Is anyone still using Windows 7?

[pallmall]

The earliest machine I have is a 12 bit (8 + 4) that was built around '79 in Bellvue, WA. It did not use a battery for bios. It just crapped out a couple weeks ago with a tantalum capacitor that failed, smoked, and shorted the power supply. The KALOK 10Mb hard drive will not spin anymore now. The power supply survived, but I'm not sure if the boards did. I have an old DSO scope that I'm learning to use to troubleshoot digital circuits and waveforms.

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I was beginning college in 82, and the hot chips then were Motorola 6800 and the Intel 8080/8086. Some of the engineers from intel started a new company called ZILOG and developed the Z8085 in those days. I was learning radio & digital electronics and some basic programming, but the technology moved on so rapidly that we all got left behind to survive by other means. All that TTL bi-polar stuff is probably MOSFET transistors now. When the computer lingo started talking about PnP , I thought they were describing the type of transistors (PNP v. NPN) being used on the new computer circuit boards. Many years later I learned the abreviation meant plug & play... yea...

 

[eduardomaro]

Hello everyone, I still use Windows 7 and like plan to keep using it for daily browsing.
What antivirus do you use or plan to use in the future? Or what else do you plan to do with regards security.
I wonder if any browers will continue to support 7 with updates after Firefox ends in 2024. Such as Waterfox, I suppose not as they hobble along after FF.

If you don't suffer from Russophobia, the combination of Yandex browser and Kaspersky free is a very good option for Windows 7.

 

[SIW2]

microsoft security essentials works fine
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=5201

 

[SCANNERMAN777]

If you don't suffer from Russophobia, the combination of Yandex browser and Kaspersky free is a very good option for Windows 7.

Still a faithful Kaspsersky user here and I imagine that isn't about to change any time soon. I don't see Firefox removing the older versions of their browser from their web page either. You can still download them if you want and keep them on a drive for future use.

 

[BuckSkin]

We have five daily use Windows 7 machines and they are as good today as they were when 7 first came out, maybe even a lot better.

Windows 7 and XP are the only operating systems I have and I don't see me changing at all unless something drastic happens.

 

[AmericanPharaoh]

Hello all,

I still have my old Windows 7 Desktop, but it's been retired from daily operation. It's still hooked up and ready to go. I only use it for troubleshooting purposes now.

I've gotten spoiled using this lightning-fast Windows 11 machine.

 

[Deleted694]

I think Windows 7 is still used on Virtual Machines. I use Windows 10 on my PC.

 

[disu1950]

end of th3 road ....

but still ill never leave u...
win7 32bit lool

 

[SIW2]

every day

 

[SCANNERMAN777]

I have three daughters who are all Zoomers (Gen Z) and they all love Win 7. They all multi-boot their OS but they keep returning to Win 7. None of them understands why Windows couldn't come up with a better OS since then and they ask me about this as though it's my fault that they didn't. :huh:

 

[BuckSkin]

We use our Windows 7 machines every day for everything; I can't see any difference whatsoever now as compared to several years ago.

 

[flavallee]

disu1950:

That update was the last one for Windows 7 when it reached its official EOL in January 2020.

There has been 36 months of ESU updates since then.

There has also been 16 months of post-ESU updates afterwards.

 

[disu1950]

@flavallee

so there is more KB's after ?
can u tell which one?
or KB links from M.Catalog ?

 

[michael diemer]

Simplix wull update Windows 7 to May2024.

Download Simplix UpdatePack 7 - MajorGeeks

 

[flavallee]

Simplix wull update Windows 7 to July 2023.

Download Simplix UpdatePack 7 - MajorGeeks

Mike:

Did you mean to say "May 2024" instead of "July 2023"?

 

[michael diemer]

Mike:

Did you mean to say "May 2024" instead of "July 2023"?

Well, I stand corrected. I just realized that I had confused the date Microsoft finally pulled the plug on the free upgrade to Windows 10, and the last Simplix update. Thanks for correcting me, flavalle. I hate to give out false information! I really need to be more careful, as I'm in my seventies now, and well, these things happen....

 

[flavallee]

You're welcome.
I'm also a member of "The 70's Club".
I'll be upgrading to "The 80's Club" in about 17 months.
So far, the brain cells are still working fine.

 

[Rhothgar]

So thankful for this post. Hopefully it's still working.

I think I built a test iso using Simplix a couple of years ago with everything I needed. Only issue is I cannot remember where I saved it.

I seem to recall Simplix and I think that meant I could install all the correct drivers for my system as an AIO package?

 

[townsbg]

Simplix does updates.

 

[Rhothgar]

Simplix does updates.

I'll need to get a working repair disk in that case then as I do not seem to be able to boot any of these old Win 7 drives.

Spent all morning polishing scratches out of an old repair disk and still cannot resurrect the drive in a different machine to what it was in originally. Having a nightmare.