Thinking of throwing this on an old laptop. Should I be good for security if I keep it behind a firewall, install the latest Simplix, and install an actively supported browser like Supermium?

Just don't connect it to the internet

>>105915866 (OP)
no, it's a 0day hellhole that will become a part of botnet as soon as you connect it to the internet, same as xp

>>105916033
How does it become part of a botnet simply by connecting to the internet? Did hackers breach the Windows 7 master servers or something?

>>105916009
Why would I bother with special browsers or update packs then?
>>105916033
Maybe if you don't put it behind a firewall, but even then, didn't it take that one guy on YouTube with the unfirewalled Win2000 box a few minutes before he started noticing suspicious activity on his machine?
>>105916052
I'm curious about that too.

Is Supermium immune from the Manifest v3 shit Google's been pulling with Chrome?

>>105916301
>I'm curious about that too.
Setup a UNIX machine. Expose it to the internet directly then watch the log files. Same thing happens to Windows.

Here is the funny thing though: If you have a proper firewall between you and the internet or even just a NAT it isn't a problem. Since all this
>you MUST upgrade
propaganda is just that: propaganda.

>>105915866 (OP)
gemmy windows 7 king, enjoy your 'putin experience king. for me its personally windows 10 iot ent ltsc 2021 because of specific programs i cant run on w7 anymore, but i love the w7 /calm/ness and cozy aesthetic. ignore the fearmongering virustards, viruses dont even exist, who has actually gotten hacked in 21st century?

>>105916033
good thing that nobody connects directly to the internet anymore. Has not been the case since dial-up.

>>105916009
no reason not to
>>105916033
literally never happened

>>105915866 (OP)
just use virustotal before installing anything and disable windows update
>>105916009
you again

Why did it all have to go downhill?

It's not worth the hassle and risk involved these days when you can just install Linux and use AeroThemePlasma on KDE instead

>>105916912
there is no hassle and there is no risk
why would i use some tinkertranny freetard's knockoff instead of real windows 7?

>just use linux

>>105915866 (OP)
Security is a meme if you are not retarded. Your computer is firewalled by default with your ISPs router. A random 13yo 1337 h4xx0r from the internet cannot hack you because he has no attack surface. Just go for Supermium, or r3dfox, and you will be fine. Most updooters who claim that old windows versions are "insecure" have no actual idea how computers work and want you to updoot or fall for the false opposition (linux).

>>105915866 (OP)
windows 7 already has a firewall
your router already has a firewall
nobody cares about hacking your 30 year old windows 7 laptop
the only thing that matters as far as security is concerned is using a updated web browser

>>105917043
i look liek this but im white

>>105916009
retarded take.
>>105916033
Nice FUD
>>105916301
All of those people who make videos like "YOOO GUYS I CONNECTED [old windows version goes here] TO THE INTERNET AND GOT HACKED INSTANTLY! DON'T DO IT" either expose it directly to the internet (which is never the case in normal circumstances) or download malware themself (which is user error and would most likely compromise you on modern OS as well).
>>105916364
AFAIR the dev said it will keep manifest V2 support on their GH
>>105916912
Linux is, was and always will be inferior to Windows. Even XP and all software from its era still provide better experience than linux. If it wasn't for hardware/browser obsolence, even versions older than that would do better.

>>105915866 (OP)
>Should I be good for security if I keep it behind a firewall

Windows 7 still gets security upgrades if you follow the guide to get vista server updates

>>105916912
I use Linux every day. I've just been wanting to play around with Win7 again.
>>105917089
I almost forgot about r3dfox. Glad to see I have a Firefox-based option.
>>105917227
Exposing my machine to the internet was never part of the plan. I mentioned using a firewall in the OP, which I'm well aware is something that comes free with using a router. Anyway, I'm glad to hear Supermium is keeping MV2 support.
>>105917252
>Windows 7 still gets security upgrades if you follow the guide to get vista server updates
Which guide is that? Got a link? inb4 "google it"

>>105917273
*Exposing my machine directly to the internet
I need to proofread my posts more.

>>105917273
>Exposing my machine to the internet was never part of the plan
Then you are safe, no matter how often mindbroken updooters ITT will claim otherwise. Just don't download unverified executables from the internet and you will be fine.
>Anyway, I'm glad to hear Supermium is keeping MV2 support.
Same. IIRC thorium has build for 7 and they were supposed to keep it as well. R3dfox will also keep one, obviously.

>Use a nice browser that gets updoots on W7
>Setup a third party firewall
>Setup a third party anti-virus with real-time protection
>Download only apps from trusted sites and scan them with virustotal beforehands
>Keep W7 updooted with official updoots
Literally all you need to stay safe, and you are unironically safer than the average up-to-doot user because nobody even makes viruses for a tiny population group like W7 users in 2025. Only reason to not use W7 or XP or 8.1 and use 10/11 is because they don't work for your hardware or for apps/vidya you wanna use

>>105917273
Watch these

https://youtu.be/Smkptkd9S6w
https://youtu.be/CkDdYqUtpAw
https://youtu.be/zUngQcyOXIw

Updates are still working for me as of last week, my art PC uses window 7 so i have to have net access.

>>105917273
https://kagi.com/html/search?q=windows+7+esu

Many exploit kits scan the Windows 7 CVE lists to add the latest ransomware techniques. Supermium relies on all sorts of hacked apis to force it to work on Windows 7, it is a security risk in itself. Even Firefox is giving up in two months. Just go to gentoo.org already. If you can hack Windows 7 to keep it "working" you can install gentoo.

Steam already doesn't support Windows 7, you literally have to use outdated CVE ridden clients that risk VAC bans if you want Steam on Windows 7. Windows 7 has almost disappeared from the hardware survey and will in a few months.

>>105917317
What antivirus would you go with? I haven't kept up to date with what's good.
>>105917319
Will give these a look. Thanks, anon.

>>105917364
troonix cope, if we are gonna talk about CVE's linux is already out of the question, any linux distro that even bothers with security and CVEs is infinitely more pozzed than windows with constant issues and exploits happening. anyway, its impossible to get a virus in 2025 by virtue of simply using your brain and not clicking on a massive green download button on a site that has www.1downloadgame.com name and visiting it without an adblocker and running a 30mb exe for a 30gb game to install it

>>105917348
That just looks like another version of lmgtfy.
>>105917364
>Many exploit kits scan the Windows 7 CVE lists to add the latest ransomware techniques.
And how would this ransomware get in if I'm behind a firewall, using a current browser, and making sure not to run random suspicious executables?
>Supermium relies on all sorts of hacked apis to force it to work on Windows 7, it is a security risk in itself.
It's open source. The code can be vetted.
>Just go to gentoo.org already. If you can hack Windows 7 to keep it "working" you can install gentoo.
I'm already using Linux on my other machines.
>>105917391
If I install any games on this machine, they're either going to be cracked copies from a reputable source or from GOG. That is unless I can use some compatibility layer hackery to get a current Steam client running.

>>105917417
Trade bitcoin on Windows 7 then, without 2FA, are you willing to put $120,000 on the line?

>>105917498
i feel like you dont understand what you are talking about, how exactly do you propose anyone can hack you magically on windows 7 but cant on w11 or fedora linux? what do you even think operating systems are? you do realize that most AVs are practically worthless, and the heuristic they use to find what a virus is is pointless if it's a day 0 attack, so you are not defended on any os if you are unlucky, the AV can only defend you from already reported finished attacks in most cases. Firewall, updated browser, content blocker extension, HTTPS everywhere, DNS provider, and not visiting shady sites and downloading shit from them is the only way you can protect yourself. And no, magically connecting an unupdated device to internet will not magically hack you out of nowhere, if that were the case every normgroid would get hacked as they all finish OOBE and then instantly go on internet without waiting for months or years of updates to go through

>>105917364
>Many exploit kits scan the Windows 7 CVE lists to add the latest ransomware techniques.
Add as many exploits to your trannyware as you want, but it still won't work since we are not that stupid to run it.
>you literally have to use outdated CVE ridden clients
Modern browser ports do work. Modern SSH and FTP clients just work with VxKex.
>that risk VAC bans if you want Steam on Windows 7
Just don't pay for games like a faggot and pirate them.
>Windows 7 has almost disappeared from the hardware survey
And? The only people who care about stats are obsessed commiepedotroons like you.

>>105917532
Malicious code execution can affect any website. You're forgetting that 4chan got hacked.

>>105917498
>Trade bitcoin on Windows 7 then
Projection, like no idea what chain of thoughs made you randomly sperg out about bitcoins in Windows 7 threat, but it will do just fine, I see no reason why it wouldn't be safe. I am honestly curious, from which caste that microsoft jeet who told you to shit on the last good Windows version is from? Probably brahmin, right?

>>105917563
Doesn't happen magically, that's a targeted attack, and a normal user is never under that sort of security concern unless you are a high profile public target. If you spent any time researching cyber security, you'd see how much of a underdeveloped field it is and just how insecure ALL operating systems besides smartphone OS-es like OneUI, PixelOS, iOS are. All of linux and windows and macos has terrible Compartmentalization, Sandboxing, and ways of getting applications and other software. You'd drive yourself insane if you took security as seriously as you larp to do, you could have a bios malware from day one and never know, there are multiple reports of Steam games containing malware and you might get it and never get rid of it properly as they can persist through nuke reinstalls. Even if you do everything as clean as possible and updoot everything and enable all security options you can still be pozzed and unable to do anything about it because desktop OS is terrible for security. So in that regard, saying that W7 is objectively much worse in security is kind of a cope when main reason why linuxtards say linux is safer is through obscurity and less users.

>>105916430
>Setup a UNIX machine. Expose it to the internet directly then watch the log files. Same thing happens to Windows.
Bullshit, in Unix you have to enable services whereas windows tends to have services enabled by default. Window 7 has insta-hack services enabled out of the box. Certainly Win7 can be hardened and secured to be deployed directly on the Internet by it is not by default.

>Here is the funny thing though: If you have a proper firewall between you and the internet or even just a NAT it isn't a problem. Since all this
>>you MUST upgrade
>propaganda is just that: propaganda.
agreed

>>105917611
Looks like it's going to take you to be hacked to understand, everyone talks shit until they accidentally let their guard down.

>>105917659
>Looks like it's going to take you to be hacked to understand
Lmfao. Go ahead then, hack us, faggot. Would love to see you actually get something done instead of bragging.
>everyone talks shit
You are the biggest shit-talker ITT.

>>105917659
I just don't worry about it too much because desktop os is insecure by default and can never be hardened to be secure because applications that are on linux and windows simply don't allow it. I never got hacked anyway despite pirating and never had any attempts at anyone logging into my accounts. Werks for me. Common sense goes a long way.

i would still use win 7 if my 4070 ti s would have even a hint of drivers on it.
I stayed on XP with GTX 670 since drivers still worked if you change certain text in installation

>>105916946
>there is no hassle
Getting Windows 7 working with modern hardware and installing all the necessary updates, extended updates, drivers, etc. is more hassle than installing Linux, and getting modern software working is either a massive hassle or will just not work at all
>there is no risk
Only if you only use a handful of programs and websites which you never venture outside of. The minute you click off of 4chan or Youtube onto some external link, then you are at risk of getting infected.
>why would i use some tinkertranny freetard's knockoff instead of real windows 7?
Because it just works. Windows 7 was great because it just worked, but in 2025 it requires a lot more effort to get it to work, and there is a high risk of getting a virus and then not working at all.

You people aren't banking or doing work related stuff on Windows 7, right?

>>105915866 (OP)
daily baby duck cope thread

Beginners advice:
- The firewall should be on a different device, for example a pihole.
- Check network settings, netbios, smb etc should be disabled.
- By default windows launches a lot of background services and some of them are network capable. READ what they do, disable what you don't use.
- Do some web searches, there are still old sites that cover more specific steps for your windows version

>>105915866 (OP)
Well if you only want the laptop for web browsing, try linux before throwing it.

>>105917803
>Getting Windows 7 working with modern hardware and installing all the necessary updates, extended updates, drivers, etc. is more hassle than installing Linux
Thats why you don't buy new hardware if you have some self-respect.
>and getting modern software working is either a massive hassle or will just not work at all
Same as above. Most modern software is simply not worth your time. A few modern programs that are actually worth your time have either legacy builds or will work with vxkex. Most older productivity tools for windows 7 (or even XP really) still mogs the vast majority of latest FOSS alternatives.7-oi
>Only if you only use a handful of programs and websites which you never venture outside of.
Thats what the majority of people does with their computers nowadays.
>The minute you click off of 4chan or Youtube onto some external link, then you are at risk of getting infected
projection
>Because it just works
Even the most "just werks" linux distros are far from just working. Poor software selection, mediocre hardware compatibility, RTFM culture and community full of narcistic faggots (ebussy), literal pedophiles (devault, bicha) and very insufferable faggots in general (hector martin, asahi lina, linus torvalds etc.) are the main reasons why linux and FOSS software in general will never be nearly as great as mainstream proprietary equivalents, even older ones.
>>105917824
We do, cry about it.
>>105917849
ok, shitskin.

>>105918061
t. too retarded to learn new things

>>105918061
>We do, cry about it.
I don't think I'll be the one crying...

>>105918075
t. can't stop bending the knee to the cloud jew.

>>105918093
>I don't think I'll be the one cry-ACK!

no more brother wars, windows xp, windows 7, windows 8.1, windows 10 chads are all allies and under attack by subversive w11 jeets and linux troons. dont fall for their baits. STAY. STRONG.

>>105917103
> 30 year old windows 7 laptop
I think you'll find many windows 7 machines are much newer than you think.

>>105918158
Well said, king! 11jeets and loontroons are inarguably the worst kind of subhumans on earth.

>>105918176
Wasted performance as 7 kernel doesn't have the cpu thread dispatcher improvements

Windows 7 is just Linux for those too scared to use Linux nowadays.

>>105918158
>8.1
no, no those cocksuckers can die with the troons

>>105918234
Windows 7 is one of the first versions that was actually stable and had proper 64 bit support, and at the same time, the last windows version that microjeet released before the started making it progressively worse with tablet UI, tons of unnecessary telemetry requests, artificial account and hardware requirements, AI and other faggotry. Troonix on the other hand not only has inferior software support but is also made and used by a bunch of very insufferable, power-tripping faggots.

>>105918234
unlike windows 7 linux gets updates

>>105918307
Unlike linux, Windows 7 can run working tools to get things done.

>>105915866 (OP)
Why would you bother doing this when they're are dozens of Linux distributions that will run better on your laptop, get updates and run more software?

>>105918331
b8, windows 7 is loosing software support day by day. Meanwhile Linux can now play all pc games better than on windows (exception for ones with kernel anti-cheat)

>>105918362
Because modern linux is still functionally inferior to old windows versions, even to something as ancient as Windows XP.

>>105918250
i used to be a 8.1 hater but its pretty gemmy, its like windows 10 with more color and better performance on lower end hardware, i like it and i think microsoft treated it like the black duckling because it was really user friendly and the first time microsoft in a big way rolled back their pozzed changes for pro user changes

>>105918176
It's a troll that didn't learn math, 30 years would mean win7 was released 1995.

Windows 7 still gets security fixes retards.
Activate 6-Year ESU wit h MAS, install the first 3 years normally and then download the newer Server 2008 R2 rollup updates from the update catalog and install.
Server 2008 R2 is just a different SKU much like Professional is to Ultimate, same binaries and same updates, has been this way since it released. With these installed it is the same security patch level as Windows 10/11.

And even then yuo do not get instantly owned without these updates, they are mostly local privilege escalation exploits that don't really matter for most users. If you are behind a NAT you are fine.

>>105918376
modern Linux is better then old and new windows baby duck. Its faster, has more hardware support, and gives people the freedom to choose how they want to set it up

>>105918370
>b8, windows 7 is loosing software support day by day
Irrelevant, since all the software that was released for Windows 7 back in the day was, is and will most likely be superior to whatever alternative loontroons have. Even XP era software is like that. Photoshop from 2012 still mogs gimp and krita, MS office from 2010 still mogs modern libreoffice.
>Meanwhile Linux can now play all pc games better than on windows
Projection.

>>105918406
using server 2008 r2 updates doesn't count retard

>>105918422
>modern Linux is better then old and new windows baby duck. Its faster, has more hardware support, and gives people the freedom to choose how they want to set it up

>>105918422
lolno, I got some old hardware just to go back to Windows 7.
You don't choose shit on Linux, you just suck down whatever freedesktop fags shit out. ~2012 Linux was in a much better state, to the point I was happily using it over Windows 7. Linux has since shat the bed, Windows has also massively shat the bed, so here I am back on 'ole Windows 7. Fair to say software support is not so good these days so computing in general is worse, but do not feed me bullshit that the current crap is better.

>>105918422
>modern Linux is better then old and new windows
Its not. Older windows still has superior compatibility with all the software and hardware thats worth using on your personal computer.
>baby duck
commiepedotroon term made to justify making things worse.
>Its faster
projection
>has more hardware support
Not really, since it literally made every hardware older than 8th gen (officially) obsolete. Also brown ESL award.
>and gives people the freedom to choose how they want to set it up
Lol, lmao even.

>>105918406
this, another anon also mentioned the vista server fix here >>105917319

>>105918431
>old software is better
and what will you do when they stop getting supported and people switch to newer modern standards?
>projection
cope seethe dilate baby duck
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2024/08/21/linux-scores-a-surprising-gaming-victory-against-windows-11/

>>105918433
>baby duck is having a meltie itt

>>105918297
8.1 with Classic shell clowns all over 7 bro

>>105918433
4cucks absolutely OWNED by unbothered shartyBVLL.

I wonder if that Eric Parker guy was paid by MS to make that video, feels like everyone is scared of using old windows after it was uploaded.

>>105918376
It objectively isn't though if we take our schizo glasses off for a minute. Barely any current software even runs on windows 7 anymore, let alone xp

>>105918526
>4cucks absolutely OWNED by unbothered shartypedo
ftfy

>>105915866 (OP)
Sure but you don't really need a firewall, it's a fairly modern OS, by default I don't remember it having any open ports and you can disable remote desktop if you are paranoid. Also you connect to a router which has all ports closed so a firewall won't really do much. Better to have a local firewall in case something wants to get out.

Ignore fear mongerers like >>105916009, >>105916033
Though ofc it would be prudent to not access your bank account/email on an outdated OS.
Oh an install some of the updates, the ones with important security updates. They don't really improve security but you may need some of their features for games.

>>105918432
Why not? they are literately the same as what you got before official EOL, all they did is take the Windows 7 consumer branding off the updates.
It's not hard to understand. Since Vista, each variant uses a common core base OS, with each SKU deciding what features are enabled and what default software comes with the install (also extra server shit or not).
They are still patching shit that is unimportant for servers, a recent one came with new 2025 dated USB microphone drivers. There are no hacks involved here, as long as you have the 6-year license (possible with MAS) the updates will cleanly install without the need for any modification. Hacks to install the updates were only needed before MAS could fake the licensing.

They are doing something similar even now, Windows 10 LTSC and consumer GAC are using the same common base. Eventually the GAC updates will stop but LTSC will keep going.

>>105918469
>I got some old hardware just to go back to Windows 7.
so your saying that windows 7 has WORSE hardware support then Linux
>You don't choose shit on Linux, you just suck down whatever freedesktop fags shit out
Cope, I'm using lxde on my arch install any everything just works
>to the point I was happily using it over Windows 7
true, but with Linux you can use those old desktop environments
>Linux has since shat the bed, Windows has also massively shat the bed
yes it's true both has gotten worse over time but Linux gives you the availability to choose how you wan to set it up
>Fair to say software support is not so good these days so computing in general is worse, but do not feed me bullshit that the current crap is better.
it can be if you want to

>>105917659
Anon, it's been 40 years, when is the hack coming?

>>105918553
>Though ofc it would be prudent to not access your bank account/email on an outdated OS

It's either "banking safe" or not safe at all

>>105918501
>and what will you do when they stop getting supported and people switch to newer modern standards?
We use the same old image formats that we used to use 20 years ago. Modern VLC works just fine on Windows 7, in case you need to run a video that utilizes nucodecs (you can still re-encode those with handbrake). I don't work with faggots who use modern adobe software, so I fortunately don't have to deal with modern adobe programs. There are multiple forks of popular browsers made with Windows 7 in mind, so web browsing is not an issue.
>cope seethe dilate baby duck
wake me up when troonix will be able to play ALL kinds of obscure windows games, including cracked and emulated ones.

>>105918621
Why? Who cares if someone hacks your pc if all they can do is check out your cracked games and disposeable forum account?

>>105918621
It is "bank safe", you niggerfaggot.

>>105918657
>Why? Who cares if Microsoft spies on your PC if all they can do is check out your steam games and discord account?
Same argument different tranny

^shitskin above me

>>105918649
>wake me up when troonix will be able to play ALL kinds of obscure windows games, including cracked and emulated ones.
You can just use a VM to do that

>>105918688
ur brown lol

>>105918672
It's so safe that banks won't let you log in with your outdated as fuck fork of an old browser which you cannot update

>>105918698
>You can just use a VM to do that
Or I can just use Windows 7 as my host OS and not be a faggot.

>>105918713
There are literally multiple forks of recent chromium and firefox releases that work on all kinds of websites, you tech-illiterate commiepedotroon.

>>105916009
I'm using windows 7 as my daily driver. I have a 5800x3d, 128gigs of ram, gtx 1080 ti, 4k 144hz display. And all I do all day is; watch youtube, listen to podcasts, online shopping, play old good games(none of that mtx/gacha shit). And I process over a million dollars in payroll per month for all my businesses, from home, using my windows 7 PC. I do not give a shit. I will never switch to modern windows. I have nothing but contempt for the modern windows os, modern microsoft and the jeets that run it. Since steve ballmer left microsoft has been in the toilet. I have been a loyal windows user since 1985 when my dad let me have his old ibm pc compatible with windows 1.0 on it. But no more loyalty from me. Microsoft lost my trust a long time ago. I have switched all my businesses to word perfect. I dont care that its more expensive. I refuse to give microsoft a single fucking penny. I will use windows 7 forever. I will pay hackers and coders and whoever to keep my windows 7 system up and running as long as possible. Because it is the superior operating system. I also have a macbook but fuck macintoshes. I've hated macos since I was a kid. It's a faggy, homosexual operating system built by a fucking bisexual narcissist.

>>105918649
>Modern VLC works just fine on Windows 7
and what MPV or any of the other video players on windows?
>in case you need to run a video that utilizes nucodecs (you can still re-encode those with handbrake)
HAHAHAHAHA
>I don't work with faggots who use modern adobe software, so I fortunately don't have to deal with modern adobe programs.
for now
>There are multiple forks of popular browsers made with Windows 7 in mind, so web browsing is not an issue.
any those forks stop getting updated? Also it's not just the web browser that's just connecting to the internet on windows 7, and when those components stop receiving updates that leaves you vulnerable to attacks.
>wake me up when troonix will be able to play ALL kinds of obscure windows games, including cracked and emulated ones.
its already happening, newer builds of emulators stops supporting windows 7 while Linux still gets the latest builds

>>105918225
CPU single thread performance has doubled since windows 10 first released. I wouldn't personally install windows 7 on a mobo that doesn't have compatible drivers, but performance on a new CPU is obviously going to be better.

>>105918747
>and what MPV or any of the other video players on windows?
MPV can be run with VxKex just fine, although I see no reason why, since its used mostly by linux commiepedotroons.
>HAHAHAHAHA
Yes, I am h264 supremacist, cry about it.
>for now
I am blue collar, so I will most likely never have to edit stuff in modern photoshop for a living.
>any those forks stop getting updated?
You updooters keep telling the same thing since years and they are still being updated. When old legacy browser like mypal perishes, new one, like supermium is created.
>Also it's not just the web browser that's just connecting to the internet on windows 7
No software other than web browser and maybe some clients for certain services/your own infra, should ever connect to the internet. Thats why we use firewalls, like simplewall.
>and when those components stop receiving updates that leaves you vulnerable to attacks.
various clients like for SSH or FTP, like putty of filezilla, still work with VxKex. Same goes for something like Telegram. In case those things stop working, I will just use browser versions/extensions for that.
>its already happening
lmao, would love to see that.
> newer builds of emulators stops supporting windows 7
Older builds work just fine, along with decent software that doesnt work on troonix.

>>105916009
10+ years, faggot, nothing has ever happened.

>>105917089
this

>>105918747
Proton's performance on old games is ass. Any DX9 game I try to run on my steam deck unironically runs at less than 30 fps with glitches lmfao. I like linux, but there's no debate that windows 7 with an njewdia card is the best way to play old PC games.

>>105918331
/thread

>>105915866 (OP)
Yeah sure. Old operating systems are vulnerable only if they're directly connected to the Internet, like literally every single port port-forwarded, no firewall, no router NAT, or in other words if you use them as public Internet servers. As long as you don't do retarded shit like that and you don't visit shady websites you should be fine even with XP.

>>105918877
>VxKex
running some glued on kernel patches is not a reap solution, also when vxkex stops receiving updates what would you do then?
>cry about it.
now this is projection
>I am blue collar, so I will most likely never have to edit stuff in modern photoshop for a living.
good for (you) but not the other people who have to use those programs on a daily basis
>You updooters keep telling the same thing since years and they are still being updated. When old legacy browser like mypal perishes, new one, like supermium is created.
having to switch from fork to fork is not a good user experience
>No software other than web browser and maybe some clients for certain services/your own infra, should ever connect to the internet. Thats why we use firewalls, like simplewall.
the calculator program on windows connects to the internet and had its own cve
https://www.fusenetworks.com/blog/a-windows-vulnerability-found-in-your-calculator-here-s-what-you-should-know
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44153
>various clients like for SSH or FTP, like putty of filezilla, still work with VxKex. Same goes for something like Telegram. In case those things stop working, I will just use browser versions/extensions for that.
again vxkex is just cope for windows 7 increasing lack of software
>lmao, would love to see that.
fire up a Linux mint iso on your pc to see for yourself
>Older builds work just fine, along with decent software that doesnt work on troonix.
except they do not, newer builds of pcsx2 have MAJOR emulator and performance gains and those builds won't run on windows 7, you can fine similar gains on other emulators as well

>>105919080
you can tell its a jeet that gets mad at you using older OS

>>105919133
>running some glued on kernel patches is not a reap solution
it is, loontroon
> also when vxkex stops receiving updates what would you do then?
I will just use browser versions / extensions with ssh abilities
>good for (you) but not the other people who have to use those programs on a daily basis
couldnt care less. you are the only faggot ITT trying to push people into something.
>having to switch from fork to fork is not a good user experience
still better than having to deal with modern OS.
>the calculator program on windows connects to the internet and had its own cve
ekhm, firewalls exist.
>again vxkex is just cope for windows 7 increasing lack of software
Win7 + vxkex still has better software compatibility than troonix
>muh performance
couldnt care less

>>105915866 (OP)

>>105918736
Look at this anon,he'll never give up on win7-chan,can you say the same OP?

>>105916033
I have server 2003 with many ports open directly to the internet including full rdp for years and it never got hacked.

>>105918736

>>105919322
but some retard on youtube says otherwise!

I just bought an FX8150 + motherboard to use as a dedicated windows 7 machine

>>105919261
>it is, loontroon
Delusional baby duck lie
>I will just use browser versions / extensions with ssh abilities
LMAO
>still better than having to deal with modern OS
Ya causing having stuff work ootb is scary for old windows users
>ekhm, firewalls exist
Major cope, the windows 7 firewall stopped receiving updates years ago
>Win7 + vxkex still has better software compatibility than troonix
false, you can run newer versions of photoshop on Linux than on windows 7
https://github.com/LinSoftWin/Photoshop-CC2022-Linux
>couldnt care less
of course you wouldn't cause your windows 7 shitbox can't even emulate ps2 games

>>105919250
cope, we all know its jeets that use windows 7 machines
https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/104221795/#104221795

>>105919577
Wasted dubs. Jeets run windows 10 on worse hardware than what I run windows 7 on.

>>105919667
>jeets run windows 10
no they are to poor to afford new hardware to run newer windows and are too stupid to use linux. Are you telling me your as stupid as a jeet?

>>105919707
>new hardware to run newer windows
What do you think they're running in hindoostan? Pentium III?

>>105919707
american companies give them free phones, laptops etc.

>>105919287
do you have all the old windows 7 chans by chance

>>105921474
>do all this
>or just install linux mint
I'll know which one I pick

>>105921628
nigga, linux takes a lot more maintenance than any windows os. Tired of stuff just randomly breaking or not working on that shit.

>>105921474
Was looking for that thx, here's some not as useful now but old guides for keepsake

>>105921647
In 2009 ya, but it's 2025 and linux works better than windows 7 these days

I'd stay on 7 forever if it wasn't for Steam.
The Steam client can be manually updated to the last EOL version but it is still 1-2 year outdated and old games that use the Steam API are breaking already.

>>105921693
No it fucking doesnt. I still use W7. Ive used Linux recently and it still has silly shit that stops working or breaks. I shouldnt have to restart Ubuntu after using fucking notepad++. And images shouldnt just randomly break in the explorer (after installing a package to even be able to see fucking thumbnails in the first place)

>>105921704
>b-but baby ducks said that steam would keep work-ACK!

>>105921707
>shit that stops working or breaks
name them, I'm all ears and willing to help

>>105921744
I literally just gave you examples. You may have ears, but not eyes it seems

>>105921670

>>105921791
I fucking love Windows 7

>>105921755
>notepad++
have you tried the many linux versions? I use pluma and it just werks

>>105921791
I always found it funny that deviantart out of all things would be a reliable place for custom graphics.

>>105921707
>images shouldnt just randomly break in the explorer
Caja doesn't have that problem, notice how anon didn't say what packages he used.

>>105921791

>>105921817

>>105921834

>>105921846

>>105921857

>>105921857
>>105921846
>>105921834
>>105921791
>all the outdated information and literal botnet apps
holy fuck

>>105921871
Yeah lot of it is bad now, but I'm sharing for archival purposes. Probably the only one who has them anymore.

>>105921889
I remember seeing a lot of those back in 2012
quite amusing how one says don't use Avira and the next says use Avira kek

I've thought about doing the same kind of stuff with my windows 10 setup. I may revert it back to Windows 7. I'll just never go online with it.

In the future we won't need to go online because we will all be dead.

>>105922166
>I'll just never go online with it.
Why the fuck do you guys keep saying shit like this? Im realizing no one on /g/ actually knows how computers or the internet works. Nor have any of you actually read anything involving networking. AT ALL.

>>105922172
drive by zero days exist bro

>>105922179
dude shut the fuck up

>>105919514
>>105919514
>Delusional baby duck lie
it literally runs all the nuslopware utils one would ever need, freetroon.
>Ya causing having stuff work ootb is scary for old windows users
on old windows versions, software actually just werks, unlike on your hobby OS.
>Major cope, the windows 7 firewall stopped receiving updates years ago
simplewall is literally a separate software from standard windows firewall that uses WFP api, you dumb freetroon.
>false, you can run newer versions of photoshop on Linux than on windows 7
lol, lmao even. Now try to actually run it on your aids-ridden trannyware, especially the cracked version. Meanwhile on Windows 7 older versions work out of the box.
>of course you wouldn't cause your windows 7 shitbox can't even emulate ps2 games
There are literally emulators that recommend CPUs with haswell-era parameters, so those emulators are far from being demanding.

>>105921800
>just use different program
lmao, linux troons coping with inferior software as usual.

>>105922254
>inferior
have you tried them before complaining

>>105922415
no but it looks like generic linux half-baked trannyware, so why even bother?

>>105922179
term that emerged around 2010 because its when actual drive by downloads were relevant. If you were actually knowledgable on the topic, you would know that only government-backed threat actors can actually afford 0days, which they will never burn on 7chads, lmao.

>>105917930
>Well if you only want the laptop for web browsing, try linux before throwing it.
Linux was the last OS I used on it. It works well. I just want to screw around with Win7.
>>105918362
Because. Linux. Isn't. Windows. 7. And Windows 7 is what I want to mess around with.
>>105918553
>Also you connect to a router which has all ports closed so a firewall won't really do much.
Well that's because a router IS a hardware firewall.
>Oh an install some of the updates, the ones with important security updates. They don't really improve security but you may need some of their features for games.
Simplix should take care of that.

>>105918736
I kneel

>>105919577
I guess the standard distribution meme applies here, 140 iq here still running 7

>>105916009
k e k, fookin rekt

Simplewall just works. You will be so much more productive on win7 than anything else because it was actually designed for productivity.

Haven't been on /g/ for a while, looks like the schizophrenia is still as strong as ever.

>>105924340
Matlab

>>105921704
I installed latest steam a couple months ago using vxkex.
Steam is just a Chromium/CEF shitware, and latest version of Chromium (138-139 or whatever) has support via vxkex.
But the problem is I hate steam and the fact it wants to UPDOOOOOOT everything before I launch a game, so I deleted it and just play pirated now.

>>105915866 (OP)
>>212761094
xp was the best OS microsoft's ever made
>stable
>customisable
>maximum control
I managed to tune it so it recorded itself running at 0% reported cpu back then, with no passive in or outbound connection, harddrive still.
was a good feeling.
nothing's come close before or since.
it was also the time period before total noobification of software, but when it had reached a mature enough state to be powerful.

>>105918970
steam reported a few years ago that only a tiny amount of users were running win 7, and shut down their compatibility for it.
the figures they gave didn't seem right, and I would think a lot more people stuck with 7 since there was nothing wrong with it.

>>105926329
The number was a lie. In reality, Steam didn't want to keep making updates for W7, W10, and W11 at the same time. Because of also pressure from Microsoft, they inevitably gave in and said they'll stop support of WIndows, despite W7 still being a fine os to run these days. Remember, even a lot of video games intentionally block out W7 support not because it increases dev time, but just simply out of spite.

Fuck them all. Im sticking with W7.

>>105926290
XP was based. I've thrown it on my Thinkpad a couple of times, but my Thinkpad's slightly too new to properly support it, so the iGPU eats up a huge chunk of the available RAM.

>>105926290
Windows 2000 is the best version. XP is a mutilated version of win2k.

>>105926356
Why did Steam keep XP support for so long by comparison? XP went EOL in 2014 but Steam supported it until goddamn 2019. Should've kept it going longer, but still a chad move.

>>105926396
Microsoft has been increasingly becoming very domineering in their policies, which is why telemetry and shit has only grown with each OS release. So I think it's just the nature of the times.

>>105926372
I was still using it until a few years ago as my main OS. things became too incompatible eventually so I had to move to 7, and now 7s being turned into an outcast.
>>105926380
xp had the best compatibility and usability overall. it was a good hybrid.
sp2 made it solid.

>>105926356
I haven't logged into steam proper since they shut down 7 usage, meaning I haven't touched the games I have on there, just use the app to chat with.
if they could programme their own platform instead of basing it on chrome, they could have kept support in more easily - some old games don't run well on 10/11 and I doubt steam accounted for that compatibility when they decided to block 7 from the platform.
i used it in offline mode a few times with wifi off so it didn't update, but then just dropped it.

>>105926434
The only thing XP had better compatibility with is software designed for XP, which applies to every version of windows. Oh, and dos games, but who cares about those.

>>105915866 (OP)
the only security hole is not up to date browser combined with user error, get latest firefox esr for 7 and ublock and you're good for a long time, you can switch to some fork or use extended kernel to run current versions later on

>>105923771
except Windows 7 has now been out of support 6 years and will absolutely have those type of exploits in the wild.

>>105927047
so why havent I gotten hacked yet, faggot? 10+ years with W7. Explain.

>you will eventually

LOL

>>105927109
I'm cherry popping your firewall as we speak saar

>>105926495
DOS games were good and weren't that old when xp came out.

>>105927519
Maybe XP is better for normies, personally I would just boot into DOS to run dos games.

>>105926495
XP sucked ass for DOS games. It was a miracle it could run them at all. You were much better off using DOSBox, even if that meant having to deal with higher system requirements.
>>105927519
True, though I was late to the party. I was still using 98SE in the early-mid 2000s. Didn't get my first XP rig until 2005, even though I used it on other people's PCs long before that.
>>105927544
Win9x is the "normie" solution for running DOS games. A lot of late DOS titles even had autorun splashes, and some went as far as having Windows-based installers.

>>105927634
DOSBox is terrible. Its a full emulator with all the lag and poor frame pacing that comes with that. I would much prefer to run games in NTVDM which runs in real time with zero lag and supports proper vsync in fullscreen.

>>105927680
>NTVDM
>zero lag
NTVDM had piss poor performance compared to native DOS, and even DOSBox. What games were you playing, and what hardware were you playing on?

Windows 7 still works great for me! :)

>>105927749
soul

>>105927749
are you running W7 on a fucking laptop? Why the hell is your res so stretched?

>>105927749
roastie OUT

>>105927761
yes this is running on my old x220 thinkpad I primarily use for doodling / offhand for streams

>>105927749
>hiding his Core M, 2GB RAM and intel graphics
KEK
poorfags are so self concious

>>105927109
you have been hacked lol, you just don’t know it

>>105927842
8 thick gigs of ram buster

>>105927749
>anime theme

>>105927749
>using tik tok and reddit

>>105927921
get with the time grandpa

>>105927858

>>105918736
Assuming this is not a larp. What are your businesses about anon

>>105927749
how the hell do you even install windows 7 now?

>>105928319
>go to windows general
>download from pastebin

>>105921704
My 600+ GOG library has no such problem. Thank dogs I didn't got into Steam.

>>105928337
No don't do this lol, half these threads are lurked on by russians who quietly inject malicious shit into OPs

>>105928319
You can buy any iso and key off the net to activate windows without russian spyware on it, never trust this place

>>105928538
>No don't do this lol, half these threads are lurked on by russians who quietly inject malicious shit into OPs
if youre any bit of compliant with computers, you can easily do a checksum, which Ive done. stop being retarded

>>105928538
>buy any iso and key
ISOs can be found on internet archive just fine and you can activate it with massgrave.

>>105918382
windows was always bad, it may as well have been

>>105915866 (OP)
yes just install avg an be carefull what you download, all the fear-mongering is retarded.
>>105916033
lol nice troll poojeet,

>>105923771
>you would know that only government-backed threat actors can actually afford 0days
Tired old myth, crime groups definitely have enough wealth from crimes and crypto, to afford 0days.

>>105928017
Real estate. I also own several businesses to support my real estate investments. Such as bars, restaurants, ATMs, and other food establishments. I used to also own alot more bars, hotels and motels and nightclubs. But unfortunately the pandemic fucked me.

>>105930746
Good. Your degeneracy ruined a lot of people.

>>105930769
>retarded cattle: i shouldnt be encumbered by social contracts
>also retarded cattle: NOBLESSE OBLIGE! NOBLESSE OBLIGE!
NTA, but I've never stopped loving the hypocrisy of the hoi polloi, nor their complete inability to understand cause and effect.
The old aristocracies treated you like cattle, but at least recognised you as part of the nation, and shared your blood, your religion - but you didn't want any of that. You wanted democracy. You wanted social mobility. You wanted infinite immigration.
So now you get your new aristocracy (billionaires, politicians etc.) who treat you like cattle, but have no other ties to you, whether nationality, blood, ideology etc. - you're just a resource to be consumed.
You got what you wanted, but didn't want what you got - keeping an absolute monarchy would have protected you from everything you now bitch about.

>>105932665
>but at least recognised you as part of the nation, and shared your blood, your religion
lol, lmao even, what country are you even possibly referring to here you sound extremely clueless about history

>>105932665
I dont want any of that. I want the Fed gone, the government small, and jews out the country.

>>105918736
Can you even play Sekiro on it? LOL!

>>105930479
they don't, unless they are on cartel/mafia level, therefore being almost on par with them. And 0days are universal threat to all sorts of software, supported or not, therefor 11jeets and loontroons are as vulnerable as 7chads.

>>105928007
Pajeet (you) didn't actually read the article
it's just a Microsoft account bypass for setup using a registry key
Typical Indian falling for headlines KEK

>>105932837
the people on 11 or linux are going to be much less likely to get exploited because 0days get patched eventually, meanwhile people on 7 will continue to be more exploitable because they have no access to the source code to fix it themselves nor a company(s) with a financial interest in getting them patched asap

>>105932676
>says he wants a say government policy - which is democracy
>says he wants small government - so he can be socially mobile
>says he doesnt want a nation of shared blood or ideology - which always leads to infinity immigration
>"I-I dont want any of that."