Can You Still Use Windows 7 in 2024

Can You Still Use Windows 7 in 2024
I would not recommend using Windows 7 in 2024.
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#windows7 #windows10 #windows11

[@user-ur2nl7qj4f]

The best Windows Version ever. After Windows 7, the subsequent versions seem to have aged backward.😢

[@US_Joe]

I still use my HP Win7 laptop as a media center with apps no longer supported, including legacy games that are not emulated. No online stuff ever. G'day Mate 👍👍👍

[@jjohnson71958]

try third party windows 7 software

[@hanswi336]

@@jjohnson71958 Why should he when his laptop is working fine!?

[@megatedassaultituary6783]

Win 7 is designed exactly for that, Its a post apocalyptic program optimized for self preservation in highly volatile conditions

[@megorra]

I still use Windows 7. I think the newer operating systems are ugly, non-intuitive and harder to navigate. Mine does all I need it to do without having to have everything bang up to date. Win 10 and 11 are both awful to use in every way, in my opinion.

[@tonywise198]

Using Windows 7 is analogous to walking out of the house for a fortnights holiday, and leaving all the door and windows open, and hanging a big sign on the door saying" House empty for 2 weeks: rob me.

[@ewiseman3683]

@@tonywise198 - LMFAO! Such a Paranoid Exaggeration. Your analogy is not Comparably relevant to the matter. Hey, do you also Enable your Windows Updates for Win. 10/11 believing it will protect & secure your PC like so many Delusional Sheep on here? Until one day your PC Unsurprising won't Boot up to your Desktop due to a Windows Update , or your PC slows down, or Programs just stop working properly for some odd reason. Or perhaps your PC gets infected by some Nasty Malware or your Machine gets Hacked even though you Religiously do Windows Updates on your Win. 10/11. And then just a big "Maybe " you Realize that the so-called popular Professional advice to do Windows Updates and use the Newest OS out there may Not be necessarily so Wise after all. I've Repaired many people's Computers that believe Blindly all the Above nonsense until they Realize its a bunch Baloney the Hard way.

[@hanswi336]

@@tonywise198 hahaha how stupid...

[@kennygaming208]

You should upgrade to Windows 10, there are so many ways to get the windows 7 start menu and UI on windows 10 to the point where you can't even tell it's Windows 10

[@keylanoslokj1806]

​@@tonywise198delusional.. our 7 pc is safer than yours Which is full of security gaps, spyware and telemetry

[@hotmixer2010]

As long as CPUs and UEFI keep having security holes most home users will never be safe no matter how many Windows Updates and new versions of Windows u install

[@himmelskibet]

A good reason to use CSM/Legacy where possible, UEFI was basically trying to reinvent the wheel and is actually a lot less secure because the OS in UEFI mode has a lot more control over the BIOS than with legacy.

[@aires69uk]

I have two computers.. never thought I'd ever say that.. one of them has Windows 10.. I still have my computer with Windows 7.. I'll never get rid of it.. and you can't make me.

[@hanswi336]

Agree !

[@spungbopscarepans]

i have a windows 7 PC and a windows 11 laptop, i use the lucky 7 most of the time

[@ralphquintero3350]

You made me laugh 😂🤣😂!

[@Athenian888]

Yes ,you're right.Unfortunately the guy in the video sounds just like a Microsoft sales representative.And he makes a lot of wrong points.

[@PeterHonig.]

Win 7 was by far my favorite version from Microsoft. Then they forced my machine to update to Win 10, and I hated everything about it. In Win 7 I could control which updates I would or would not install, and the MS telemetry was minimal. With 10 and even more with 11, MS was collecting information on which app I was using and how often, etc. For me that was the last straw, so I reinstalled Windows 7, replaced Explorer with Firefox, replaced Office with LibreOffice, and disconnected my machine from all Internet traffic, so I can occasionally use some very specialized video editing apps such as object removal. Anyway, aside from my one Windows computer, my entire family now uses Linux. In particular, my favorite distro is Kubuntu KDE Plasma, which I consider even more superior to Windows 7, as it is Windows the way it should have been, plus it is free and without any spyware.

[@ghostdragon2593]

Definitely agree on the forced updates they do suck, I hate Microsoft telling me which updates I need with no option to skip a specific update if it's known to cause issues.

[@BillAnt]

I'm still running Win7 on one my laptops, and can honestly say it's still my fave. Moreover, I actually need it for running some legacy hardware and software which don't work well on newer Windows. Just because and OS is "no longer supported" it doesn't mean that a tech savvy person can't use, to the contrary. With a good antivirus, Chrome or Brave browser, it's perfectly fine. imo Over 12 years of using it, never got a virus, malware, or ever got hacked.

[@chrissmith7655]

Win 7? Still using DOS 6.22 here!! Works great.

[@adrianandrews2254]

DOS 2.0 on a 486DX at 33MHz clock. Used for testing ISA boards !

[@musicmat1001]

Windows 7 is the best but in my experience Windows 10, and 11 are crap!

[@jacksquat55]

As long as you enjoy living in the Stone Age. The latest generations of AMD and Intel processor features and enhancements only work with the embedded code that's supplied in Windows 11. You can stick with the old favorites, but the smart kids will be far ahead of you in no time.

[@Britec09]

Both Windows 10 and Windows 11 are more secure than 7

[@musicmat1001]

Windows 10 and 11 these systems are great spying tools for Microsoft.....More secure?.@@Britec09

[@musicmat1001]

I am not a robot! @@jacksquat55

[@billyguthrie3176]

yep and they both have more processing power than windows 7 did. There's a huge difference in how fast win 7 and win 10,11 update as well. Plus win 10 and 11 come with their own AV and windows 7 doesn't.@@Britec09, @musicmat1001

[@73d_th3_Master_Of_Shadows]

Windows 7 sluggish? Woah there thats a lie,come on ,windows 7 uses about 35 to 38 processes to do anything modern you like while windows 10 is using more than 100 processes so i dont see in any world how a system that runs 62 less processes or more can be slower than 10,and windows 7 doesnt use the turbo feature that 10 has already if 7 had the turbo mode enabled not only would been crazy faster but already without the turbo it surpases 10. Windows 10 uses fast boot 7 doesnt ,if 7 had the same thing it would won,try and set windows 10 without fast startup,7 cant be slower cause by having less processes running on the system also the network load on your connection is lower disk usage cpu gpu everything when i installed 7 on my 10 pc,it was nasa level fast less than a second everything opens and loads,so no Windows 7 is the fastest modern Os,from windows operating systems.

[@skittleproductionsYT]

Also windows 11 is way worse

[@omnitone]

at a point, i had two systems. a decade old laptop with win7, and a desktop (i5 2400 with a amd hd5450) on windows 10 enterprise, which was quite usable, and by far the best version of windows 10 ever, but for basic tasks that don't benefit from the better hardware, windows 7 was somehow faster, even with all of the aero graphics settings at the max. a much cleaner experience.

[@himmelskibet]

@@omnitone Of course, because Windows 7 isn't a pile of crap

[@prithvi9727]

What Windows 7 users imply when they say they are fans is that they want to see the ease of UI & usability of this in the next OS's like Windows 10, 11. I can't disagree with that AT ALL.

[@billyguthrie3176]

right we want to be able to use the windows 7 UI skin especially for win 10 cause the interface is hideous. win 11 looks pretty good except for the bulky ugly oversized start menu. Not having built in UI tweaks for the taskbar sucks too.

[@mica7191]

A plenty of tech enthusiasts attempts to stick into everyones private space made me take anti-depressants for a while

[@kevinsahm5577]

uh you have it all wrong use legacy updates and let it do all the work installing updates. No need to use edgw we now have supermium web browser which is a current chromium based browser that is always updated to the latest version.There is also now an extended kernewl for 7 that lets us use the latest firefox on 7. My computer is from 2012 and its not slow at all running windows 7.

[@hanswi336]

I totally agree.

[@syamillim3332]

My solution is simple. Once Windows 10 out of support, i will migrate to linux system and ditch Windows 11 completely. No more Windows OS.

[@GAMLAPATTE]

Same here. Although I have offline PCs that will still have windows

[@ShyFx8]

Good video. I did a lot of testing and integrating updates offline via DISM many years ago. Getting windows 7 fully updated was tricky because there were certain updates that had to be installed first and in the right order before the rest of the updates. I mean to remember it was around 150 updates in total to get it fully up to date back then. In windows 8.1 it was even worse, there were around 270 updates, nowadays it is probably around 320 updates to get it fully up to date. Have done the same with Windows Vista with SP2 but don't remember how many updates it took to get it fully up to date. The purpose of this testing was to have windows as fully updated as possible after installation.

[@KerwynPromoter]

Gaming on windows 7 is way better than windows 10 an 11

[@waltrautengels816]

I call BS - there is EVERYTHING wrong with Windows 11!

[@brianlindsey8822]

Another thing is: with windows 10 if you want to put pictures from your picture folder onto a blank dvd , you need to get paid software (burning software). With windows 7, you transfer the pics to a black dvd rw easy peezy for free..

[@paulwarner5395]

I got Win 7 working on my VM following f=your update instructions and the screen resolution now works fine. Interesting that Windows Defender is still updating with the latest definitions and Edge browser was installed with one of the updates. Didn't think it would be supported on Win 7.

[@andre0000000007]

i still use win7, adore it. easy and fast and setup exactly how i want it for years and years. got the 'classic start menu', middle mouse button folder shortcuts, superantispyware, ms essentials. i also have a win10 machine that i despise using - especially the updates that many times stuff something up... what i would like is new directx support on win7 or give me a win11 that operates and looks exactly like my win7 and i'll buy it, don't want anything different.

[@Britec09]

Would not say Windows 7 is fast., thanks for sharing

[@BillAnt]

​@@Britec09 - On a half decent machine Win7 is flying. In fact I'm still using it on one of my 2012 Asus G75 ROG laptops with 16 GB RAM and 1 TB SSD, honestly it's faster than my identical model Win10 laptop. I took good care of it over the years carefully tweaking everything to my liking.

[@davie_mcc2.0]

When i last reinstalled Win 7 2 years ago i made a point of cloning it onto another hard drive for safe keeping so i dont need to go through the update hoops again if i needed to start over.

[@Britec09]

Them updates are a nightmare

[@TheForce_Productions]

I think the ONLY thing Windows 7 is lacking regarding all later versions is the Dark Theme, which indeed keeps incomplete still in Windoww 10.

[@collapsingruins]

There are Dark Themes out there, for more then 10 Years. Look for a Theme Patcher and you ready to go.

[@TheForce_Productions]

@@collapsingruins Gonna check it!

[@nogreed4671]

window 7 allow you to change everything to a darker color including black via personalize, no need for external theme app

[@HighOnChillout]

Awesome....where can I get the original windows 7 iso?

[@Ahmed-Hussain]

windows 11 is a disaster

[@JoniusGnome]

Found an unopened Windows 7 Media centre edition a while back, will install one day on an old PC just to have a poke around.

[@ddruckmu]

I have 6 laptops running win7, no problem and will continue until I can't. Yes I have win 11 laptop, I am old IT guy, started on win 3.0 till retirement with win 10. I do not actually ever install win 7 just image the drives from a master. In my experience, it is not any slower then 11 the way I use it. Mostly use is internet, old software and older games. Have not used antivirus for more then 10 years, so far nailed everything coming in, but that was part of my job so my situation is different, not much impressed with any newer antivirus software, great for slowing computers down.

[@ghostdragon2593]

Eh I have bitdefender antivirus on my gaming pc and doesn't even make up more than 1% of my resource usage in the background. Sure maybe antivirus slows down budget and midrange PCs.

[@leonidas14775]

I'll use my windows 7 computers online, but not for anything where security matters. I might not be able to keep hackers out of my windows 7 computer, but I can keep my sensitive data off of it.

[@himmelskibet]

@@leonidas14775 It is ok to use Windows 7 for banking , I have done it and I have also used Windows 2000

[@himmelskibet]

@@ghostdragon2593 AVs are really not necessary , but rather common sense and maybe a firewall

[@franciscohorna5542]

its to riskey especially for online banking and intering credit or debit card info to many vulnerability holes its a swiss cheese 1 question how did you install the latest version of chorme on it i thought that did not work on 7 anymore version 123

[@ewiseman3683]

Having Win 10/11 along with religious Windows updates will NOT necessarily Prevent you from being Vulnerable to Online banking breaches , Malware, Hackers, ...etc. Its absolute Perpetuated Nonsense. But rather , Its your Common sense in conjunction with your Internet habits , Encryption of your Username & passwords , keeping your Main applications Up-to-date and Maintaining Regular Backups of your PC system externally & it's Data that will Protect and Secure your PC Mostly from being Seriously compromised regardless if its Win 7 , 8, 10 or 11 , Mac, or a Linux machine. I've been using Win.7 for years until Now by Practicing the above with no issues and Still able to do Everything I need / want to do .i.e. Web browsing, Email, Gaming, Video streaming, Zoom calls, ....etc. The biggest issue for a Older or Outdated OS or PC is really Compatibility with Software and Hardware. However, I've personally have had no issues; I use Virtual Machines and other things Periodically if a software requires Win 10/11. Otherwise, Win.7 and Linux serve me well.

[@omnitone]

true. banking on computers shouldn't be the norm.

[@Athenian888]

Don't worry about banking.Banks have strong firewalls and other safety systems in place,there's absolutely no problem.

[@resonate9815]

I am still using Win7. I do agree with the slowness but Windows 11 is ransomware and the hardware requirements are absolutely nuts

[@johnnyblack4261]

I found it to be faster than windows 10, when testign this in VM

[@WeatherMan2005]

The requirements are so bs. Your pc isn't from 2020 or newer? Oh then your cpu must be too old.

[@himmelskibet]

Windows 7 definitely isn't slower than 10 or 11

[@johnnyblack4261]

@@himmelskibet On virtualbox I found Windows 7 much faster than Windows 10 and 11

[@leonidas14775]

I have old games and software that run better on 7 and an old netbook that can't be upgraded to 10. ( Seems like a good match. ) I only use an updated linux system for banking. The important thing is for people to differentiate a secure operating system from one that isn't, and use each appropriately.

[@HeLaNoR]

you are concearned for security on windows 7 and you are not concearned for security on windows 11 that is a fully spyware OS? i dont even mention the bloatware....

[@Kilen81]

Exactly, i felt much more exposed and vulnerable with win 11 than i ever did with 8.1 or 7... Not going to upgrade to win 11 with any of my pc's again.

[@richardb4313]

It is my liking of the Windows XP and 7 interface that now has me running Linux Mint. I do have an XP laptop for a legacy interface that only runs on IE, but it never goes online. Linux Mint is the natural progression for people who like the classic windows interface.

[@cookieboy5300]

recently restored 5 different laptops to the out-of-box factory restore, cleaned up factory crap and trials and started the updates... I started on a Friday and finished the last one on Wednesday LOL! Most of the laptops were 2010 and I just kept walking in the room and clicking next, reboot, search for MORE! updates. Because I wasn't sitting in front of the computers the entire time and just doing in my spare time took a little extra time but yea, takes forever. None of them could really play KZbin well 160p and almost 360p, truly horrible machines to use but I wanted to get it done. I also did a couple Vista laptops and have some XP laptops to tackle at some point. Just projects for fun, not to use.

[@peterschmidt9942]

Win 10 isn't much better. I had an old Dell optiplex I picked up years ago cheap for a project that had Win7 on it. I updated it to 10 (which took a while), then installed the updates for 10. Still going days later as well LOL.

[@a.k7627]

hi bri the kaspersky rescue disk usb is not working on win 11 , ive managed to get a beta version from the site and it works but you cant see the hard drives resulting in no hard disks to scan , do you have any solution please.

[@TimHollingworth]

I love my windows 7 on the laptop, its really fast now as I use ssd. I still operate windows xp but the browsing is now virtually impossible, sadly.

[@Britec09]

Browsers will all be outdated

[@andrigunawan5691]

@@Britec09 though supermium (for chrome users still using windows 7) does exist but is it recommended to switch to supermium (a modified chromium designed to run on windows 7 all way down to xp) in terms of browsing?

[@martingolding4951]

I used Firefox for the browser in xp

[@matthewlathum9312]

*Dear Britec09* I have procesor AMD Ryzen5 5600 with Radeon Graphics 8 Cores, motherboard ASUSTeK Prime A320M-K with 32 GB memory. I tried many times to install Windows 7 from usb, installation process went very well until restart, then endless loop happens to me, so not possible to use, maybe you will have some solution to my problem? PLEASE! Windows 11 installed perfectly or any Linux distro without mentioned problems but I want to use windows 7 anyway.

[@christianthe18]

My brother and I both take computer based subjects at school and we write them on the same days, what we would do is one uses my mom's computer and the other uses my late grandfather's computer, but that thing packed up. I told my school about it and they borrowed me an old computer that used to be used in the IT lab, but hasn't been used in a while, anyways I got it working, but it has Windows 7. I don't have a problem with Windows 7, it's quite nostalgic really since it's the one I learnt how to use a computer with Windows 7. I just worry that it's not safe to do research with consudering how old it is, regardless I'm really excited give it a go

[@temiongcecilio]

Good day Sir. When i try to install Windows 7 on my laptop either through USB OR DVD, i get this message: "A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing". When i go to the Intel website i don't know which one to download. Can you kindly help me. My laptop is an Acer Aspire ES1-131 with Intel Celeron Quad Core Processor N3160. i would appreciate it so much. Thank you.

[@hugonevesblanchetferreira1162]

Hi Brian. Could you make a tutorial on how to install a virtual machine to run games from the early 2000? If you made a vidéo alike, my apologies. Cheers.

[@paulwarner5395]

Thanx for the video. I'm looking forward to the video of "Can you still use Windows 11 in 2034" I've got Win 7 on a VM but can't get the screen to be anything than VGA so 4x3 aspect ratio.

[@Britec09]

Coming soon! 😂

[@edgardocabasa4228]

good day sir i have a question to ask why is it that when i stall windows 7 my internet was disable ?

[@beermonster123sheff]

Windows 11 is a pile of steaming shit

[@collapsingruins]

Everytime someone is gaslightning me into believing something is wrong with using my perfectly fine Windows 7 machine, i play a game in may head, like Michael Douglas in Falling down and ask the industry idiot doing proaganda for Gill Bates: What's wrong with the streets?

[@jasonvoor480]

I was surprised to see a cash machine at Asda trying to load windows 7 professional yesterday I still love that loading screen even though it was slower then the core 2 duo I was using back in the day

[@Britec09]

But cash machines don't have connection to outside world

[@peytonkinnamon5318]

I'm running Windows 7 Professional on my laptop and Ultimate on my gaming rig. The API-Extention, as well as a free vpn and anti-virus, I'm doing fine and playing my Steam games just fine

[@jaceydurland9098]

I still use Windows Vista on an HP Z420-offline of course. And yes, it's faster than Windows 10 and Windows 11. It's lightning fast. Before my finger has released from the mouse button, the program I've clicked on has already fully launched. And mind you I'm running Vista in 4K with that speed.

[@TheCultOfShepard]

I honestly prefer holding on to Windows 8.1, I discovered significantly better gaming stability with it over 7 in my own comparisons. Not sure why it's so maligned, only major functional difference I see is the full screen Start Menu.

[@andrewquinn5946]

Firefox is still supported but it is on ESR so wont be for much longer, if you use it behind a router with a good firewall / security and are not stupid online then yes its still pretty usable for now

[@jacksquat55]

The latest Firefox and Chrome browsers won't even install on a fresh Windows 7 installation. ESR updates are only available on an existing system.

[@himmelskibet]

@@jacksquat55 No? Firefox ESR will install on a clean 7 install

[@jacksquat55]

@@himmelskibet It's pretty much irrelevant at this point. ESR will no longer receive updates after September 2024. It's time to move on. Or stay off the Internet...

[@davinp]

In Virginia, USA the commuter train still uses Windows 7 on the train status monitors at the train stations. They are planning on upgrading those monitors later this year

[@PhilipMarcYT]

Hopefully not to 11. That OS is a mess.

[@stephenwade8093]

I reinstalled Win 7 on my Ham shack computer, for simple tasks to do with Amateur Radio, logging software, ect I removed Edge and a lot of other stuff that I do not need, I did this about a year ago. last month I got an update so dont know why that happened if its end of life.

[@dalriada842]

I have Linux on several old machines, but I keep Vista Ultimate on an old non-network connected laptop for ancient software. I didn't use my Windows 7 and 8.1 Pro licences, because I used those for the upgrades to Windows 10 and 11. I wouldn't dream of trying to surf the web with such an old OS, though. Some would say that I should just use virtual machines for this, and do away with the extra hardware. But I like having a separate machine for infrequently used stuff that can just sit there until I need it.

[@Britec09]

Thanks for sharing

[@raidmarji]

Any plans for a new Video how to install Windows PE on the main drive a the sole operating system?

[@jkmac625]

I've still got a Windows 7 Pro laptop. It's now mainly used for video capture and processing, as there's no Win 10 driver for the video interface. I've removed all my personal data files and uninstalled Chrome and all it's stored passwords etc.

[@ewiseman3683]

Can You Still Use Windows 7 in 2024 ? Answer, yes u can ! 12 minutes saved right there. If anyone Believes that just having Win 10/11 in conjunction with Religious Windows Updates will Protect & Secure their PC from Vulnerabilities , Hackers, Computer crashes, Malware, ...etc, then they're Gravely Mislead. PC users with Win 10/11 in conjunction with Religious Windows Updates can and do fall Victim to the Aforementioned PC issues as well as seeing their " PCs not Start up or Slow down after Windows Updates ". This part is Not so much an issue for Win.7 or Linux users. Nonetheless, I'm sure Microsoft and Gate's cronies will Continue to be Quite profitable $$$ the More the Public continues to blindly Believe & follow such perpetuated Nonsense.

[@WeatherMan2005]

Yeah i dont think being up to date is gonna matter. Im on windows 10 but i probably will run it after updates stop. (Cpu unsupported)

[@Britec09]

12 minutes saved watching video, but hours lost updating Windows 7 with loads of errors and outdated browsers with slow browsing. I rest my case.

[@ewiseman3683]

@@Britec09 - I personally Generally would not Update Windows 7 with Windows Update and Rarely have in over Decade without issue. Therefore, I rest my case as well on that front. lol. However, I do believe in keeping Browsers and my Software updated and thus, my PC errors or issues have been Minimal over the Years. Anyways, I agree to disagree with your Stance on doing Windows Updates ,overall; and more so with Win 10 / 11. However, Brian, you do whatever makes you feel Comfortable. Enjoy your Easter weekend. Cheers.

[@Britec09]

@@ewiseman3683 Have a good Easter

[@MikeG-gf2zl]

If you are going to show us how to install "Windows 7 in 2024", why do you need to whine about it throughout your video?

[@aires69uk]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@WeatherMan2005]

Exactly

[@Athenian888]

Because he is a Microsoft mouthpiece.

[@msh6610]

Installed it on a old lappis some monts ago as it runs so much better than 10/11. I did some research and can't find annything like eternal blue on XP..Only that there is a vulnerability on the routing and remote feture on windows 7 server.. Soo.. it should be quite safe unless ya do somthing stupid yerself..still...

[@GillanMusicArt]

Bri, who sells product keys? Windows 7 is ok for running legacy programs

[@wildthing6668813]

I had a Windows 7 PC that I bought in 2009 and it was still running strong in 2020 when I ditched it. I only used the PC for Netflix but I wasn't bothered

[@Britec09]

Windows 7 will still run, but not safe to use

[@timnotbrianmay]

Of course, ABSOLUTELY AGREE, although I did like Windows 7, but who didn't? 😸 I do have a question; I have an HP with Windows 11 on it, that I haven't activated yet; I really like Internet explorer, for the ability to send a shortcut to desktop, and for the add-ons, especially the accelerators! I have an MSI installation file for the browser, and I think I have the accelerators also saved... Will they run on Windows 11? Thanks, Bri!!!!!!!!!!

[@Jordansklar0698]

I went to linux specificly garuda linux kde lite lol still have a windows 98 system a windows xp system and now a windows 7 system for collection purposes my 3 favorite windows versions

[@johnmilner7603]

My HP laptop is from 2009 which came with Win 7. Yes I upgraded to Win 10 and don’t really notice any big difference except that Win 10 is slower and needs more memory to run which I can’t upgrade. Maybe a SSD drive would help. My Wife’s laptop is a couple yrs old that has a SSD drive and is super fast especially when copying files/photos. 😊

[@apolitik]

Nice vid. Just today I wanted to buy a win 7 old laptop that I really loved.😅 Also I didn't know that win 10 have one more year of life. Win10 official users can they upgrade to win 11 for free?

[@martinbynion1589]

Yes, IF their PC is compatible! Older ones aren't and MS is actively preventing workarounds.

[@ShinyHelmet]

@@martinbynion1589 In what way are they preventing workarounds? I know that the upcoming 2024 update will require certain CPU instruction sets to be present, but that will only affect really, really old CPU's.

[@WeatherMan2005]

Ah yes my 2017 pc cant run windows 11 because of Microsoft bs. Im not going to buy or install windows 11 on a pc no thanks

[@ElMalito187]

Official builds of Windows 11 is bloatware, crapware and spyware infested. If you're going to use Windows 10 or Windows 11 use Ghost Spectre's version of it and opt for "install with Windows Defender" from the get-go. Every other option is for skilled/advanced users who know what they're doing and understands the risks of not having Windows Defender installed from the get-go. Ghost Spectre has a README file with every revision he puts out. And he basically states "installing Windows without Windows Defender is at your risk and you will not hold anyone liable, so unless your Mad Max, installion of Windows Defender is a must-have, end of story". Windows 7 still rocks and is a representation of Bruce Campbell's Ash J. Williams character when he states "Hail to the King 🤴 Baby!".

[@ElMalito187]

Truth be told I'm not entirely sure what would happen if the updates happen. Would it force Windows Ghost Spectre to revert back to baseline in terms of themes and usability, possibly so. The updates are on Pause until 2070. You may re-enable it and the process will do it's thing as any standard version of Windows 10 and Windows 11.

[@ElMalito187]

​@collapsingruins I couldn't have said it any better than myself. So in essence, my strongest suggestion to you from IT Specialist to another IT Tech/Tech-savvy/Computer Enthusiasts is to not have any sort of Windows updates enabled. From painful experiences Windows Updates have this nasty tendency to bog down systems even more so with gaming rigs. Believe me you're not missing out on anything, when Ghost Spectre puts out updated revisions of his custom OS, he nicely integrates the major/hotfix patches for Windows and trim the fat and bloatware nonsense. Cheers 🍻 P.S. Windows Defender. Don't leave home without it.

[@AndreaBorman]

Windows 7 and Windows XP will still work the operating system itself is not the problem. The problem is that you won't find updated software that supports it because most vendors have stopped support for Windows 7. So has Google Chrome and Firefox. As you showed us in the video. When you tried to install Google Chrome it installed a very old version that was the very last one to support Windows 7.And that version is probably years old. The same thing happened to me when I installed Firefox on Windows XP 3 years ago. Now it's the same thing on Windows 7 and 8. I didn't want to upgrade to Windows 10 and I tried to put it off for as long as I could. But in the end I had to get off of Windows 8 because I could no longer get any web browsers or software that supported Windows 7 and 8. So I installed Linux Mint. If you continue to use Windows 7 or any old version of Windows you won't find many (if any )web browsers or software that supports it. So you will have difficult doing basic things like viewing this site or any websites. And you need a good browser in order to get online to do anything. Even other things like video chat or Skype won't support Windows 7 and the old versions of Skype won't work. So the answer is no Windows 7 is not useable now because you cannot find many software that supports it. It's the same thing with Windows 8. I liked Windows 7 better than Windows 8 and Windows 10. Microsoft should never have changed Windows and made it like it is now. But they have and there is nothing we can do about it. Except go and find another OS and I have. I found Linux and I would never go back to Windows now.

[@leonidas14775]

I think you can use 7 or XP, with the caveat that you'll have a bad time trying to go online so I won't daily drive them for that. The Supermium browser built to support old Windows OSs helps some.

[@Britec09]

Glad Linux is working out OK for you Andrea

[@AndreaBorman]

@@Britec09 Thanks Brian. I have noticed that a lot of the people on here who have channels about Linux are Windows users like myself who have changed to Linux because of the way Windows is now with Windows 10 and 11. I think more people will be moving to Linux because Microsoft seem to be making changes to Windows all the time making it less and less user friendly. Windows 7 was one of the best versions of Windows and I don't know why they started Windows 8 and changed everything. In windows 8 Microsoft took out most of the features of Windows 7 and XP and replaced it with that Metro theme. Then it got worse with Windows 10 where you cannot even disable automatic updates. Now with Windows 11 it's even worse. You cannot even sign in to your own computer without a Microsoft account. So no wonder people are leaving Windows. I don't see staying on Windows 7 or 8 an option anymore because it's no longer supported. And if you cannot do anything on there there is no choice but to find another operating system. Which is Linux because there are many Linux distros out there. Linux Mint are set up for new users coming from Windows who are trying Linux for the first time. Also Zorin OS is but I use Linux Mint and now I have started using Debian and it's better than Windows 8 ever was.

[@Britec09]

@@AndreaBorman I agree Andrea, have a lovely easter weekend

[@peterschmidt9942]

@@AndreaBorman You can create local accounts on Win10 and 11 without the need for a MS account. MS do pester you though to login with one. Its not a simple thing to do, but it can be done. But Win11 is trash. I predominately changed over to Linux a few years back, although still keep Windoz around for a couple of things I can't do on Linux (or just easier to do on Windows).

[@martingolding4951]

I have an acer laptop 2009 Windows 7 use it for different operating systems tried windows xp runs good used Firefox for browser now its running windows 11

[@1cy1c3bear]

The issues I have with Windows 11 is unironically just updating to it. I ran into more issues trying to prepare my computer for Windows 11 than I did any other operating system in the past. There are far more requirements to upgrade than just a standard windows 7 to 8 or a 8 to 8.1 or a 8.1 to 10 install, and I would actually be happy upgrading to Windows 11 if it didn't have all these complicated formatting steps to be able to upgrade without issue... Currently, launching secure boot on my Windows 10 PC causes my main drive that have Windows 10 on it to be inaccessible, making it impossible to upgrade, and now that I've done that, I can no longer boot back from my main drive even if I revert changes! Something about the windows boot file unable to be be found winload.exe or something even though it was there??? But my files and my entire Windows 10 operating system is stuck on that drive. However, I did have an older version of Windows 10 installed so I'm backing up everything I could so I can reinstall Windows 10 hopefully up to date, just to try formatting my drives again and hopefully this time... not running into issues with updating it. Personally, I think once I do, I'm either going to stay on Windows 10 for awhile while Windows 11 polishes up more or I'm going to upgrade as soon as I update Windows 10. I'm not entirely sure, but contrary to what people like about Windows 7, I actually love the clean glass look Windows 11 has, and I think there's a lot of potential in this operating system despite the issues it may have... and yeah, the forced automatic updates are not something I like, and the most you can do to prevent them is pause updates for a month or so... But seriously, I think it would benefit the user and Microsoft if they gave their users a choice in the matter. Because not all updates are properly tested like with what happened with a Windows 10 update not too long ago. You needed to have enough "System Reverse" space, up to 250mb's to even update your Windows 10 PC, otherwise it would fail... and that sucks.

[@TomokoAbe_]

I use Windows XP for my old games which includes Silent Hill series, and Doom 3; they only work on Windows XP. It is severed from the interest.

[@pauledo5026]

We would like you to do a video of windows 11 making it useable and how to remitta be telemetry and all the bloat

[@kevrymell6636]

Yes I use a really old laptop 32 bit and it works slow but its fine for what I need it for ....

[@CCJ1998]

I knew the gig was up when I built a new computer back in 2019 and I had to jump through hoops just to install Windows 7 on it. I did move onto 10, but I dual boot with Linux now. With tweaks and debloating scripts Windows 10 now runs as good as Windows 7. To me always a good idea to stay one version behind when it comes to Microsoft OS. No doubt when Windows 12 rolls, it'll be a great time to move to 11. That way Microsoft will stop screwing with the features and only provide security updates like Windows 10 has now.

[@The_10th_Man]

You just have to jump through different hoops to avoid the idiotic Microsoft account.

[@m.h.quraishi285]

I have an old laptop that I’m dual booting on Windows 7 and Linux Mint with Cinnamon DE.

[@lukutiss1324]

My experience with speed is completely counter to yours- I have a computer with a Windows 7 partition and a Windows 10 partition. Identical hardware, and yet Windows 7 is probably 2-3x faster across the board. I never feel like I'm waiting for my computer to do something when I'm on 7.

[@Dirtyharry70585]

Two win10, 6 win7 ultimate, 2 win xp, 1 win 95. Mostly hardware and machine code eprom burners. And one Kali Linux. Pc matic has free win7 protection. Just make images for each for one in case a drive fails.

[@taxi5047]

I wanna try Windows 7 because some older games won’t work anymore on Windows 10 that’s why I went out and bought another hard drive so I can have both Windows 7 and 10 downloaded at the same time.

[@AbrahamManuel-JC]

Hi I s there any possible to download Win 11 on PC (Laptop) not meet with the requirements. My laptop is i3 .... something. Once I downloaded Win 11, but then I found that many fonts can't be used, fonts in arabic.

[@TheDa6781]

Install hebrew fonts, they work great.

[@AbrahamManuel-JC]

@@TheDa6781 where I can find those hebrews, kindly please

[@TheDa6781]

@@AbrahamManuel-JC they are everywher3

[@FMCREPAIRARMAGH22]

I have it on an old laptop it runs fine just don't do anything like banking on it.

[@saitamasenpai2224]

I am tired of "Planned Obsolescence". newer OS stress old hardware in unjustified way.

[@mikesapienza1211]

I wonder if Microsoft will change that out of support message to say Windows 11 instead of Windows 10 once support ends for Windows 10.

[@grumpyoldwizard]

Windows 7 is one of my favorites. I still have the microsoft packaged Win 7 on disc. How to make it work...

[@joshgross8741]

My windows 7 machine turns on and gets me online instantly. My windows 11 will be on and drop wifi 3 times before I get a solid connection, 3-5 minutes later. I do not get it.

[@stonesfan285]

I run Linux Mint and just have a Windows 8.1 VM for my Windows-only apps.

[@daffyduk77]

"Dead OS" . Didn't feel dead to me. Runs like the clappers compared to Windows 10+. Yes I know there's browser security issues. But for quick browsing as an enquiry facility, can't beat it. Wouldn't do the more privacy-sensitive stuff of course

[@CrowleyBlack2]

ATMs use Windows XP. Saw a few old people using Windows 98. So, there's no excuse saying Windows 7 is dead. Plus, Windows 7 uses less processes. So, I can't blame them sticking to it.

[@jakeek1946]

Moved to Linux Mint Cinnamon edition from 7. Best free update ever -- all games, office and productivity programs just work seamlessly and no more Microsoft bugs, viruses or updates!

[@jacksquat55]

I just did a clean install of Win7 last week and went through the patchwork process of installing updates. It was as frustrating as it was futile. Windows 8.1 is a much more sensible option IMHO. Over 250+ updates installed automatically and smoothly.

[@Britec09]

Yeah, takes ages

[@tonywise198]

W8.x is just as out of support as W7. Time to move on or move to Linux if you want to keep the older hardware.

[@jacksquat55]

@@tonywise198 I have a dozen servers and support four different virtualization platforms. I'm a Microsoft partner and hold several Linux certifications as well. My point (that you apparently missed) is that if someone doesn't like the telemetry in Windows 10 and 11, Win8 is a much better alternative than Win7.

[@hanswi336]

@@tonywise198 Linux = rubbish

[@EdgarsLS]

You'd obviously have to install all the same updates on any fresh windows install. Also plenty of those updates for windows 7 that came out at the end of it's life were only to add telemetry and other nasty crap. The biggest problem for windows 7 would probably be the driver certificate problem keeping you from installing modern drivers (although there are ways to override that). And the few programs that dont work, for example OBS (The latest you can get working on windows 7 is 29.0.2)... Games still run fine on windows 7

[@johnstafford8488]

Microsoft still updates Security Essentials & Malicious Software. There are also occasional security updates. I have software that either won't run on anything else or I don't have the keys. I only browse a few safe sites.

[@Rajorsi]

I believe someone recently released an extended Kernel for Windows 7. 🤔

[@Britec09]

Would not trust it, same as the unofficial updates

[@GetJesse]

There's nothing wrong with Windows 11? What alternate reality do you live in?

[@softwelveone]

Love your video's Britec09, sending this message of appreciation all the way from Antelope Valley, CA! I was shocked and surprised the other day (I picked up my car from the auto mechanic shop) and noticed the shop still uses Windows 7... although, it might be for basic research and browsing for parts...

[@Berbatov204]

I love the pasive Authoratarian talk from Britec, you Just got to upgrade and move on from non Telemetary products, Microsoft wants all of your Data and Britec is here to help you make the transition.

[@WeatherMan2005]

He is so based

[@syamillim3332]

Still use Windows 7 home 64bit on my pc build in 2015.

[@Everette997]

Legacy update is best for both win xp vista 7 and 8.1

[@garybarnacle808]

How can you activate windows 7 now that microsoft have removed the capability to activate windows 7

[@jacksquat55]

You can activate Windows 7 if you have a valid license key. I just did it a few days ago. Getting SP2 and all of the associated updates installed properly is the tricky part. The juice wasn't worth the squeeze IMHO and I went ahead and installed Windows 8.1 over it. It updated flawlessly 125+ updates at a time with ZERO errors.

[@ShinyHelmet]

@@jacksquat55IIRC there was no official SP2 for Windows 7. Like you though, I found Windows 8.1 was easier to update, and with the Classic (Open) Shell start menu, it was near enough to Windows 7 anyway.

[@jacksquat55]

@@ShinyHelmet Whether you call it SP2 or a convenience update, in April 2016 Microsoft made available a roll-up that included all of the essential updates released by Microsoft after 2011 in one single package. 📦 Toe-may-toe, Toe-mah-toe. Six of one, half dozen of another.

[@nautyseilor6402]

Whatever OS you end up using, always make regular backups of your data, by copying or imaging to external device or the cloud. Then, should the maker of your OS ever get a little too snoopy for your taste, you can wipe your machine and install an alternative. Of your choice. in YOUR computer.

[@Drottninggatan2017]

Windows 7 works fine, but the downside is that many programs are not supporting it anymore.

[@hanswi336]

And many programs are not supported by Windows 10/11

[@pilljr.3331]

You say that there’s nothing wrong with Windows 11 but then you reported in another video that Windows 11 is going to start recording desktop screens every 3 seconds and your thinking of going Linux…that is a wise move👍🏼

[@gangstersparadise_lk]

I updated my one laptop win 7 to win 10. My main laptop still in win 8.1. I don’t feel like updating.

[@jjohnson71958]

yes i have the hp oem version its fast and quick

[@primekiller5729]

I still have a physical copy of Windows Vista Home Premium, is that worth anything these days?

[@derealized797]

I still have an XP pro disc, with the code. I used it until around 10 years ago. With an offline PC.

[@softwelveone]

I still have my windows 7 ultimate discs in my garage somewhere... I can't get my self to throw them away. I tried installing it on a newer PC but it was a no go...

[@adrianandrews2254]

@@derealized797 I still have an original sealed copy on CD (DVD?). Also all versions back to Windows 3.0 on 3.5" Floppy. My reference library for my old PCs.

[@derealized797]

@@adrianandrews2254 That just reminds me of all the old new stock they found in TX, in that old computer repair shop. It's amazing what almost goes to waste, kinda depressing to see what does. Things that have been found left to rot. As much as they may salvage it's still just hard too look at how much ends up in the trash.

[@paul.alarner6410]

where is the update list mentioned+your website link?.

[@sirjarko8762]

Personally I don't think 7 is slow. If you have it on good hardware and its updated its pretty good. I recently got my old gaming machine back up and running with a 2600k and 980 ti using superemium which is a modern chrome fork built off the latest version and using a archived version of 7 that microsoft released in 2018 with most of the updates and surprising its still very usable to today and was a breeze. I certainly don't suggest anybody get the day one versions of 7, Much more of a hassle. The things I noticed that have come a long way is windows updates especially compared to Windows 11 and for whatever reason the shutdown times can take a minute and getting drivers for 7 especially all the right ones can take a bit. Its much easier to get 10 working on most machines even machines with that were built with 7 in mind providing they have an ssd than the reverse. I would also say security, defender and windows scaling. All these years I thought microsoft haven't touched scaling in windows since vista especially beyond 1080p but I was very wrong. Trying to use 7 on a 1440p screen was not ideal. It looked and performed great but the scaling of everything made it difficult to use and the design principles didn't help.

[@peterschmidt9942]

I think using WIndows 7 as a daily driver doesn't make sense in 2024. If the computer is that old anyway, it's better off being relegated to some other task (like a retro gaming machine, server etc). You also have to take into account the amount of physical memory, drives, peripherals etc that can be installed in it. Besides, a lot of old hardware will still run Win 10 perfectly fine (at least for the next 18 months). Personally though, I'd chuck a low resource Linux distro on it for those sorts of tasks. I still use old PCs for ripping DVDs, HTPCs, servers, gaming machines but I really couldn't go back to a dual core Gen 2 CPU, with HDDs and USB2.0 ports as a daily driver no matter what OS is on it. But ATM, there is a big difference between Win10 and 11. MS have stripped out a lot of features, restricting what you can put it on and what you can run on it almost to the point it's not very usable. We'll see what happens late next year when they stop support for WIn10. Hopefully there's a better Win12 version available by then (going by MS every second release is trash - ME, Vista, Win8/8.1, Win11). Until then, I'll keep using KDE Fedora and Win10