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Here i’ll accumulate list of modern applications, which were forced to work in Windows 7 environment.
[BLENDER]
► [v3.4] [OBS STUDIO]
► [v2.9.0.2] [PYTHON]
► [v3.11.1] ……..
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Observing [february Windows updates]
@ Ghacks we can clearly see that Windows Server 2008 R2 is still maintained.
…author of [Simplix updater]
reported that POS ESU updates will be back-ported to non-server Windows 7 distribution and included in his monthly patcher. So, future usage of Windows 7 is 100% safeguarded. Stay sharp for more “obsolete” Windows 7 news!
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As you may know X670 chipset is already supported by means of [CanonKong’s driver]
. [Ryzen 7950X]
is confirmed to work with Windows 7. Ryzen 8000 reported to use the same AM5 socket as Ryzen 7000.
CanonKong [confirmed above mentioned statement]
with his own commentary:
I think I will maintain driver pack for modern amd chips until out of my ability.
Ryzen 8000 still can work on Win7. So we can safely announce that Ryzen 8000-series will work without any problems.
Recently i’ve switched to newer version of Vegas Pro. Tweeeenty to be precise. I’m using Vegas for basic montage of my tracker music clips for [Tik-Tok channel]
. Despite the fact that eighteeeen is surely a nice number i decided to move on and be a hip.
To my surprise transition goes so well that i didn’t noticed that i’m using new release. Right after execution Vegas 20 outputs window with [Windows 7 EOL warning], with something like this:
UPDATED ON: 2023-02-08
As you may already know that [Unlisted Slacker]
provides the most comprehensive news regarding ageless Windows 7. Because i’m using it as my main system and simply care about. That is why don’t put like, don’t subscribe, [don’t watch embedded shite-ads!]
OK, YOU'VE GOT ME! THIS WAS PROPER OLDSCHOOL TEXT-BASED AD OF MYSELF. Some articles ago i’m [already mentioned]
about possible updates right till 2026. German enthusiasts [discovered stubs]
for feasible future upgrades.
UPDATED ON: 2023-02-16 Added super useful [interactive learning course]
Vim is for sure a discovery of the day. It is a [very fast text editor]
and will be helpful not only for coders, but can be useful for people who is working with insane amounts of text information. Software is 100% keyboard oriented. It’s based around original Unix text editor [Vi]
, which was released back in 1976.
VIM 9.
UPDATED ON: 2023-03-17 Section is constantly updated.
Power of vintage 2009 operating system by microsoft can’t be underestimated. [Windows 7 x64]
supports up to 256 cores and up to 192Gb of RAM. How cool is that, huh?
256 thread CPU appeared only a [short time ago]
.
░ H#RDWARE
TECHNOLOGIES PARAMETERS MAX CPU SOCKETS 2 MAX CPU CORES 128 MAX CPU THREADS 256 MAX MOBO RAM 192Gb [or even bigger]1 MODERN CPUs Ryzen 7xxx/8xxx / Threadripper 5xxx 2 MODERN GPUs Radeon 6xxx [6950XT]
/ Geforce 3xxx [3090 Ti]
[direct link] 3 NVME SUPPORT YUP [+] 4 USB3 SUPPORT AHA [+] 5 ░ SOFTW@RE
TECHNOLOGIES PARAMETERS DIRECT X 11.
Some really important dates, for those of you who are using Windows 7 as a daily driver machine.
As for me, i’m using Windows 7 not only with oldschool hardware, like [Xeon E5]
, but with modern multicore platforms like [Ryzen]
& [Threadripper]
.
Most of you already know how AMD substitute in terms of cores/threads count intel’s pathetic’n’degenerative CPU evolution into revolution. Drastic changes were brought by [Ryzen]
CPUs in consumer market in late 2017. [Threadripper]
and [Epyc]
lines were introduced later on [for workstation and server market respectively].
► [128 core / 256 thread Epyc Bergamo CPU]
It would be nice to see 256 threads in Windows 7 task manager, but i don’t think that it is possible due to lack of drivers.
OK. THIS IS IT. NO TURNING BACK.
Yesterday we’ve got [last security update for Windows 7]
. There will be no more security patches for Windows 7. At least on generic non-point-of-sales machines.
Total of 40 vulnerabilities were fixed. Nice one! Compare it with 64 vulnerabilities on newest windows 11 telemetry gathering platform. Numbers clearly show benefits of mature platform.
Easy and [fast update]
using Simplix patcher.
Oh and yeah, neat news regarding [official support of Secure Boot]
.
UPDATED ON: 2023-02-16
I don’t see any limitations in Windows 7. Operating system is a rock solid formation patched up with latest ESU updates.
I think that Windows 7 become another Windows XP of the time. Choice of veteran users.OS for people who understand how computer is working.
NO CREATIVE BOUNDARIES ARE VISIBLE:
Raster editor: Affinity Photo 1.10.6 [2022] Raw converter: Phase One Capture One 14.4 [2021] Vector editor: Affinity Designer 1.
UPDATED ON: 2023-03-08 I will surely return to post to bring update on FINAL version of driver
[Canonkong]
brings [ANOTHER BIG UPDATE]
to the marvellous modern USB3 driver for [Windows 7]
.
Latest version: 2023.03.05 Supported chipsets: X370, X399, B450, X470, TRX40, A520, B550, PRO565, X570, B560, X670, WRX80 Recommended motherboards: MSI, Gigabyte Not recommended: Asus [works, but with some restrictions] Not working at all: Asrock
[USB3 DRIVER MOD]
||| [MIRROR]
[ACPI.
Just for your information: new versions of KeepassXC can be installed on Windows 7 via legacy installer.
You can download it [HERE]
. Look for Legacy section (64-bit, Windows 7/8/8.1) and you are good to go.
PS On Android i’m using [KeepassDX]
.
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If [rumoured]
additional three years of Windows 7 support won’t happen than we have an alternative solution.
Usually i don’t advertise non-free services, but this one is an exception. [0patch]
is micro-patching service, which fix problems of Windows 7 in computer RAM on-the-fly rather than changing system files on drive storage. I recommend this one, because i’m going to use it by myself right after ESU updates will come to EOL.
UPDATED ON: 2022-08-13
▒ PREFACE WORDS As you remember, my [previous daily driver was Ryzen 9590x 16c/32t]
. After some fun with it I’ve decided to drop it in favor to retro stuff.
Intel Xeon CPU based around Broadwell tech: [E5-2696v4 22c/44t]
became the chip of the choice. It is OEM version of top of the line [Xeon E5-2699v4]
. It is a bit slower, around marginal 3-4%, but costs significantly less than 2699v4.
Recently [Ghacks.net]
reported about almost unreal rumour regarding [another 3 years of extended support for Windows 7]
. If news are true, consider this as a gift from above, because i can’t stand windows 10/11 abominations and Linux is just not ready for serious multimedia workstation workloads.
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I’m very satisfied that I covered such a large topic and pretty sure that it is the most complete Windows 7 tweaking guide ever. But due to the lack of spare time it is still in unfinished state, so consider it as a stack of knowledge. Document contain all information [posted here]
plus loads of more detailed stuff.
[DOWNLOAD DOCX VERSION]
Maybe, if i have more free time, i’ll return back to the topic to clean things up someday.
Lightning fast text two-panel orthodox file manager with loads of functionality. These blue panels take very special place in my heart. Maybe because i’m using software right from the mid 90s. Still under active development. 64-bit version is preffered.
[DOWNLOAD FAR MANAGER]
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