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.
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
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.
@@JacksonNick-j6i 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
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
@@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
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 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.
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?
Theres a fairly simple way to make both the taskbar and start menu look really close to 7's, look up "How to make windows 11 look like windows 7", it should work on 10
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.
@@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 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
Windows 7 represents an old business model that Microsoft has moved away from, that being the idea of selling a piece of software once and not making any more money off of it. Why keep something like that alive when they can instead continue making money off of every user by pushing ads and collecting and selling their data?
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.
windows 7 holds a very special place in my heart. it was the first computer i had. i loved the sleek, glass aero theming, and no bloatware too. im thrilled people still care about this os from simpler times
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!
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)
@@_M_643 mypal didn't work with ublock but palemoon did. on win7 specifically, is there any reason to use mypal over palemoon, palemoon is working really well so far, better than firefox esr.
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.
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”
@@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
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 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.
This is the best version of windows, the simplicity,ease of use, no bloatwares,auto updates with optional functions, great performance straight to the point no BS that's why i'm still using it...
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.
I have always used dual boot Windows since Windows 8 Windows 7 and Windows 8 Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 Windows 7 and Windows 10 And now... Windows 7 and Windows 11 All versions of Windows since Windows 8 are just to get a taste of what it's like to use the latest version of Windows, but until now none has been as beautiful as Windows 7
-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.
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.
When in using Windows 7 i say “damn this is the best windows ever” I also say the same thing when using Vista and XP. I thing these three OSes has their own aura and feeling
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)
I know so many that still use VLC ... i still use it and its great.. it also allows getting audio out of video and conversion between formats basically
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).
in my country there's a place i mean i'ts like service paid place for people to do a copying document (physically) and print-out a document. another thing that we can do in that place is we can buy stuff for writing, documenting, etc. back to the topic, the majority man who run it sometimes still use windows 7 as the operating system. and maybe because modern computer has a higher price to buy， they was consider to buy an old computer. or windows 7 still get used by 'em for light work, like you know we come to 'em send the files and get print-out of the document we wanted to then pay it. for me, it's interesting to see the UI of windows 7, not bunch of effect but straight to point.
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
Literally everything I wanted to use was still working on WIndows 7 up until last year. Didn't have to do any weird workarounds. I really only switched to Windows 11 because steam stopped working. If you played super modern games, Windows 7 probably stopped working way earlier, but I mostly play games that are 5 to 10 years old so for me everything worked flawlessly. If Windows 7 was still supported by steam I would have no issues using it today. (And no, viruses were never an issue for me, if you are smart on the internet you have nothing to worry about even when using an old unsupported version. It's mostly just fear mongering that makes people think old unsupported versions will somehow self destruct as soon as you go to one sketchy website) I see Windows 7 like I do a classic car. If it still works for all your use cases, then it's perfectly fine and anyone trying to tell you that you are wrong for using it because "it's not modern" can screw off. Even after being on Windows 11, it literally doesn't do anything I couldn't already do in 7. The times of OS upgrades being actually meaningful are behind us, unless you use niche modern features. If a classic OS works fine for all your use cases and you protect yourself from any viruses, you have nothing to worry about and you aren't "wrong" for using it. Different tools for different people. A modern OS isn't objectively better than Windows 7. If anything, all the stupid crap they cram in now a days probably means you are better off using an older OS if you can manage.
@@Nostalgic9080 - He's RIGHT 👍! I _really_ enjoyed your narration style and the PERFFFFECT balance of music under the narration . Seriously : WELL done !
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.
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.
7 is unironically more secure than 10 and up. Not only because it does not have such gaping backdoors and integrated spyware MS itself implemented, but because the pro-criminals don't give a crap about it no more. It's also arguably the last MS operating system that's 100% "offline" desktop OS.
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**.
God. I remember my emachines pc was on vista and windows 7 was in beta. That’s when I learned what 64 bit was, and that my emachines had a 64 bit cpu but 32 bit vista home. Good times. Would’ve appreciated it more if someone warned me how quickly life changes.
Considering that Windows XP was used for about 13-15 years, I have a feeling that either next year or the year after that is when we will stop using 7, like how we stopped using XP.
I still own a windows 7 laptop from 2011. I ve installed a avast antivirus free version and opera browser both of which still supported windows 7. I'm using this laptop for retro gaming and browsing only. I don't store any private data in this laptop anymore nor I use any login in opera browser, and I ve not faced any security issue using this laptop. I think it will last another 10 years 😂
Chrome (and by extension all Chrome-based browsers like Opera) dropped support in January 2023. The only mainstream browser that still support W7 is Firefox (ESR version): Firefox ESR 115 will get security updates until September 2024, but not new features.
Again not exactly chromium based browsers can be compiled as w7 compatible essolynwith just a single flag change why the lazy jackasses failed to continue offering such is something many have yelled st them for since there is zero valid reason to not offer such
@@konnorj6442 If that's true then it's probably less laziness and more an intentional effort to push people onto new operating systems. There is a fair bit of disdain out there for people that want to stick to an older os for any reason, because you are basically seen as hindering progress. As an example, not too long ago I was looking through the forum posts for the latest release of a piece of software and some random user just threw out there that Windows 7 support should be removed. They didn't even specify a reason why, just threw it out there to poke at people still using Windows 7.
i have a core 2 duo 2gb ver old like 16 years old hp laptop laying around in my home. i myself use a macbook air m1. but i always keep that hp laptop running to download big files. like 30/40/50gb files. It runs windows 7 32 bit and seems working fine for me. internet speed works like my other modern devices. and sometime I play some retro 90s or early 2000s games on it with a cheap controller. still works like a charm!
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).
Hey guys, about the brave browser, there is a version which you could find that supports windows 7, it's actually better to install the 32 bit version to make sure it's supported as 64bit machines can run both 32 & 64 bit programs.
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.
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
I hated windows 11 on my laptop so much that I paid for software to make it look and behave like a hybrid of 7 and 10 Edit to add. I miss 7, it was basic no bulls-t
I use windows 7 on my 17 year old Acer laptop and it runs great. It's not my main system, but it works for watching DVDs, listening to music and office work.
Not really modern programs but I use Windows 7 to drive CNC machinery with Mach 3 through a parallel port. The Mach 3 control program loves Windows 7 and is prone to hiccups in newer operating systems. The parallel port has enough one-bit lines to drive stepper motors on three axes with feedback from limit switches. etc.
Old computer games that ran on Windows 98, 2000, XP, and Vista, all ran perfectly on Windows 7. Every system beyond that did not run old games, because the frame rate of those games was slowed down terribly until they crashed.
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
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 😂
@@Nostalgic9080you don't need a Microsoft account for Windows. You can still easily make local accounts on setup.
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.
@@JacksonNick-j6i 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
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
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.
Windows 7 was such a legendary OS.
A true modern successor to Windows XP, security vulnerabilities and all.
Windows XP and Windows 7 are classics
Windows 7 became the new XP
Goddamnit I just upgraded from windows XP now I gotta leave Windows 7?
Bro stop swearing
no u can stay
@@user-no2brb6t376gg When the fuck did I swear?
@@user-no2brb6t376gg And when the fuck did I swear?
@@user-no2brb6t376gg Aye?
What the fuck are you talking about?
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 LOVE the aero theme but sadly there is no aero in linux ; - ;
@@dcironwolf2714 The only UI that is somewhat close is the KDE, but still it doesn't have the same feeling.
There are ways to make some Linux DEs look like Aero glass, but frankly, you have to be a software engineer to understand and successfully apply them.
Theres a fairly simple way to make both the taskbar and start menu look really close to 7's, look up "How to make windows 11 look like windows 7", it should work on 10
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!
Wft internet Explorer
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.
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
Who's watching this on Windows 7?
Meee
me bruh never getting rid of this amazing and small OS
Buddy do you know where I can get an ISO for Windows 7? I really want to use it too but didn't find anything
@@hallihallo the internet archive
me, i can't really install any other OS
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
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
I get connected to the internet just fine with linux which is nice it may be your pc or internet it self @@kogamaandrers6692
I read that some people are still using windows 8.1 which is not to bad
Why can’t windows 7 just still live on? Please Microsoft
Windows 7 represents an old business model that Microsoft has moved away from, that being the idea of selling a piece of software once and not making any more money off of it. Why keep something like that alive when they can instead continue making money off of every user by pushing ads and collecting and selling their data?
It would have a very high cost because the underlying codebase is very different to Windows 11’s
@@darkprinc979your part right but they are working on windows 12 so they haven't given up on releasing new iterations of windows
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
Hey I still use VLC…
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]
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)
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.
windows 7 holds a very special place in my heart. it was the first computer i had. i loved the sleek, glass aero theming, and no bloatware too. im thrilled people still care about this os from simpler times
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!
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😊
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?
MyPal is another alternative that is based on PaleMoon, which is Firefox
It's mainly made for XP, but it'll probably work on 7 as well.
@@_M_643 ty, imma try it.
@@_M_643 will firefox plugins like ublock work in mypal?
@@_M_643 mypal didn't work with ublock but palemoon did. on win7 specifically, is there any reason to use mypal over palemoon, palemoon is working really well so far, better than firefox esr.
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.
Just because you used the windows 7 bootup sound in the video start, you earned a sub bro.
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.
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)
ive been using windows 7 for years and im still using it. have had no problems.
To me xp,vista,7 is my childhood and still beautiful then modern design
This is the best version of windows, the simplicity,ease of use, no bloatwares,auto updates with optional functions, great performance straight to the point no BS that's why i'm still using it...
I use Windows 7 everyday and is watching this on this youtube clip.
I really want my Windows 11 to look like Windows 7
You can do that using Revert8Plus. It works best on Windows 10 though
Love Windows 7 and XP. Even Windows 98SE ( SE = Second Edition ). The best ... love them all.
Windows 7 does everything. Its my daily even now in 2024. That all in one preactivated iso has been beautiful
I’m pretty sure Gimp hasn’t been updated since before Windows 7 reached EOS.
It still gets updates
Like it gets updates but you might hear it like that because 3.0 has be in deveoopment for years but there are 2.x updates
@@henrriquetordoya1637 GIMP 3 will not run natively (mainly because of the Python 3.11 stuff included with it), you will need VxKex to do so.
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.
I have always used dual boot Windows since Windows 8
Windows 7 and Windows 8
Windows 7 and Windows 8.1
Windows 7 and Windows 10
And now... Windows 7 and Windows 11
All versions of Windows since Windows 8 are just to get a taste of what it's like to use the latest version of Windows, but until now none has been as beautiful as Windows 7
Me watching it on my windows 7 laptop now😮
Feel like im watching Hank hill teaching it’s great
I still use Firefox and VLC.
Glad to meet you.
-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.
When in using Windows 7 i say “damn this is the best windows ever” I also say the same thing when using Vista and XP. I thing these three OSes has their own aura and feeling
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
I know so many that still use VLC ... i still use it and its great.. it also allows getting audio out of video and conversion between formats basically
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).
in my country there's a place i mean i'ts like service paid place for people to do a copying document (physically) and print-out a document. another thing that we can do in that place is we can buy stuff for writing, documenting, etc.
back to the topic, the majority man who run it sometimes still use windows 7 as the operating system. and maybe because modern computer has a higher price to buy， they was consider to buy an old computer. or windows 7 still get used by 'em for light work, like you know we come to 'em send the files and get print-out of the document we wanted to then pay it.
for me, it's interesting to see the UI of windows 7, not bunch of effect but straight to point.
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
@@alexmc3214 who said I'll be using windows on it ?
Literally everything I wanted to use was still working on WIndows 7 up until last year. Didn't have to do any weird workarounds. I really only switched to Windows 11 because steam stopped working. If you played super modern games, Windows 7 probably stopped working way earlier, but I mostly play games that are 5 to 10 years old so for me everything worked flawlessly. If Windows 7 was still supported by steam I would have no issues using it today.
(And no, viruses were never an issue for me, if you are smart on the internet you have nothing to worry about even when using an old unsupported version. It's mostly just fear mongering that makes people think old unsupported versions will somehow self destruct as soon as you go to one sketchy website)
I see Windows 7 like I do a classic car. If it still works for all your use cases, then it's perfectly fine and anyone trying to tell you that you are wrong for using it because "it's not modern" can screw off. Even after being on Windows 11, it literally doesn't do anything I couldn't already do in 7. The times of OS upgrades being actually meaningful are behind us, unless you use niche modern features. If a classic OS works fine for all your use cases and you protect yourself from any viruses, you have nothing to worry about and you aren't "wrong" for using it. Different tools for different people. A modern OS isn't objectively better than Windows 7. If anything, all the stupid crap they cram in now a days probably means you are better off using an older OS if you can manage.
Thunderbird, OnlyOffice, 360 Total Security, SeaMonkey, Pale Moon, Avast etc also supported
i think my brain just resets when i heard that windows 7 start up sound
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 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.
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.
7 is unironically more secure than 10 and up.
Not only because it does not have such gaping backdoors and integrated spyware MS itself implemented, but because the pro-criminals don't give a crap about it no more.
It's also arguably the last MS operating system that's 100% "offline" desktop OS.
@@GugureSux Ironically, it runs faster than 10 on my laptop.
Thanks for the shout out, I'm one of the two people still using VLC. 😀
0:00 bro you can't give me goosebumps like that
Windows 7 just looks so nice with it’s detailed icons :)
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.
God. I remember my emachines pc was on vista and windows 7 was in beta. That’s when I learned what 64 bit was, and that my emachines had a 64 bit cpu but 32 bit vista home. Good times. Would’ve appreciated it more if someone warned me how quickly life changes.
You can still play Counter-Strike 2 on Windows 7 actually
Considering that Windows XP was used for about 13-15 years, I have a feeling that either next year or the year after that is when we will stop using 7, like how we stopped using XP.
I'm still using Windows 7 and I'm very happy
I still own a windows 7 laptop from 2011.
I ve installed a avast antivirus free version and opera browser both of which still supported windows 7. I'm using this laptop for retro gaming and browsing only. I don't store any private data in this laptop anymore nor I use any login in opera browser, and I ve not faced any security issue using this laptop. I think it will last another 10 years 😂
Chrome (and by extension all Chrome-based browsers like Opera) dropped support in January 2023.
The only mainstream browser that still support W7 is Firefox (ESR version): Firefox ESR 115 will get security updates until September 2024, but not new features.
Again not exactly chromium based browsers can be compiled as w7 compatible essolynwith just a single flag change why the lazy jackasses failed to continue offering such is something many have yelled st them for since there is zero valid reason to not offer such
@@konnorj6442 If that's true then it's probably less laziness and more an intentional effort to push people onto new operating systems. There is a fair bit of disdain out there for people that want to stick to an older os for any reason, because you are basically seen as hindering progress.
As an example, not too long ago I was looking through the forum posts for the latest release of a piece of software and some random user just threw out there that Windows 7 support should be removed. They didn't even specify a reason why, just threw it out there to poke at people still using Windows 7.
i have a core 2 duo 2gb ver old like 16 years old hp laptop laying around in my home. i myself use a macbook air m1. but i always keep that hp laptop running to download big files. like 30/40/50gb files. It runs windows 7 32 bit and seems working fine for me. internet speed works like my other modern devices. and sometime I play some retro 90s or early 2000s games on it with a cheap controller. still works like a charm!
Here here I am still using Windows 7 😂😂😂😂
My dad's office has a computer in the back that still runs Windows 7 with the dell OEM theme
I mean, i was watching this currently on my Retro Gaming PC (Pentium 4 computer running Windows XP)
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
I still know people daily driving a Windows XP machine to this day.
Purple place ..❤that game is gem i love making cake .. windows 7 is nostalgic.
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
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).
"vlc for the 2 people who still use that" lmao what?
I find VLC extremely useful for video conversion, streaming and playing fringe media formats
Hey guys, about the brave browser, there is a version which you could find that supports windows 7, it's actually better to install the 32 bit version to make sure it's supported as 64bit machines can run both 32 & 64 bit programs.
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 .
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
I hated windows 11 on my laptop so much that I paid for software to make it look and behave like a hybrid of 7 and 10
Edit to add. I miss 7, it was basic no bulls-t
I use windows 7 on my 17 year old Acer laptop and it runs great. It's not my main system, but it works for watching DVDs, listening to music and office work.
Who uses VLC? I do!
Same i use it everyday
Same
Me
Me: **Builds a dual-boot Windows XP and Windows 7 PC**
*Both Gen Z and Millennials have entered the chat*
Win7 is amazing man.
The startup sound just brings back nostalgia.
Watching this from Vista
Not really modern programs but I use Windows 7 to drive CNC machinery with Mach 3 through a parallel port. The Mach 3 control program loves Windows 7 and is prone to hiccups in newer operating systems. The parallel port has enough one-bit lines to drive stepper motors on three axes with feedback from limit switches. etc.
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
Classic era man.
W7 for life baby!!!
_Another_ TRUE BELIEVER !!
Just installed UpdatePack7 2024.6.12 on a few systems (as I do every month). So far so good.
I'd recommend supermium. it's basically chrome but adapted for xp and newer, and has options to ake it fit in better with 7
Impressive, Now do Windows 1.0 (lol)
i use dolphin on my windows 7 and it works great. you need an older version of dolphin though to get it to work.i use version 5.0-16380
I still use Windows 7 on my second PC. Can’t use it on my main PC since manufacturer only has Windows 11 drivers :(
Old computer games that ran on Windows 98, 2000, XP, and Vista, all ran perfectly on Windows 7. Every system beyond that did not run old games, because the frame rate of those games was slowed down terribly until they crashed.
I can tell you that if Windows 7 was still supported, more than 2 thirds of the pc market would run it.
I cannot bloody believe that you made this whole video in the windows 7 basic theme and not aero glass. That is insulting.
they had extended security updates til late 2023 you can download from the site