What Can You Still Do With Windows 7 in 2024?
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Windows 7 literally had a slogan "Your PC, simplified".
Windows 11 Slogan "Your PC, oversimplified"
I like to run it on older hardware in the 32bit version, tick a few checkboxes, change a few settings, get rid of the transparency/3D stuff and it will run fine on any old potato, and run most 98/2k/xp programs/drivers/hardware with little problems.
Windows 10 Slogan: "Our PC, you peasant"
Windows 12: "Your PC, Spyware included"
window 7 is so loveable os
"I don't know anyone who still uses VLC"
What else are we supposed to be using?
Personally MPC-HC (well, its updated forks) have given me less issues than VLC.
VLC is still a decent choice, though
I use WACCUP for audio and SMPlayer for video, myself. VLC always seems to break my playlists after a while.
PotPlayer
mpv palyer
mpv
As a Windows 7 defender, I only have one thing to say: Kalimba was the best Windows pack-in song.
I love your profile pic
Abso-LUTELY !
Not when Sleep away is right there
I've transfered that song to every computer I've had so far.
as a current windows 7 user, i can confirm this statement
VLC rescued people of early 2000 from the codecs hell and is still the best video player for all desktop platforms. But yet you dare to spit on the hero's face.
He knows not what he speaks of, he has blasphemed our digital saviour.
It's trash in 2024. It's not 2005 anymore. MPC-HC reigns.
@@timramich MPC-HC is more like a 2005 product than VLC. VLC has no problems at this time.
@@user-xv8xh2ib6p If it has no problems, then why is there a bug tracker for it? Directshow filters are miles ahead of the ffmpeg ecosystem. The only thing it has going for it is that it's cross-platform.
Why don't you guys just double click the video and watch it? I didn't know about VLC until this comment section, I'm just curious. I always just double click the video and it always plays, I don't have VLC
It sucks companies basically force you to make an account to view their stuff
Yea I hate having to have a Microsoft account just to use windows.
It kinda reminds me of google plus in a way
I just miss those days, when Microsoft didn't force you to have an account to have Windows. I think, these were days before release of Windows 11 or so I guess
@@Nostalgic9080yeah and if you don’t they basically force you into a corner where you can’t escape without having a Microsoft account 😂
Who is watching this on Windows 8.1? Edit: I have downgraded to Windows 7. So now, I am watching this on Windows 7! Which is kind of better.....
Me!
Nice
watching on my phone but i got my main modern laptop that shipped with w10 downgraded to 8.1 just a few days ago lol
watching this on Linux
Me too!!!
Goddamnit I just upgraded from windows XP now I gotta leave Windows 7?
Bro stop swearing
no u can stay
@@user-no2bk6t376ggx When the fuck did I swear?
@@user-no2bk6t376ggx And when the fuck did I swear?
@@user-no2bk6t376ggx Aye?
What the fuck are you talking about?
Windows 7 is still my favorite Windows Version. I love the UI, and the other new stuff 7 brought to the table. If you still want the 7 magic, that’s what third party and Linux themes are for!
Windows 7 felt magical! It’s sad that Microsoft no longer has that Windows magic…
Windows XP was better, however, XPx64 never caught on... as much as everyone would have liked, and that's why we grudingly upgraded to Windows 7. We lost all the names on the taskmngr bar, but eventually got use to looking at program icons only.
Classic shell is great for that.
If only Windows 7 had a Second Edition. Same 7, but compatible with modern stuff...
We'd all be using it. Because nobody wants to use 11, and we only use 10 because Microsoft pointed a loaded gun at motherboard manufacturers to stop creating and shipping Windows 7 drivers for their motherboards.
@@choppergirlI use a windows 11 laptop and I gotta say it’s not as bad as I thought it does seem a bit more hollow when compared to my childhood windows 7 days but all in all I’m fine using 11 as long as I know it’s safe and getting support and one things for sure nostalgia aside I won’t use anything older then 11 unless it’s on a offline pc with no information stored
Use KDE Plasma amd customize it to be like Windows 7. Get Kubuntu and you are done. That's was my Gaming PC is running.
@@extinctwarriorrace1755, I am Ubuntu user and I like KDE Plasma, but I like how Canonical's implimentation of GNOME desktop, so it's vanilla Ubuntu for me.
I was hoping that happened but with XP. XP was just... bliss, y'know? Windows 7 is definitely the greatest I'd say, but XP was just special. Also what I dearly miss about both old OSs is that their Search functions so much better than modern Windows... I am on Win11 right now, but I have purchased StartAllBack, installed Shell by Nilesoft and it's a bit disjointed but a bit more pleasant experience since I can customise things without them being _too_ disjointed like reverting the context menus to Win10 which just doesn't fit well with Win11's aesthetics. Also, actually my point here was that I set the start menu to like Windows 10 and stuff and the search is miles better. I just hate that they introduced internet to mostly everything, I hate the accounts, I hate the ads, the bloatware, like half of the problems of modern Windows is just these. I do quick edits outside of plain trimming (which can be done in Photos, which doesnt accept opus codec in videos which explains them being silent) in fricking Windows Movie Maker. Clipchamp used to not bother me so much but they then decided to do the stupid accounts thing like its another platform, and they also dont let you export with custom resolutions and settings. I miss XP so much man but everytime I get that hit, I realise a lot of stuff dont work with XP anymore, like I downloaded an archive version of Encarta Kids so I could show it off to my siblings and maybe give them member berries if they even were conscious beings when i was able to use it and find it on school computers. FUUUUUUUUUUUTTTTTTTTTTUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
My brother uses Windows 7 still. My PC also originally came with it.
Yeah and i use it on my old potato laptop
@@Someguy-3232 Bro found me in the comments fr 💀🙏
@@barbieslegos8885 Yeah coz i watch tech videoz alwayz :DD
@@Someguy-3232 Just like me!
i think the easier question would be, what can you not do... i think it boils down to a handful of online games that mandate specific anti-cheat methods (core isolation, tpm, secure boot etc.) or those that exclusively want a fully fledged directx 12 implementation. and then you have some huge application suites like from adobe who just artificially put a stop to launching their software in windows 7, simply because they do not "want to support" it anymore. yet, adobe creative cloud versions 2020/2021 still work on windows 7. and these have a very very rich feature set already. so if you want to avoid using win10 or even win11 then there is not much you have to leave behind.
theres windows 10 enterprise ltsc 2021, which is a little better
I just use Linux
@@Alexander-ix2jp linux is heavier on my tabletpc that i installed debloated version of win 8.1. I researched like 3 hours to find a graphics driver for it lol. probably linux couldnt get a driver for that pc thats why it was laggy.
From what I've tested so far. VMs and web-browsers are the two things that don't seem to run right out the box (haven't tested much though). Although, at least for VMs you can use VxKex (aka: a kernel extender) to bypass that. Not sure why web browsers don't work though.
It's funny to see how there's barely anything different between Win7 all the way to Win11. I've had more problems finding compatible apps for XP than 7. Win7 just works.
eu estava com o win7 até poucos dias atras, mas minhas planilhas de trabalho pararam de atualizar com dados da internet por falta do tls1.3 no win7,
instalei o win10 pró já que tinha uma licença , testei o excel 2021 e desinstalei na hora de tão ruim que fica , instalei o meu bom e velho office 2010, que ainda assim nao fica igual ao que fica no win7,
comprei uma placa de video para ver se melhorava a atualização das janelas no excel, e nao ajudou em nada apesar que agora posso jogar alguns jogos legais,
no win7 mesmo com o video on do processador i5 3570 as planilhas ainda são muito fluidas
ainda tenho o win7 com o excel em um hd para quando preciso fazer um trabalho de planilha mais longo ,
e se forem perguntar, sim eu desativei todos os efeitos visuais do win10
I still use VLC media player all the time.
same here. I always use VLC as my main media player.
Same, using it and MPC only.
Windows XP and Windows 7 are classics
The skeymorphic UI of Vista and 7 still has a special space in my heart. I'd kill for such a UI in modern OSs. I just deeply dislike the modern simplistic UIs. Why not even have the choice of the 3d glass transparent effects?
EXACTLY _FRKN_ *RIGHT* !!
I am switching to Linux very soon, but I will not forget this masterpiece
Have you considered Wubuntu? It gives you windows functionality without the intrusiveness of microsoft.
I have tried to switch to Linux but I seem to get some kind of problem not being able to connect to the internet... :/
@@kogamaandrers6692have you tried wired or have you tried different distros
Supermium is gonna be your best bet for browsers, it's a fork of modern chrome that works on XP and up.
the github page gave me 404. is there a safe mirror?
Just because you used the windows 7 bootup sound in the video start, you earned a sub bro.
I remembered how excited me, when upgrading to Windows 7 after long time using Windows XP. Used it until I need to step up, I mean using Windows 10 and now 11
Windows 7, was beautiful in UI and the animations. Kinda like Glass. And the Gadgets [on Android and iOS (version 14) refer as Widget]
BTW if you want to enable aero theme in a VM you have to turn on 3D acceleration. Generally you can just turn it on in settings after installing VMware Tools. Just a quick heads up.
Along with Windows XP, Windows 7 Ultimate was another one that I really enjoyed using. Like XP, it was very stable and it was also the final version of Windows to officially support the Windows Classic Theme with Gradient Title Bars and all.
Thank you for these videos. I love watching these and reminiscing about how I used my computer (games I had played, music I was listening to at the time, and software I was using) during the time that these old OSes were new.
Skyrim, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Fallout 3, and Fallout: New Vegas were some of the first games I was playing during my first few years of running Windows 7.
Hey I still use VLC…
I think there aren't too many dramatic differences to the NT kernel post Windows Vista. I think the difference between Windows 7 and Windows 10/11 are similar to what Windows 2000 was to Windows XP hence that's why many programs still tend to work Windows 7 despite being out of support for 4 years already
Yeah honestly modern versions of Windows just feel like Vista but with UWP and tighter connection to M$. There isn't too many under the hood differences that I can think of to Win32 itself, besides software rendering dwm.exe and improved command-line.
0:00 that sound brings back a ton of memories, I miss windows vista (I know it's a windows 7 video but vista and 7 both have the same startup sound)
i would still use Windows 7 to this day , but one thing I'm afraid of is security risks etc, so yeah
I mean... Just download some antivirus and you are good to go.. Unless you are using a modern one.
If you have a PC good enough for Windows 11 it is not worth it, but that is not the case you can use Simplix update pack, This is in the mydigitallife forum, install all the updates, even those that are paid until April 2024 and you could also install an antivirus like Kaspersky free edition
All my Win7 PCs get the latest security pack from Simplix (UpdatePack7). Last release was 2024.4.10. One download gives you everything you need from SP1 to today.
Thank you for uploading this Contant I love old stuff like an iod 2 generation so thank you
Most linux operating systems ship vlc as the default media player
I haven’t seen much of that, a lot of distros just use whatever video player comes with the desktop environment
Who's watching this on Windows 7?
Meee
VLC rocks. Why doesn't anyone use it?
I use it myself in Windows 11
i use it too on all Win systems ...
I like foobar2000, but VLC can generally play most common media, but foobar2000 is for audio, so I got MPC-HC or Media Player Classic which is part of K-Lite Codec Pack which is kinda like foobar2000 but for videos. I was planning to use just the default Windows Media Player too but it didn't support opus codec. I already converted most of my media files into m4a or aac or whatever and not opus but I already like MPC-HC at this point but at least I can trim videos quickly with Photos which also wouldn't work with anything opus in it which explained the silence when I tried to trim things before.
Everyone and their grandma uses it except for me, what do you mean lol
I use vlc
Mainly for changing audio (in dual audio movies)
Windows 7 is/was a terrific and the fairest operating system and many people loved it. It was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009
with aero not working, you essentially were right about hardware acceleration. it will work when you install the driver, or install a newer gpu that will support it (though this isn't the case with your system specifically).
I use windows 7 on my older second setup. It is completly usable today, also extended kernel is in develompent (actually you can use it on non updated system). Also for example for newest chrome you can use supermium or what it was called.
This is so cool, I wonder when I’ll have a Windows Computer.
i mean you can just go to the recycling centre to steal a "windows computer" or you could ask people around in your area for one (doesn't matter if it works or not, as long as most of it works)
lol fuck that get a Linux computer
Thunderbird, OnlyOffice, 360 Total Security, SeaMonkey, Pale Moon, Avast etc also supported
this channel is so underrated you deserve more subs
I appreciate that thanks!
@@Nostalgic9080 no problem, looking forward to the content in the future
@@Nostalgic9080 - He's RIGHT 👍! I _really_ enjoyed your narration style and the PERFFFFECT balance of music under the narration . Seriously : WELL done !
@@chuckintexas agreed
I still use Windows 7 on my Alienware X51 R2. The OS itself and the Aero Glass will always hold a special place in my heart.
Also still using VLC for both my main Win11 rig and my X51 :)
Windows 7 is actually still usable , only you cant install new versions of discord, OBS, other things.
Steam is ending support for it but it still says “0 days”
all my homies pirate games
There's an extended kernel for Windows 7 which allows us to install newer versions of apps on Windows 7. It's called Windows 7 VxKex.
@@matthou59 tem tls 1.3 nele?
minhas planilhas pararam de atualizar da internet , por isso tive que instalar o win10, mas nao fica tão fluidas quanto no win7
@@matthou59 I use it and it is a godsent
Along with VxKex I'm running Thorium Legacy (Chrome) and Mercury Win7 browsers. Every month there is a new version of UpdatePack7 that will update any Win7 SP1 to current security. 2024.4.10 is the last release.
I think that if you want to use aero and play the games you'll have to turn on hardware acceleration in the VM's settings settinfs
I guess your system doesn't have a Video Adapter Driver, that's why the Aero and the games were not working properly.
Yea he dosent have drivers. You can see from cursor lagging a bit without them. He should use virtualbox addions (idk whats it called i use vmware pro)
@@j_stas5672 According to the tiny black bar on the top, he's using VMware as well, so I wonder why he didn't installed VMware Tools on it.
If he is using VirtualBox, he has to enable 3D effects in the video settings of VB. Then it should work.
@@anton_idkhe needs to also install guest edition😊
You can turn aero on if you install VMware Tools 11.0.6 or older. Newer versions of VMware tools do not support aero. I usually put the 32 and 64 bit versions in a ISO file. With Tools 11.0.6 you also get 3D acceleration and DX11 support. Same story for Vista too. I have an iso with most things i use for VMware
I did a build in 2008. There was no Windows 7 at the time. I installed Vista Home Premium Edition. I didn't have any issues on a Dual-coreAMD Athlon CPU. So even when Windows 7 came out, I didn't feel the need to upgrade. Upgraded to a 4-core Phenom II in 2010 and used Vista on through til 2013 when it went out of support. 5 years. Then I upgraded to 7 because I had to. Like the Media Center aspect of Vista.
Still rocking Windows 7 on my 13 year old laptop, I only use it to listen to music, use messaging apps, and occasionally play Brawlhalla, a 2D fighting game, it still does it's job pretty well!
19:25 did you enable raw mouse input? it should fix the problem
I still have an old win 7 tower I play older games with. Once they get mech warrior 4 to run in wine, I'd switch to full linux use in a heartbeat.
Yo i have a suggestion, could you possibly make a video using windows 8.1 in 2024? That be awesome. Also its been a minute since you’ve posted lol
What a consequence I just found your channel maybe 20mins ago and you have done a vid about win 7 well as it turns out I am watching it on a hp Elite book 8440p with win7 ultimate and I am using the opera browser I still use this laptop with win7 I do have win10 on another hp but just dont go there about it you wont believe the issues I have with it even hp cant fix it and the laptop is only 3 years old Cheers win 7 ultimate for life
I have an old PC that me and my uncle are upgrading, soon it will have an actual GPU
Make sure that the drivers of the graphics card you are going to get are compatible with Windows 11, the rest does not matter, you can install Windows 11 without having a supporting processor or tpm 2.0 module
Aero not working could be lack of VRAM, at least that's the problem I had in VirtualBox, where I did have hardware acceleration enabled, but with only 32MB of VRAM allocated, but at least 128MB is required for Aero effects.
This brings back nostalgia i remember using Windows 7 back in the early 2010s on my mom’s old Laptop unfortunately the laptop doesn’t work anymore I think it was like a mid 2000s model Toshiba laptop she bought it at the flea market back in 2012 or 2013 for around $120 or $130 it was a decent computer for it’s time but it only had like 1GB ram being it was made in the mid 2000s i believe my cousin had I think a late 2000s or 2010 HP laptop at the time Which I think came pre installed with Windows 7 I believe he got it when it was new back in 2009 or 2010 maybe it had around 3gb or 4gb ram but I don’t think he has it anymore probably has a newer laptop by now i still have my mom’s old laptop but charging port is broke it would be cool to boot it up for nostalgia.
i really miss Windows 7, still can't believe it has some people still using to this day. i would still thank Vista for it's advancements and especially it's Aero Theme
-Video/Photo editing
-Playing DirectX 11 and Vulkan games (no DX 12, use VKD3D translation layer)
-Browsing internet (wont recommend visiting fishy sites and pirate)
Pretty much a lot. But i would recommend switching to Linux for Win7 users, simply because there is no other choice. You have Win10/11 and Mac, that both restrictive, spying on you, that's the reason why Win7 users sitting still on Win7.
Windows 7 still spied on you, all you had to do was go to task manager and look for telemetry.
Exactly *right* . I'm looking to add a Linux boot to my main PC , leaving my secondary Win-7 PC untouched , but YEST you're exactly RIGHT on why I haven't updated to Win-10 on THAT PC . I _REFUSE_ to migrate to 11 for the very reasons you state .
@@psychlord1 You would have to know what processes are actually sending telemetry in order to be able to do that. It's not like Windows processes are just shouting out loud that they are sending data. Besides, exactly what sort of telemetry does Windows 7 send out anyways? I've seen other people make this claim but never any specifics. If it's just something like performance metrics, hardly anyone is going to care about that.
Great Vid
I'm still using Windows 7 and 8 on some of my laptops and desktop computers mainly because they can't be upgraded or I simply just prefer not to upgrade them. In fact one of my laptops is even triple booted with Windows 7, XP and Ubuntu (Linux). However I am in the process of trying to upgrade one of laptops of mine that is still running Windows 8 (specifically the original version, not 8.1) to Windows 10 by doing a clean install and then manually installing drivers after Windows 10 installation finishes.
Anyway... I wanted to say, I am one of the people who still use VLC as an alternative to Windows Media Player. Mainly because it's something I have always used as an alternative and not only that, from my experience it's often more reliable compared to Microsoft's Windows Media Player (or Windows Media Player Legacy as it's now called in Windows 11).
Windows 7 is really good and okay at the same time like people like it for its aero theme and other stuff when it’s just vista remastered but then again windows 7 has that feel
13:22 I have used Shortcut once, this video editor was slower than Adobe Premiere and Windows Movie Maker when processing long videos. Windows Movie Maker could take hours, Shortcut could take days
0:00 bro you can't give me goosebumps like that
I use Windows 7 64-bit with Office 2010 pro plus, VLC player and a bunch of other proggies I like that won't work on Window 10. It's my daily driver. Works fine. I have Windows 10 and Windows 11 machines, but, I use Windows 7 (and Macbook Pro) the most. I don't leave my computers on overnight, so, whenever I need to use the Win 10 or Win 11 machine(s), I have to wait until all the updates are installed. What a freakin' pain that is! I hadn't used my Win10 machine in about 2 months, so, it took over 40 minutes to install all the updates so I could use it. Jeez...
My 2nd system has Win-7 with MS-Office 2010 home and student . DEAD _STEADY_ . FAR more useable than Libre Office , altho that's what I have on my Win-10 unit . Good progr . , but I _PREFER_ the MS-Office .
Progs. just ran _better_ back then .
@@chuckintexas I agree, I’d rather use MS Office, too. I actually prefer Office 2010 over 2021 and 365. I don’t need all the extra garbage, whistles & bells and group collaboration stuff. And, one of my complaints about MS is that every time they come out with a new version of Office, ya have a learning curve and level of frustration trying to learn how to use it. If they want to add new features (that most home users will never use), fine, just quit changing the general look & feel of the program and how to do certain tasks. I really don’t care for the bland, but busy, look of Office 2021 and 365, or Windows 11 for that matter. I’ll keep using Win7 & Office 2010 as long as I can…
The API extender is huge when using Windows 7 these days
The reasons you are having problems with the displaying of windows in Windows 7 in your VM. Is because you did not turn on 3D Acceleration. To do this goto the Virtual Machine Settings for the VM. Then select Display in the left menu. And then on the right side place a checkmark in the box for Accelerate 3D graphics. Once you do that you can then use Areo Effects, and you won't have any more problems when dragging windows around. And quite possibly most of the games/applications will work fine.
Actually you can get the aero theme by enabling the 3D hardware acceleration in the display settings of virtual machine and put it to 256mb of video ram. Should work I did it before
I don’t use 7, but I do frequently use a high end Vista laptop for classic games.
Lucky you got Steam working, can’t do that on Vista. 😔
I have a W-7 unit with what are still pretty STRONG specs today . I have never considered it for gaming , as It was my home CAD Station , and performed MAGNIFICENTLY , easily keeping pace with the BESAT - in its day - on ANY desk in any corporate CAD Department !
Based on your comment and what we saw in the Vid here , I bet steam would run on that PC _now_ (!) , as I have kept it WELL maintained since . I recently had all the drivers updated as far as they _could_ be , and even replaced the Processor's Thermal Paste ;=)) !
Seriously - she's as smooth as silk and rock STEADY stable , even _today_ !
I still use Windows 7 on my second PC. Can’t use it on my main PC since manufacturer only has Windows 11 drivers :(
Thanks for the shout out, I'm one of the two people still using VLC. 😀
I use Supermium browser on my old windows 7 machine. It's a more up to date chrome browser supporting old operating systems.
Right after support ended for xp I switched. I don’t hate 11 as much as I thought I would through
Roblox still supported on Windows 7. So, roblox users still using Windows 7
But you need to has kb4534310
I sometimes forget that its been 4 years since EOS...I still run it just fine, like nothing ever happened. Windows 11 24h2 LTSC might be worth a try when it comes out, however.
I daily on my desktop run Debian and Windows 8.1 (albeit to look like Windows 7) and even Windows 8 is still fairly useful if you know where to go. Looking for old versions and patched new ones
I mean, i was watching this currently on my Retro Gaming PC (Pentium 4 computer running Windows XP)
I'm still using Windows 7 and I'm very happy
3:45 its not switting cus you dont have the vmtools cus aero needs 3d acceleration and VMware tools or drivers (vntools installs drivers)
I took a break from my computer for a bit, went from Windows 10 to Manjaro i3wm, now Windows feels weird to use in comparison lol
Old programs are running very fast on Windows 7 on my old computer. Also i still play Chess Titans, Purble Place and using Media Center. Also i downloaded 3D Pinball, which is originally came with Windows XP, and i also play Minecraft Alpha/Beta/Classic on it, and it is working very well, except windows 11. But it has low FPS, because graphics card are like **TRACTOR**.
I wonder how the actual fuck is Minecraft alpha lagging on ur pc. A gma 3100 can run this at like, 40fps.
@@JoseLucasd That's because my old laptop has 358MB GPU.
Even XP had builtin spyware lol just saying. By the way x86-64 as a software package means 64bit (meaning the version of LibreOffice you've installed is the 64bit one), x64 is just an abbreviation of x86-64. x86 alone as a software package means 32bit. x86 as an instruction set includes 64bit extensions since AMD put those in their Athlon 64 CPU.
YUP ! W-XP-32 , W-7/64 👍. I still have all 3 - W-XP, W-7 , W-10 . I _REFUSE_ to move to W-11 .
I need help. I have Windows 8.1 and I got the Blue Screen of Death. My screen now says "Repairing disk errors. This might take over an hour to complete." How do I fix this? I've been on this screen for 2 weeks now. I don't want to get a new Windows or change my hard drive. I've looked online for answers but have gotten no help. Please someone help me. 😭
I don't know if you know this but if you want to use the aero theme you need to download the VM drivers
I run Windows 7 on modern hardware natively and I can say it would've been faster than 10 except for the downside of losing apps
19:23 you need to disable mouse integration here for this to work properly
You can get all of the point of sale updates up to 2024 on regular 7 and it makes it totally secure
?? _HOW_ ??
@@chuckintexas search “Bypass Windows 7 Extended Security Updates Eligibility” my digital life
W7 for life baby!!!
_Another_ TRUE BELIEVER !!
I still use Windows Media Center with a USB TV tuner. It allows you to time shift you viewing needs with the built in recording feature. Microsoft no longer supports the TV Guide but I subscribe to 123 EPG for the guide listings at a small cost ($25/year). You can then convert the Windows media files using VLC to MPEG format for playback on other devices. Too bad MS dropped their Media Center feature.
Windows 7 can run Virtual PC. With ISA SoundBlaster emulation in DOS. With shared folders in DOS. With OS/2 virtual machine addons.
Waterfox still supports Windows 7. It was initially released as a 64-bit version of Firefox before 64-bit became the mainstream.
The x86-64 bit installer for Libre Office means that it is 64 bit. I've seen other programs that use that naming convention to delineate their 64-bit installers as x86 architecture, 64-bit. If it were a 32 bit installer it would simply be x86.
I use VLC player on Linux to watch bluray discs. It's not as straightforward as simply putting the disc in and playing it, but it works.
Was that the latest version of Steam you installed? I forced Steam to stop updating on my Windows 7 machine so that I could continue using it, but I wonder if that was necessary.
VLC is the best media player out there.
try the extended kernel mod since they made one for windows 7 but it's not as stable as the vista one but I'm also going to try it on my mums old pc in the attic
even with only official supported parts, you can still spec Windows 7 with an i9-9980XE, an RTX 3090 Ti, and 128GB of DDR4-4266mhz RAM, limited by the X299 chipset. You could go even higher with unsupported parts, for example the i9-14900KS and R9 7950X3D both work fine on Windows 7. Only issue is that nobody has made drivers for the RTX 40 series for Windows 7.
Who uses VLC? I do!
Same i use it everyday
Same
Me
That’s weird that It said “Try Searching to get started” But when I signed out it showed me some videos
9:08 now the algorithm does not give you random video popups but asks you to search first
I still know people daily driving a Windows XP machine to this day.
Watching this from Vista
still use win 7 due to 16bit color depth. i can see slightly through smokes in Crossfire (an FPS game)
they had extended security updates til late 2023 you can download from the site
19:10 the mouse movement bug is a vm issue
what can you still do? that's easy. feeling the nostaligia
Windows 7 was the peak, then things went down the shitter. I moved to Linux now.
Windows 7 also has great stability. It doesn't halt the entire system when you plug in a usb floppy like Windows 10. Also 7 does know what to do with DOS usb's, which 10 doesn't know what to do and stops responding completly.
No kidding !! I often wonder just exactly WHAT do they pay their child programmers to DO all day at MS !
I used Windows 7 until 2021, but I had to switch to Windows 10 because the PC got overloaded and games didn't run well due to the overload, needing to do a fresh install. Also, it was time to change the OS as it was losing support. Although Windows 7 was my favorite OS, it was time to move on. I don't want to switch to Windows 11 now because it has some issues, and everything just works on Windows 10 for the time being. Some people are even reverting back from Windows 11 to 10.
If you're only going to use an OS while it is supported, you might as well bite the bullet now and switch to Windows 11, because Windows 10 goes out of support next year, unless you intend to pay for the extended support.
I only stopped using it because , my new sound mixer and interfaces only supported W10 +. So I went straight to 11. All good things come to an end. I would still use XP if modern software ran on it.
W7 generally does what you need it to without much downside.
These days you have to run the latest (or in this case, the two most recent) versions of windows in order to get the drivers necessary to run newer games, so gaming isn't really the focus for W7 anymore.
W7 runs extremely smoothly on just about any PC made in the last 10 years and is perfect for just about any basic tasks you need.
If you are doing advanced work, I'd leave internet off and transfer the files from another PC. Works like a charm.
As far as gaming goes, that depends entirely on how important it is that you have the latest and greatest games. You can still find games released as recently as 2020 and '21 that will run on Windows 7, and maybe even newer if you're willing to look hard enough.
Btw you can use supermium for broswer