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    Hi guys; anybody here still uses Win 7? .i found an Hp Omni 120-1100Z 64 bit in the dumpster, it has Win7 sp1 ,it seems to run fine, to use it just on line face book, utube, surfing the internet and it runs fine. turned off updates and security, cleaned it up as software wise it's not my first option since i have 4 Intel 5 with Win 10,
    Last edited by ivtec; 12-11-2021, 05:04 PM.

    #2
    Re: Anybody here still uses Win 7?

    I still have 7 on several machines, including my office system. I am still getting security updates for it.

    FWIW, this post was made from WinXP on a P4 system with Firefox 24.8.1
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      #3
      Re: Anybody here still uses Win 7?

      Of course, any respectable Badcaps user would not touch anything newer than Windows 7 with a 100 foot barge pole!
      Extra points given to those that finally had enough and switched to Linux!
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        #4
        Re: Anybody here still uses Win 7?

        ^

        Indeed. I have 10 on a couple experimentals....nothing mainstream.
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          Re: Anybody here still uses Win 7?

          Windows 7, was the latest Windows version I ever used on my socket 1366 system. The same with socket 775, of course.
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            #6
            Re: Anybody here still uses Win 7?

            Still have XP, 7, and 8.1 but none are useful for me anymore. Pretty much 100% Linux now. Still need to figure out how to use Linux on my tablet however, else I'd use it more... not enough RAM at 1G...

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              #7
              Re: Anybody here still uses Win 7?

              1gig should run LXDE or the fork of KDE3
              i used to run KDE3 with 512meg.
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                #8
                Re: Anybody here still uses Win 7?

                I haven't made the 'linux leap' because of all the utilities I need. WINE is such a hassle for running anything... If all I needed was a web browsing/emailing/letter typer, Mint can't be beat...unfortunately I demand more from my computers.
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                  Re: Anybody here still uses Win 7?

                  Originally posted by Topcat View Post
                  I still have 7 on several machines, including my office system. I am still getting security updates for it.
                  Which method are you using to get the newest security updates for it?

                  Originally posted by Topcat View Post
                  FWIW, this post was made from WinXP on a P4 system with Firefox 24.8.1

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                    #10
                    Re: Anybody here still uses Win 7?

                    Originally posted by Pentium4 View Post
                    Which method are you using to get the newest security updates for it?
                    I have a kinda sorta legit ESU key.
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                      #11
                      Re: Anybody here still uses Win 7?

                      I could never get anything to work in Wine.

                      I'm actually using Windows 10 , but at least I don't like it. I'm tired of constantly fighting with it changing random settings or nagging me to stop using Firefox. Microsoft has the nerve to claim that your computer is "all yours" on the "switch to Edge" nag screen you get after updates.

                      I do occasionally use some Linux software as well, but a Linux VM in VirtualBox boots up at some stupid low resolution. It was 1024x667 for a while, but now it's 800x600. The update that was supposed to fix that didn't do anything.

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                        #12
                        Re: Anybody here still uses Win 7?

                        wine works pretty well once you get to that point,
                        but it's very poorly documented and can be a bastard to initially get running
                        it also needs MONO and gecko installed.
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                          #13
                          Re: Anybody here still uses Win 7?

                          Originally posted by Topcat View Post
                          I have a kinda sorta legit ESU key.
                          I need to get me one of those

                          Originally posted by lti View Post
                          I'm actually using Windows 10 , but at least I don't like it. I'm tired of constantly fighting with it changing random settings or nagging me to stop using Firefox. Microsoft has the nerve to claim that your computer is "all yours" on the "switch to Edge" nag screen you get after updates.
                          Yes I have Windows 10 on some machines and it's annoying how hard they push it. I actually liked legacy Edge before they went chromium lol

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                            #14
                            Re: Anybody here still uses Win 7?

                            All of my workstations at home run windows 10. Laptops (short of two bay trail tablets with modded 8.1) are are dualbooted with 10 (or 7, one with 7 and XP x32) and Arch Linux (I mainly use Arch). Server runs Debian. At work we have a lot of legacy stuff running 7 (and IT either doesn't know about or hasn't got to upgrading/shitcanning ). We're luddites...
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                              #15
                              Re: Anybody here still uses Win 7?

                              One day I'm going to find a motherboard with SATA 6gb and AGP. Get an old video card in there and install windows 98 on a Seagate Firecuda
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                                #16
                                Re: Anybody here still uses Win 7?

                                Not Windows 7, but I've had a trash-find Core 2 Duo for years and it still runs Vista. Naturally, I tweaked it so the OS is actually usable and fast (no background BS etc.), unlike the default Vista straight out of the box.

                                The only issue is the lack of modern browsers, as Firefox 52 ESR can't load a lot of websites these days, either due to failing to render JavaScript elements or the site itself having an a$$hole script that blocks "unsupported" browsers.

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                                  #17
                                  Re: Anybody here still uses Win 7?

                                  Originally posted by Heihachi_73 View Post
                                  background BS
                                  That's a major problem with 10!
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                                    #18
                                    Re: Anybody here still uses Win 7?

                                    Running Firefox 91 ESR is a bit painful on a Pentium-M and Atom single core... you can see it rendering menus, probably doing it with javascript... (Of course this is Linux...)

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                                      #19
                                      Re: Anybody here still uses Win 7?

                                      I've still got Windows 7 on my main desktop (and it will probably stay that way until 3rd party application and browser support eventually dies off) and a few "secondary" systems. My main personal Laptop and work Laptop are on Windows 10 though. Overall, I still much prefer 7 to 10.

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                                        #20
                                        Re: Anybody here still uses Win 7?

                                        Originally posted by eccerr0r View Post
                                        Running Firefox 91 ESR is a bit painful on a Pentium-M and Atom single core... you can see it rendering menus, probably doing it with javascript... (Of course this is Linux...)
                                        Your main computerrr...laptop is a mobile Pentium?
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