What went SO right?

>>105671132 (OP)
Bot thread.

>>105671132 (OP)
i was 12 at the time

>>105671132 (OP)
Easy to pirate and easy to rice.

>>105671336
in 2023?

>>105672665
yesterday..

>>105672507
I still have a windows 7 burned disc somewhere here, from the times where win7 was current, wonder if it still works

>>105672507
>only ever started playing with custom themes from deviantart by the time windows 7 reached end of life
I really should have just been all-in on it to begin with. Since win10 isn't even that customizable to begin with it was a major regret to not experience it fully

Zoomer nostalgia.

>>105671132 (OP)
>What went SO right?
It was not made by retarded indians.

>>105672758
Those were the days, anon...
https://namazso.github.io/nanami-tan/
>rip neiio ;_;

>>105671132 (OP)
>blessed by saint frutiger
>just huerks

>>105676072
anyone know if you can still find neiios themes anywhere?

>>105676072
>>105672758
I'm getting old, I'll be fine with Windows 10 LTSC with EverythingToolbar

>>105671132 (OP)
nothing its trash

>built by white programmers
>fixed some vista annoyances without compromising on performance and looks
>support for vast diverse kinds of hardware including GPUs
>gayming jest weked
>all rounder OS that's for everyone, from normies wanting to run their zuckbook to enterprise users running servers
>MBR support, later also adopted GBT and Safeboot (cucked options anyways)
>directx 9c support native upto directx11 (and with some tinkering it can also support dx12)
>no need to debloat, use regedit to turn off or kill annoyances, little telemetry that can be killed, no bullshit windows store and forced installations of candy crush saga, no inbuilt advertisements, no bloated online search (though Everything is still recommended for local file search), no need for forced microshart accounts, no forced updoots

tl;dr; IT JUST WERKED AND LET PEOPLE OPERATE THEIR COMPUTERS WITH MINIMUM ANNOYANCES

>>105676681
I was going to write about how someone might've archived it in the internet archive, but it seems that only his 8.1 themes pack that niivu uploaded to deviantArt after his death has survived.
https://archive.org/details/Neiio8.1pack
As far as I know - after he passed away due to medical complications, his daughter handed over all of his theming work to niivu. Neiio reuploaded them back in themepacks (like the 8.1 one), and started porting his work to be compliant with newer releases of 10, along with making his own stuff. (i think he actually ported some of them to 11 recently.)

Niivu's been doing windows 11-only visual style stuff, and removing themes that he deems "outdated". He's been kind enough to reupload them to his github, though, but that's for 10 and 11 themes only.
https://www.deviantart.com/niivu/art/neiio-s-Windows-7-Theme-Pack-Part-1-705044785
https://www.deviantart.com/niivu/art/neiio-s-Windows-7-Theme-Pack-Part-2-705048282
These defunct links show that he still had them hosted in his deviantart page. You might ask him whether he still has the packs and whether he could store them in a github repo akin to the 10 and 11 themes, but for neiio's stuff.
Or ask in the desktop ricing threads - maybe some anon still has them stored in some forgotten folder beside his cunny stash.

>>105671132 (OP)
Straight white men.

>>105672758
People "riced" Windows?

Up until 8 removed it, I just used the Win9x theme in all Windows.

It just Werkz™.

>>105671132 (OP)
Not much, to be honest. People only praise it because Vista was garbage at launch and XP was past being merely outdated at that point.

>>105680422
Oh, and obviously Microsoft followed it up Windows 8, which did wonders to its reputation. It was never really that good.

>>105671132 (OP)
>no bloat
>actually nice UI
>transparent taskbar
>nice fucking default wallpaper
>everything fucking worked
>no Windows Settings, just Control Panel
I miss 7, I'd still use it if it wasn't outdated on modern hardware.

>>105671132 (OP)
>decent support for 64bit hardware
>much more stable than XP
>no candy crush, one drive or other kikeware.
>no aggressive telemetry, no pajeetsoft account enforcement
>runs fine on everything from somewhat decent c2d laptop to skylake workstation
>proprietary software from Windows 7 era still mogs modern FOSS trannyware
>Zero lines of code written by AI and H1B shitskins
perfection.

>>105681860
>no bloat
Its incredibly bloated
>actually nice UI
Its a mangled mess, the vast majority of changes being worse than previous windows
>transparent taskbar
Useless gimmick
>everything fucking worked
Less well than previous windows
>no Windows Settings, just Control Panel
Still badly damaged compared to previous windows versions

>>105682172
not him, howthoughever
>Its incredibly bloated
>Its a mangled mess
I also prefered XP interface, but 7 surely has better one that modern flatshit. It was also very light, It runs really smoothly on my T60 with T7200 and 2GB of DDR2.
>Less well than previous windows
My brother in Christ, every windows before and after 7 is more unstable.

>>105682200
> It was also very light
Windows is incredibly light only in the sense that a 300lb man looks lean compared to a 600lb man.
> but 7 surely has better one that modern flatshit
Well obviously.
But being beaten daily is also better than being vivisected to death and resurrected daily.

>>105682279
>Windows is incredibly light only in the sense that a 300lb man looks lean compared to a 600lb man.
Windows 7 works just fine with 2gb of ram, but it could really work with even less. Nowadays its really a powerty-tier setup and even those big normie-tier linux distros recommend a machine with more ram. It still has better software compatibility than linux, unless its artificially blocked.

Windows 7 will be old enough to go to college soon, it's time to let it go.

>>105671132 (OP)
Nothing, and it's ridden with malware by now.

>>105682506
>Windows 7 works just fine with 2gb of ram
Lol no. Nanami ideally needs 8GB RAM because she consumes 2 to 3GB at times with just 4GB

>>105672507
Windows 10/11 are easier to pirate because of the HWID upgrade thing where you can get a genuine license by just running a script.