WINDOWS 7 POWER ▀ 256 THREADS / 192GB RAM OR EVEN MORE?

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WINDOWS 7 POWER ▀ 256 THREADS / 192GB RAM OR EVEN MORE?

UPDATED ON: 2025-09-29
Section is constantly updated!

For vintage web surfers most important things are here: plain txt file
[may be a bit out of date and not contain all information, so web version is way to go!]

Power of vintage 2009 operating system by microsoft can’t be underestimated.
[Windows 7 x64] supports up to 256 threads and up to 192Gb [or even 256Gb] of RAM.
How cool is that, huh?

256 thread CPU appeared only a [short time ago] .

░ H#RDWARE
TECHNOLOGIES HARDWARE
MAX CPU SOCKETS 2
MAX CPU CORES 128
MAX CPU THREADS 256
MAX MOBO RAM 192Gb [or even bigger]1
MODERN CPUs Ryzen 7xxx/9xxx/10xxx
Threadripper 7xxx/9xxx 2
MODERN GPUs Geforce 3090 Ti
Radeon 6950XT 3
NVME SUPPORT YUP [+] 4
USB3 SUPPORT AHA [+] 5
░ SOFTW@RE
TECHNOLOGIES SOFTWARE
SECURITY PATCHES October 8, 2024 [POS updates] /
Jan 13, 2026 [2008R2 updates] 6 / 7
KERNEL EXTENSIONS VxKex / NT61 / Win 10/11 API libs 8
UEFI SUPPORT EXTERNAL [+] 9
DIRECT X 11.1 [12.0] 10
VISUAL C++ LIBS 2003-2025 v0.101 11
VIRTUALIZATION VirtualBox 6.1.50 / 7.0.26
VMware 15.5.7 / 16.X 12
MODERN WEB: FIREFOX Firefox [v115.34 ESR / v145] / Tor v14.x 13
MODERN WEB: CHROME Chrome 142 / Supermium v132 / CatsXP v140 14
BLENDER v2.92 [up to v4.3] 15
LIBRE OFFICE v24.8 [up to v25.8.8] 16
QBITORRENT v4.5 [up to v5.1] 17

[ANIGHTLY REPOSITORY] > dedicated to revival of Windows 7
[RETROREVIVAL BLOG] > blog covering lots of retro software

░ DEVEL@PMENT
TECHNOLOGIES SOFTWARE
GIT v2.46.2 [up to 2.48]18
VSCODE v1.79.2 [up to v1.102] 19
PYTHON v3.8.15 [v3.9-3.14] 20
PHP v7.4.33 [up to v8.2.12] 21
APACHE v2.4.65 22
QT FRAMEWORK v5.15 [up to v6.8.3] 23
ELECTRON FRAMEWORK v22 [up to v28] 24
NODEJS v18.20.8 [up to v23.7] 25
HUGO FRAMEWORK v0.121 [up to v0.144] 26

USEFUL RELATED LINKS:

MORE USEFUL FORUM THREADS:


WINDOWS 7 x64 SP2+ ESU
19 YEARS 2 MONTHS & 5 DAYS OF EXCELLENCE
Oct 22, 2009 - Jan 13, 2026

If Windows Server 2012 R2 ESU will be ported to Windows 7 we will be safe until October 13, 2026!

WINDOWS SERVER 2008 R2 TIMELINE



Original post can be found at [MyDigitalLife forums]

WINDOWS 7 TIMELINE



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CONSIDERING ABOVE MENTIONED FACTS WINDOWS 7 WILL EASILY
OUTLIVE WINDOWS 10 / 11 IN TERMS OF LIFESPAN!






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  1. 192Gb of RAM is purely artificial limitation.
    Bigger amounts can be achieved by means of [registry hack] [ZwQueryLicenseValue].
    [256gb ram proof] . ↩︎

  2. Support of modern AMD chipsets is possible via [CanonKong USB3 driver]
    x570/x670/x870/wrx80/trx50 are supported, however beware of exceptions! ↩︎

  3. Very last graphical drivers for Windows 7:
    [AMD driver v22.6.1] [2022]
    [Nvidia driver July v475.14] [2024] [direct link] ↩︎

  4. NVME technology is not supported out of the box in gold release of Windows 7.
    Appropriate NVME drivers can be installed from manufacturer’s website or slip streamed into OS ISO image. ↩︎

  5. USB3 technology is not supported out of the box in gold release of Windows 7.
    Appropriate USB3 drivers can be installed from manufacturer’s website or slip streamed into OS ISO image. ↩︎

  6. Windows Embedded POS Ready 7 will receive updates [till October 8 2024] .
     ↩︎

  7. Premium support for Windows Server 2008 R2 [extended] to unbelievable date 2026-01-13.
    Opatch announced support [till January 2027] in worst case scenario.
    [Unofficial Service Pack 3] ► easily prepares the system for upgrades beyond 2025, right until Jan 2026. ↩︎

  8. It seems that develper of VxKex are ready to go even further with NT61: [VXKex] and [NT61] .
    [Ported Win 10/11 API libs] by Blaukovitch. ↩︎

  9. [UEFISeven] is an efi module that enables Windows 7 to boot under UEFI Class 3 systems. ↩︎

  10. DirectX 12.0 [is possible] if developer of software will include required support into the product. ↩︎

  11. Download latest [Visual C++ libs]  ↩︎

  12. [VirtualBox 6.1.50] last official Windows 7 version
    [VirtualBox 7.0.26] works perfectly on fully patched Windows 7 x64 ESU
    [VMware 15.5.7] latest official Windows 7 version
    [VMware 16.x] brutally hacked version ↩︎

  13. Last official version of Firefox is finally determined v115.34 ESR.
    Will be supported at least [until the March 2026]
    [RedFox 142]
    [Hacked Firefox 145]
    [Hacked Tor 14]  ↩︎

  14. [Supermium 132] independent fork of modern Chrome
    [CatsXP 139] Chinese fork of actual Chrome version
    [Chrome 142] hacked Chrome

    [Chrome 139] another hacked version original Chrome ↩︎

  15. More information on hacked up to Blender 4.3 versions can be obtained [HERE]  ↩︎

  16. Official [announcement] [up to v25.2]
    [Quick and dirty hack] to run LibreOffice v25.8.x ↩︎

  17. Hacked [qBittorent v5.1] [direct link] ↩︎

  18. Last official version is 2.46 can be downloaded [HERE] / [hacked v2.48]  ↩︎

  19. Hacked [VS Code v1.93]
    Hacked [VS Code v1.97]
    Hacked [VS Code v1.102]  ↩︎

  20. More information on hacked Python 3.9-3.14 versions can be obtained [HERE]  ↩︎

  21. PHP v8.x can be executed in [XAMPP] environment ↩︎

  22. Download Apache v2.4.65 [HERE]  ↩︎

  23. Hacked QT6 can be downloaded [HERE] . ↩︎

  24. Hacked [Electron v28]  ↩︎

  25. Patched [NodeJS v18] / backported [NodeJS v23]  ↩︎

  26. Hacked [Hugo v0.144]  ↩︎