Is anyone still using Windows 7?

[flavallee]

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?

You can create up-to-date Windows 7 install media by making use of this thread:
Update your Win 7 installation media

 

[Rhothgar]

You can create up-to-date Windows 7 install media by making use of this thread:
Update your Win 7 installation media

Thanks but half my problem is I cannot locate my original Win 7 SP1 installation media. I have the odd iso which might be a copy of the original media but I haven't labelled it correctly and called it Test.iso!!!! That could be test iso for Windows 10 Clean Install or maybe Win 7 ultimate. I've no idea and also no idea how to find out. I mounted it but the file and folder structure tell me nothing.

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Thanks flavallee

I have managed to find a Win 7 Pro iso and have copied the SIW2 zip to C drive and extracted ISO to my OneDrive. So far so good. Hopefully, I don't end up writing anything to the drive I am working on as I haven't got a backup and it's a critical Win 10 drive!!!

 

[Bree]

....I have the odd iso which might be a copy of the original media but I haven't labelled it correctly and called it Test.iso!!!! That could be test iso for Windows 10 Clean Install or maybe Win 7 ultimate. I've no idea and also no idea how to find out. I mounted it but the file and folder structure tell me nothing.

See this tutorial.....
See Full Details about a Windows 10 ISO file or USB | Tutorials

 

[SIW2]

one way to get the wim info if you have dism++ already

https://github.com/Chuyu-Team/Dism-.../download/v10.1.1002.2/Dism++10.1.1002.1B.zip

Click Toolkit > Imagex



browse to the install.wim file

 

[Rhothgar]

Thanks for all your help, folks.

I am still stumped.

Managed to get a Win 7 Repair USB made using SIW2 excellent tutorial.

Scoured the internet last night and found instructions (that seemed a bit dodgy but I tried it anyway to no avail).

dism.exe /image:C:\sources \cleanup-image \revertpendingactions

Prior to this, system repair is in a boot loop.

Tried loading iastor drivers as cannot see any of the hard drives in system recovery when doing system repair so cannot select it.

So frustrating.

I'll read these latest posts but I cannot see what can change. The file structure seems sound on these drives.

I've ran sfc /scannow and all seems well on those I could access via CMD and using diskpart to remove or assign drive letters where necessary.

I see these responses are regarding my drives with Win 10 on. I think they will be OK but will pop back if not.

 

[Mike8615]

Yes. Windows 10 is awful. Windows 11 is even worse

 

[MisterEd]

Would you mind telling me why you extracted the ISO? Couldn't you just used Rufus to created a bootable flash drive using that ISO?

 

[ssokolow]

Yes. About a year ago, I received a hand-me-down PC that was choking on Windows 10. With the help of the HP Restore Partition, an SSD I that didn't get used for what I bought it for, an "emergency spare" PSU I wasn't using for anything, and a hand-me-down Beefy GPU™, I turned it into an "offline" (blocked from the Internet but able to use Windows File Sharing locally for convenience) Windows 7 "games console, except not a console" full of mostly GOG.com games. (There are a few others, like the copies of Age of Empires and Age of Empires 2 that I spent many an afternoon losing at as a kid.)

With the help of some KVM switches (and Barrier as an alternative), it shares the monitors, keyboard, and mouse of my big, triple-head, Ryzen-based Linux daily driver with a growing collection of old thin clients that I run stuff like Windows 98SE, Windows XP pretending harder than usual to be Windows 98SE, and MS-DOS on.

 

[SGvagon]

Yes, I am still using Windows 7 Pro on all my machines at home and even on my VPS too (I have there Apache with website, TS3 server, Sven Co-op server, OTTD server, and I can still run MC server if we want play with friends ) .
Only on my PC I have dual boot with Windows 10 for VR games and new games were not support Windows 7 anymore.
But Windows 7 is still the most stable operation system ever for real work. I still streaming on it with OBS on Youtube, editing videos in MAGIX Vegas 15 PRO , and etc. .

 

[teckneeculler]

You mean there are other systems?

 

[sh20000sh]

Using very well as primary PC. For things that W7 can't do, I connect to W11 gaming laptop via RDP or Steam Remote.

 

[TurtleShroom]

I have used, and continue to use, my W7 OS to this day.

When I have a game or program I cannot run, I had a W10 dual-boot installation set up to run it. I basically used the W10 version exclusively for playing "Helldivers II".

 

[Aardvarkly]

I have yet to find any good enough reason to give up on W7. Admittedly my computing needs are basic. Email handling, internet access, word processing, and data storage is all I need. I don't need lightning speeds for games (I'm an adult) or advanced video editing software, so with an eye firmly on the security aspect Windows 7 serves admirably and by using it I send a single finger salute to Microsoft.

 

[SkyChimp]

My first post here. New to this community. I am still Using W7 Ultimate and refuse to give it up. I have other full retail copies of W7 Ultimate that I may put on other laptops but my concern is the vast updates it would needs such as SP1 and SP2.

 

[Aardvarkly]

A warm welcome to you.
There is a straightforward way to keep up with W7 updates that have been "cleansed" of unwanted telemetry and nag popups. I'm not certain if I would be allowed to post a link here because it is on another forum but with a bit of research you might find it. (or pm me)

 

[michael diemer]

A warm welcome to you.
There is a straightforward way to keep up with W7 updates that have been "cleansed" of unwanted telemetry and nag popups. I'm not certain if I would be allowed to post a link here because it is on another forum but with a bit of research you might find it. (or pm me)

If you are referring to Simplix, that is routinely discussed here. Unless something has changed, it's fine to discuss and recommend it.

 

[Aardvarkly]

Yes, the Simplix Update Pack. I'm not very tech savvy but it has worked well for me over a few years now.

 

[MisterEd]

Note that updates for the Simplix Update Pack come out about once a month.

 

[SkyChimp]

Note that updates for the Simplix Update Pack come out about once a month.

I am not familiar with simplix. Is this a one size fits-all for everything that's been updated over the years?

 

[Malneb]

I am not familiar with simplix. Is this a one size fits-all for everything that's been updated over the years?

It allows users to slipstream any given updates to the install media so that when they install the OS its patched. It can also update windows once its installed.