even mention the EoL issue XDDD

>officially works on shitboxes as old as a Pentium iii
>DWM not required (thus no enforced VSync)
>native classic theme that can be used without third party tools
>system utilities are often quicker to open
>full control over updating your system
>effortless to activate with Windows Loader
>lower memory usage
>less random spikes in CPU usage
u can use BypassESU to get updates up to Jan 2023
forgot to include the /lwt/ pastebin in the op. it's really helpful:
View: https://pastebin.com/M32z9Mpg

 

[eve]

>officially works on shitboxes as old as a Pentium iii
>DWM not required (thus no enforced VSync)
>native classic theme that can be used without third party tools
>system utilities are often quicker to open
>full control over updating your system
>effortless to activate with Windows Loader
>lower memory usage
>less random spikes in CPU usage

does it have support 4 vr devices tho 0_o

 

[splashy]

does it have support 4 vr devices tho 0_o

idk probably if its a few years old or older
you'll have to check your headset's compatibility online or something

 

[Z0diacK]

Wow, windows 7, I have been looking for a OS but couldn't find it. Thanks to this I'll find it again. It's one thing I miss, and oh I remember it running so smooth... I still have such a shitty computer, that didn't change...