How is Windows 7 holding up?
It's ok, I guess.
it is superb
great tbqh
>>53710117
Beautifully.
Amazing
>>53710117
better than 8 & 10 but it's still windows
Old
>>53710117
7/7 get it? :D ok..
It's great.
Its perfect. Literally no reason to switch to botnet 10 or smth else.
>>53710474
nice meemee
>>53710117
>windows 7
I fully intend to use Windows 7 until 2020.
By then, I expect Microsoft to have gotten their shit together.
>>53711157
>File: drake-hotline-bling-jacke(...).jpg (45 KB, 766x460)
>>>/reddit/
>>53711197
Same here.
>>53710117
I have 10 already installed on a separate partition but I don't see any need to use it. It still needs work.
it's fine.
does me well
As well as it has always been. You have to cope with the limitations though.
Win7 will never have native NVMe support, DX12 or proper resolution scaling.
>>53711711
>native NVMe support
Update to add native driver support in NVM Express in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2990941
>>53711711
>DX12
Vulkan is coming along nicely.
>resolution scaling
What's the problem?
What 7 doesn't have is wddm2.0.
It's on its deathbed and has 3 successors already. Let it go
>>53711822
>>resolution scaling
>What's the problem?
Try using normal 180 ppi monitor instead of legacy 90ppi and you will see
>>53710117
Let me check.
Yep, I can drag and drop to any place on every program without having to disable UAC through regedit and fucking up everything Metro related.
So yes, it's holding up fucking well.
>>53710117
it's the most reliable operating system if you disable updates and not update any drivers.
Still runs like the day i installed it
Gunna install 32 bit version on my 2008 celeron 2gb ram POS now
wish me luck bros
Pretty well. And I stopped updating it since 2013.
>>53712751
>>53712800
> if you disable updates and not update any drivers.
if you don't know what you're doing, at least stop spreading shit on others
>>53712800
>And I stopped updating it since 2013.
So you've willingly let your system stay vulnerable to 3 years worth of 0-day exploits?
You retards that never update to get patches and security fixes should seriously all fucking kill yourselves.
If you're so fucking stupid that you don't even think you're better off letting your OS update (when you clearly should) then perhaps you should either stop using computers to switch to an OS that you don't have some irrational retarded fear of letting it update and close security holes.
Or you know, just do what I said earlier and fucking kill yourselves.
>>53712927
>tell people to kill themselves raging
>over letting their systems go insecure
fucking hell son, get therapy
>>53711197
Why until 2020? It seem like such an arbitrary date if you have windows updates turned off
>>53712927
>So you've willingly let your system stay vulnerable to 3 years worth of 0-day exploits?
If the only application using the internet is Firefox, how are exploits going to reach me? Genuinely asking.
>>53713263
Please be joking...
>>53713308
I'm not.
Answer the fucking question.
>>53712812
>""""updating"""" drivers
>>53710117
Is doing fine. Is less powerful than Windows 8.1 with Classic Shell, but that's alright. My DELL notebook works fine with it. A little slow in the boot time. I tried to upgrade to 10, but couldn't connect to my router for some unknown reason.
>>53713417
>less powerful
Can you explain to someone who's never used 8 or 10?
>>53712812
Eat a dick. You don't have to update the OS, just the applications you use (i.e. browser)
>>53712179
That's what they said about XP, yet it's not gonna be 100% unsupported until 2019.
>>53711157
dumb drakeposter
>>53710117
Perfect as always senpai
>>53710117
Switched back to it after giving Windows 8.1 a try for half a year along with a loonix build and Ubuntu a try.
It just werks.
>>53712812
>>53712927
>updating an OS instead of focusing on the software you put on it
This isn't 1989, and most people know how to avoid malware/viruses and use stable encryption. Stop being mad that people have more basic competence than you.
>>53713526
>>53712751
am i being rused
>>53713263
Basically if one day there will be a day 0 exploit that lets you execute code OUTSIDE the application that's being used (by a combination of buffer overflow, memory injections and what ever methods are used out there, I'm no IT security guy, I don't know that much), people who hadn't updated their systems will be one of the first targets to be affected by those exploits.
Regardless, if microsoft wouldn't change how windows works with literally every update, hide near-useless updates that rather instead of improving workflow, add another useless feature and ruin everything you had prior and have those updates reset years worth of accumulated options throughout the system, I'd consider turning them back on again.
There's a reason why factory machines run XP and they aren't hooked up to network outside the factory.
>>53714000
What I'm asking is, how will they reach my computer in the first place? There's such a thing called the firewall these days.
>I'm no IT security guy, I don't know that much
If you don't know shit stop pretending the answer is so obvious you insufferable twat >>53713308
>>53714038
an exploit such as "JPG of death", which would work by getting you to save an image. then when windows tries to make a thumbnail out of it, it would cause a buffer overflow in the JPG decoding program and run malicious code.
a security hole of this magnitude would be widely alerted on the internet, though.
It will be fine until the next gen games roll out that require dx12 then your fucked.
Also your basically using an OS that is feature frozen in 2009 so it's already getting pretty dated. Not to mention MS is actively trying to kill it off because they really don't want to even support it anymore.
>>53713991
>Doesn't know about buffer overflows, heap spray attacks, XSS attacks and a million other ways you can get malware without double clicking an exe
Cute.
Searching for updates...
>tfw didn't even update from Vista to 7 until 2014
>tfw cant decide whether to run 7, 8.1 or 10
It's ok but the UI is outdated as fuck.
Also: W8.1 > W10 > W7
>>53711197
>By then, I expect Microsoft to have gotten their shit together.
If we're lucky, they're out of business by then
>>53713214
win7 support is kill till 2021
then they have no obligations to back off on stupid shit
>>53710237
Its all gucci
>>53710117
Present-day version of XP.
>>53715925
fast but nah>spyware>actual tool
the time 8.1 would save would be wasted learning where my shit is and how i get there with everything out of place
Just made the jump from 7 because it will be left behind in no time.
>>53717063
>will be left behind in no time
Not until 2020
>posts graph of a poorly implemented emulator
lel, found the average vtard
>>53711197
2020 will be the year of the linux desktop anyway screencap this
>>53714038
Oh believe me, I do know buzzwords, I just don't know how they're performed. And firewalls only protect you from getting directly connected to. And even then, rarely.
Regardless.
Let me break down the glorious connection to the internet for you.
You type in an address. Your PC/whatever calls a DNS to resolve the address for your desired webpage.
Then, your PC connects to that webpage and DOWNLOADS the code used to generate a website.
Afterwards your web browser is interpreting that code and generates a nice web page for your liking.
See where I'm going?
Now say, that webpage had the ability to post comments. They can post things like "lmao cats are awsum" or ">implying" and what not. And say I post<script>console.log("ur a fag");</script>.
Now here's what the servers that host comments did back when myspace was a thing and you weren't:
They accepted the comment and showed it to other users. What they did see was an empty block and their web browser console wrote "ur a fag".
Meanwhile proper procedure would be both stripping the comment of HTML tags and escaping the result before sending the generated webpage to the user (replacing <, /, \, etc with their equivalent &;somecode)
This was literally the most basic exploit out there. Writing a script in an unescaped comment.
Oh and firewalls don't detect that one because it's a fucking webpage.
Any questions?
>>53715887
7 you are pathetic drawing.
8.1 and 10 are both botnet.
>getting a new (used) laptop
>it comes with windows 8
>been using window 8/windows 10 past few years on my current laptop because it came with 8 and upgraded to w10, remember liking w7 better
>debating whether or not to get this new one and keep w8 and upgrade to w10 on it while its still free, or install w7 on it
i have a dvd that has an ISO with every copy of windows 7 on it but I don't have a DVD drive in my new laptop. i would probably dual boot Windows 7 and Windows 8 until I make sure Windows 7 works with everything, then delete the W8 install
what do?
>>53710117
It's no longer the best on low-end hardware; Windows 10 has lower RAM footprint and RAM compression.
>>53717443
make a bootable flash drive maybe..?
http://mirror.corenoc.de/digitalrivercontent.net/
>>53717466
You can just pop W7 iso's contents into USB flash drive's root and it'll boot. There's no need to go through those hoops anymore.
>>53717200
k
>>53717460
>>53717443 here
my new one will be decently high end. what is the difference then, if you have high end hardware you should use w7? or w10?
>>53717460
source for that?
better than windows 8 i guess
>>53717460
7 Ultimate x64. No services disabled or anything like that. The x86 version would take less than 500MB.
>>53717484
You asked what to do given that you don't have an optical drive and I gave you a link with ISOs..
>>53717509
Lower footprint = more room for your programs, logic, right?
>>53715726
>and a million other ways
Nah that's basically everything you know
>>53717539
>You asked what to do given that you don't have an optical drive and I gave you a link with ISOs..
Jokes on you, I'm not him.
I was just responding to your statement of making a bootable flash drive.
>>53711506
Why not use linux if you're making it look like it anyway? Do you hate freedom?
>>53717402
b-but 7 is old and shitty
>>53717539
thats not me (the original guy) that you were respoding to
so you're saying that now all i need to do is just copy an ISO to the USB drive and it is instantly bootable?
>>53717511
>>>/g/oogle
>>53717539
10 is even less than 8.1
>>53717574
fine. use Spyware 8 or 10, whatever you think isn't "shit"
>>53717511
https://tweakhound.com/2015/08/20/windows-10-memory-compression/
>>53717588
>comparing 7 and a barely finished beta version of 8
>>53717580
>so you're saying that now all i need to do is just copy an ISO to the USB drive and it is instantly bootable?
Get the iso and the Windows DVD/USB tool from http://wudt.codeplex.com/
Copying ISOs contents didn't work for me, even though I had the drive formated in NTFS
>>53717466
i'm stupid, what the fuck is the difference between all the W7 ultimate x64 bit isos? they all have different filenames but none say what actually makes them different. is it just the release date of them and they have different features or something?
and yes, this is a stupid question.
I often feel tempted to upgrade to 10 from 7, but I really don't like the telemetry and forced updates bullshit.
I look at every update before deciding to install it on 7 and if I can't do that on 10 I'm still staying out.
>>53717636
DO you want the Ultimate x64?
Look after this:
> X17-59465.iso
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate SP1 (2nd rollout)
File name: X17-59465.iso
Size: 3.09 GB (3,320,903,680 bytes)
MD5: c9f7ecb768acb82daacf5030e14b271e
>>53717611
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/b8/2011/10/07/reducing-runtime-memory-in-windows-8/
There is plenty on internal changes made on the kernel that are not visible, same from 8.1 to 10 but typical /g/entoo man only focused on the start menu and optional features, but oh well.
>>53717539
Isn't Windows Ultimate Overkill? I'm sure it will take up a lot more HD space than Home Premium
>>53717653
Go to Group Policy Editor
Navigate to
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update
Here edit the entry 'Turn off the upgrade to the latest version of Windows through Windows Update' and Enable it
>>53717580
The content of the ISO is not the iso itself.
It's just an image of an actual disc.
>>53717629
Well that's odd. I think that depends on the ISO you use.
>>53717675
Trust me I like Windows 8.1 a lot better than 7 but comparing 7 and 8 CP is retarded. Thanks for the link though.
>>53717677
No, at most 100-200MB. Avoid Home Premium as it lacks GPEdit
>>53711157
Why do drakeposters always have shit taste?
>>53717677
It's full of useless shit like massive stack of langpacks in Windows Update. The only good thing it really has is Bitlocker which should have been in 7 Pro anyways.
>>53717717
>langpacks in Windows Update
>>53717654
if those 2 are the same copy on that german website (the ISO with X17 in its name and the one thats windows_ultimate_x64_etc) why do they open up 2 different torrent files
>>53717733
Different names, but same hash value. Get whichever you prefer based on that hash
>>53717678
Huh. That's cool.
Not a big deal though, I didn't install any updates which prompt me for windows 10. I only occasionally now get another update wanting to upgrade to 10, but I just hide the update instead. Have a nice list of ignored updates lol.
>>53717757
so theyre the same iso then?
i guess ill get the one you posted since that has the highest number so must be the newest one
>>53717779
Yes. The X17.. one is actually what I've been using for years.
>>53711506
how do this?
>>53717795
okay cool i'll do that
and i know this should probably be over in SQT, but would it make sense that if this laptop I'm getting has W8 on it, to dual boot W7 first, make sure all the drivers and everything will work with W7 first, and then delete the W8 install after i see everything is good? because the W8 key is built into the BIOS right, so if i even need to reinstall W8 it will automatically recognize it
>>53717824
If it came with 8 you might want to disable UEFI in order to use DAZ Loader. Otherwise you'd have to use MSToolkit and Windows 7 Enterprise (not Ultimate)
>>53713263
You kidding me
>>53710117
Windows 7 default desktop DELL OptiPlex GX260
>>53711157
ftfy
>>53711506
How do
Ugly as fuck
I can do basic stuff like disabling windows defender
Is it better to reinstall with my OEM Win7 image that's ~4 years old and update, or grab a slipstreamed image like Generation2 and install OEM drivers later?
>>53723421
what
>>53724049
My OEM image has all the drivers, but is really old at this point and would need tons of post-install updates.
Generation2 makes slipstreamed images without the bad updates, but I'd have to install all the OEM drivers manually.
Got it?
>>53717331
So basically, your only argument is a retarded what-if scenario in which I don't have adblock and script blockers installed and spent my time on the internet looking at fishy sites. Great going retard.
>>53724142
what
>>53719982
>if I pretend he's the retarded one for long enough, maybe I can avoid answering the question!
Alright guys I am about to do a fresh install of windows 7. May as well ask here.
How do I update it without converting to 10? Is that even possible at this point? Should I just wait until the 10 due date is expired to update win7?
>>53721417
saved
>>53710117
bretty gud
>>53711506
10/10 on the waifu choice anon
>>53725841
You mean the worst alternate version of the worst girl
>>53710117
It's fine but some day you'll wake up with win 10 wether you like it or not
JUST get OS X or some linux distro tbqhwymf
>>53710117
Excellently. I've had no issues so far, and it's still extremely easy to pirate.
