Should I install Windows 7?

Nope.

Only catch is no Edge browser (which, with uBlock Origin is great). Also, use wsusoffline ad you're good to go.

>>60508408
Do you want to have a giant dick in your ass? Use 10.

>>60508408
Why would you downgrade to an obsolete OS?

>>60508408
This pretty much >>60508533

Why would you downgrade to an obsolete piece of shit like Windows 10? just install 7, do >>60505497 and you're good to go.

>>60508408
Install Windows 8.1
7 is too old.

>>60508533
>>60508556
I'm not sure who is right or if either of you are capable of reading

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I'm using an i3 6100 (overclocked to 4.6GHz) and an RX470, and I've had absolutely no issues with hardware. One issue I had was the difficulty doing a USB install on a modern motherboard. I got around that by burning a DVD like it's 2009.

For context, I took the free upgrade to 10 and used it for six months before reinstalling Windows 7.

>>60508408
Dont install windows
install gentoo

>>60508408
Install TempleOS

>>60508408
Yes, unless you want Linux

>>60508408
after using windows 10 for a while i swapped to 7. it actually feels old now. looks nice and that but 10 just feels better. tried 8 too because i like having a taskbar on each monitor and that felt pretty much the same.

enjoy your malware

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>>60508408
Windows 7 is the only good version of Windows.

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>>60508408
That's the reason i tried the linux
OpenSuse 4something with gnome

Was easy to pickup. Spent like 3-4 weeks to acclimatize. No regrets, comfy as fuck. The only pain i got was the misunderstanding of package managers and a pain with Nvidea drivers.

There are even a lot of windows games here with ready-made wine presets

>>60508408
Yes.

I'm really not looking forward to the day when Win 7 becomes obsolete. I was so sick and tired of constantly battling with windows 10 on how to run my system - you spend so much time disabling bullshit features, removing fucking candy crush and disabling windows protector just so your notebook fans aren't spinning like crazy when idle just so another update can set this all back to default cancer settings.

If apple gets their hardware together in the next couple years i'll just switch to macbooks so I don't have to deal with ms crap

>>60508525
>>60508533
>>60508556
Why are these retards even on this board?

>>60512205
If you want to switch to appleshit you could as well just use linux.

>>60508408
you should install gentoo with the new amdgpu driver

>>60508408
Yes, obviously. Stay as long as the ride lasts, it will be over soon

If you don't play new games then XP can be still nearly fully used now. 7 will be even longer supported because it's the last good Windows ever. If you really have to, just dualboot W10+W7 or W10+Linux.

>>60512575
Will W10+W7 dualboot even work? Doesn't windows rewrite the boot section of disc on install?

>>60512611
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=How+to+Dual+Boot+Windows+10+with+Windows+7

>>60512635
I never wanted to dual boot two windowses, cause i run linux. I just asked other people about that little boot section, since i don't wan't to make effort on a thing that isn't very important for me.
As well as the guy who can potentially answer wouldn't spend much effort on writing "Nah, there is something something".

But you wanted to look funny and original.

So fuck you for not contributing anything.

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I'm installing an SSD on my laptop tomorrow, clean slate.

Are there any downsides to installing Win7? Also I've got W10 ISOd on a DVD so I could update any time I'd want to.

>>60512788
>Are there any downsides to installing Win7
Over W10, really? Only games that are W10 exclusive.

>>60512808
Don't really give a shit about them or DX12, if I play on PC I play older shit mostly.

I mean security-wise or what have you.

>>60508408
windows8.1 is literally a faster windows7

dont you want a faster windows7? a windows7 with refresh/reset option and 2s boot time off a ssd?

faggot

>>60512835
>security-wise
Identical.

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>>60512845
>windows8.1 is literally
trash

>>60512845
>>60508577
Win 8 was completely dropped by MS even though it's younger than 7.
No one uses 8.1 besides a few autists who installed 8 and whined it doesn't have a start button because they were retards installing a tablet OS on a PC.
8.1 won't be supported by anyone, it's 7 or 10.
>>60512788
10 is literally malware and spyware, use 7 or dualboot.
>>60512835
Use antivirus since viruses are based on exploits, so windows security doesn't mean shit.

>>60512908
>Win 8 was completely dropped
>8.1 won't be supported by anyone

what does that even mean you edgy tryhard autist

>>60512934
MS dropped support on 8 you stupid faggot. And since no one uses 8.1 MS will drop support soon too and devs will only bother to make software work for 7 and 10.

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>>60512966
>MS will drop support soon too and devs will only bother to make software work for 7 and 10

no they wont you fucking retard, where the fuck do you get these ""facts"" from?

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>>60512845
>>60512908
So what's the patrician W7 setup? I've got a W7 SP1 reinstall disc Dell gave me with my XPS laptop. Should I install all M$ updates so I won't get raped by malware?

>>60513111
Use http://www.wsusoffline.net/
It filters all telemetry and GWX updates. It's also a lot faster.

Windows 10 is the best desktop operating system ever. Use it. Please.

>>60513111
>Should I install all M$ updates so I won't get raped by malware?
You could but you only really need the wannacry update or just block the port with a firewall. If you care about viruses you need an antivirus. The updates are mostly placebo.

>>60513157
>The updates are mostly placebo
Heh... what a faggot

>>60513111
https://www.howtogeek.com/255435/how-to-update-windows-7-all-at-once-with-microsofts-convenience-rollup/
https://www.quora.com/Which-Windows-7-updates-should-you-avoid-and-why

>>60513111
http://hardenwindows7forsecurity.com/Harden%20Windows%207%20Home%20Premium%2064bit%20-%20Standalone.html

>>60513216
>convenience-rollup
DO NOT USE IT! IT CONTAINS TELEMETRI UPDATES AND THEY ARE UNREMOVABLE!

Updating Windows 7:

> [1] Installing and searching for updates is slow and high CPU usage occurs in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3102810

> [2] How to update the Windows Update Agent to the latest version
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/949104

> [3] April 2015 servicing stack update for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3020369

> [4] July 2016 update rollup for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3172605

Avoid:
KB2952664
KB3021917
KB3068708
KB3080149
KB3184143
KB971033


Full list (PS command)
get-hotfix -id KB971033,KB2902907,KB2922324,KB2952664,KB2976978,KB2977759,KB2990214,KB3012973,KB3014460,KB3015249,KB3021917,KB3022345,KB3035583,KB3044374,KB3050265,KB3050267,KB3065987,KB3068708,KB3072318,KB3075249,KB3075851,KB3075853,KB3080149,KB3123862,KB3150513,KB3139923,KB3081954

Uninstall:
wusa /uninstall /kb:2952664

Install Windows 10 LTSB 2016

>>60513149
You should either manually install IE11 or get an install image that includes it (the Generation 2 installers from The Plebian Bay aren't bad: multiple editions, choose standard, OEM, or Daz activation) or WSUS will get stuck on that update

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>>60513250
Only if you're into masochism

>>60513274
>You should either manually install IE11
IE11 has many prerequisites. Read here:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2847882/prerequisite-updates-for-internet-explorer-11

>or get an install image that includes it
Never. Ever.

>>60513274
>or WSUS will get stuck on that update
No, it works on 7SP1 2nd rollout just fine.

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>>60513303
Also clean iso files:
http://mirror.corenoc.de/digitalrivercontent.net/

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>>60513318
And Simplix UpdatePack7R2
http://forum.oszone.net/thread-257198.html
Also curated updates list, even faster than WSUS and supports integration pre-installation + USB3 drivers.
7 and 2008R2 only

Cкaчaть = Download

Installation is even cleaner as it allows proper uninstall of individual updates. On WSUS uninstall fails.

Stick with Win 7. It and WHS 2011 (Based on 2008r2) just werks man. Been running since 2010/2011 respectively with zero issues. Swapped motherboards/ram/cpu on two machines and both the desktop and server installs just kept right on going. (Thanks DAZ). Win 7/2008r2 will be supported till 2020. So grab/dl all monthly sec rollups till the 2020 cutoff date then make a iso with all updates in case of total clean reinstall or be sure to keep a good working system backup image. Long as you keep your AV & Browser up todate you'll be fine. AV and Browser will still be supported long after the 2020 deadline, look at xp, it still supported and it "died" in 2014.

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>>60513318

>Caring about muh clean iso for a closed source OS that comes compromised by default instead of saving yourself time with a torrented pre-updated installer

Lads, do you reckon win7 will be useable post-2020? Like, maybe someone will come up with a custom anti-malware solution to replace MSE and windows update

>>60513720
I will work just fine. MSE is just an antivirus, can always be replaced with whatever you like (preferably Common Sense).

>>60513720
It's called antivirus you fucking retard. The updates don't protect you from shit.

>>60513750
>preferably Common Sense
doesn't protect you from exploits you fucking retard

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>>60513764
If you are retarded, maybe. I never had any issues with my PC, been using it like this for years.

>>60513750
>thinking still using Windows7 in 2020 will be Common Sense

>>60513894
>not knwing Windows 7 is currently supported until October 2021

>>60513061
He trolls. Just ignore him.

>>60513909
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/13853/windows-lifecycle-fact-sheet

>>60513970
Windows 7 is currently supported until 2021 October. Might even get extended past that if enough market share.

Just reinstalled Windows 7 after dealing with Windows 10 shit for a year. Once security updates stop coming, I'll just switch to a Linux distro.

>>60512368
Great post now off yourself kike

>>60513984
Well, I didn't believe you when you first stated it without proof, but now you've restated it again without proof, I'm convinced! Thanks!

I built my first computer last year, I didn't know shit and still don't. I literally googled parts I thought I needed and watched youtube to put it together. Installed Win 7 SP1 and even my dumb ass could find all the drivers and .NET shit (still don't even know what that is, just know I've seen it on every PC I've had so I knew I needed it) to get it to work. Nearly a year later and it's functioning well, never encountered anything that was broke as fuck or couldn't be fixed. Updates turned off from the second it booted.

I'd say do it. I'm still trying to learning linux so I can swtich over to that permanently though.

>>60508577
>hurr 7 is 7.5 years old, so it's too old

XP had market dominance when it was 7.5 years old, and it was just a year after it had received its 3rd service pack.

>>60514142
>he thinks updates matter

>>60512611
>bootloaders, how do they work?

>>60512720
Fuck you for "running linux" yet being clueless a about how boot processes work

>>60513061
>only a bit more than 2.5 years of life for Windows 7

>>60513150
>0.02 cents deposited to your poo account

>>60513348
>Cкaчaть

Nice try russiabro

>>60508408
Bought my thinkmeme 6 months ago, seller installed 10 on it, immediately downgraded to 7. 2 months ago decided to give 10 a try, downgraded again after a week.
Go for 7, only thing that'll make you think about upgrading is that "upgrade" is a nice word and "old system" sounds bad, it's just great for daily use

>>60514142
It will be systemdOS at that point. The battle for usable operating systems was lost in this decade because barely anyone did put up a fight. We're fucked either way, it's just a matter of by whom (ms/applel/redhat/googlel);

>>60513348
so what should i use? wsus only or simplix? or should i just install everything

>>60516110
Simplix or WSUS. I recommend Simplix, it's even faster than WSUS and better curated.

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>>60513243
bls femanon, help me out with a windows 8.1 update guide, i can't find anything anywhere
here have a funni picture

Install Gentoo (Uranus edition).

>>60517388
Unfortunately 8.1 has very little market share and not many people maintain a list of updates for that OS. I suggest use WSUS offline and hope the curation they do is enough, since nothing like Simplix's update pack exists for that OS.
Btw, that powershell command includes some updates for 8.1 as well. Just run WSUS offline and after that use the PS command to verify. You shoud be able to uninstall if one of those updates got in there. Should, not "can" because I've heared about not being able to uninstall updates done via this method.

But why 8? You've got plenty of resources to get 7 up and running on any PC. It's simply a better OS. This comes from someone who uses all 7, 8.1 and 10 regularly.

>>60508408
Try Windows Embedded Standard 7. Fully customizable install and official support for a few more years.

>all these update autists
you can use unpatched windows and nothing will ever happen to you
if you fear about viruses only antivirus would protect you

>>60517388
You could try on of those prepackaged isos with all the updates. Some notable ones are made by teamos and generation2. Although it could be a risk

>>60508408
Skylake only has another year of support on 7. Just use 10 LTSB.

>>60519871
>Skylake only has another year of support on 7
so what, his PC will still work perfectly fine

>>60519871
>another year of support

How does that work, do they deactivate the driver after that date?

>>60513814
What's in v4.7 of net frameworks?

>>60520130
webm support and socket multicast

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>>60508408
Do you really want to fear ransomware every time you use PC?

>>60518318
>Fully customizable
so you have access to kernel sources?
can you disable telemetry?

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>>60512788
>downsides to installing Win7
you wannaCry?

>>60521847
Are you retarded or just pretending?

>>60521899
>Are you retarded
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WannaCry_ransomware_attack#Cyberattack

Just install Zorin OS and use the look changer to make it look like Windows. You'll never go back.

>>60521847
>>60521957
>implying Win7 hasn't already been patched against it

>>60522050
i know it was. but windows update mechanism is so shitty that even hospitals (!) had it turned off.

PS linux update full in background.

>>60522085
Are you retarded or just pretending?

I'm building a new PC with a ryzen cpu and I just noticed that support for windows 7 drivers has already been dropped.

I guess I have no choice but to get 10?

>>60523273
Just manually update it, asshole.

>>60523522
Manually update what? Windows 10?

>>60508408
>Any reason I should or shouldn't?
They will stop support for win7 in 2020 and then you'll have to switch anyway. Plus there is no real reason. You can also just get a win7 theme for win10 and it's the same

>>60522085
>Tfw update filesystem on the fly, export my volumes, and then modprobe it to update completely without ever restarting.

>>60514165
>yourself kike
Says the Windows 10 shill... LOL

>>60523273
Lots of time drivers for say win xp will work on 7 or 7 drivers will work on win 8 systems. so try win ten drivers for your win 7 system and see what happens. should work unless they changed windows driver model. fyi, back in the day win 98 se supported old driver model and newer one found in Win 2000/xp. that's why a lot of old 98 systems lasted as long as they did. sadly that little feature was not very well documented.

>>60512124
What's with XP? Or 3.1?

done with the Windows 10 meme i want 7 back but im running a Meme-Lake 7700k housefire,

Is there a way to re-enable updates?