r/windows7 May 05 '25

Do not submit posts of other OSes made to look like Windows 7

109 Upvotes

Hey all, please do not submit new posts of non-Windows 7 operating systems skinned or otherwise modified to look like Windows 7, this includes modified Windows 10/11 installations, riced Linux computers, and Win7 looking phone launchers.

The community has decided against seeing these posts. Thank you for your understanding.


r/windows7 1h ago

App Best screen recorder for windows 7

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I need a screen video recorder for my windows 7 laptop


r/windows7 1d ago

News I managed to install windows 7 on my computer

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121 Upvotes

i can't contain my emotion after months longing to have Windows 7, and like a week ago i decided to install it on an external Hard Drive, but because that wasn't possible, i decided to install it on my computer, now i am on my way of installing internet drivers, bluetooth, graphics drivers, etc, feels like a dream, feels like a desire being finally plausible


r/windows7 1d ago

Discussion Windows 7 works perfectly with all necessary drivers on an Intel 8th gen laptop (Asus VivoBook Pro 17)

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105 Upvotes

I also connected this laptop to 4K display and it also works fine. The only thing that doesn’t work at all is the touchpad (it works on win8 and later).
No problems with installation too. I enabled CSM and loaded USB 3.0 drivers in the setup, that’s all.


r/windows7 9h ago

App Is Tlauncher still active in 2026, according to security experts, or has it become suspicious since it started taking personal Windows photos?

0 Upvotes

Iam ver sacred i cant sleep


r/windows7 1d ago

Help Is it worth it to put Windows 7 instead of Tiny10 on an old netbook?

5 Upvotes

Got an ASUS EeePC 1001HGO/HAG, upgraded its RAM to 4gb DDR2 and a faster HDD, thinking what system to put on it. It looks like all the drivers are made for Win7, but in the past I have seen Win7 drivers work fine on Win10, and Tiny10 should have similar performance to Win7. Also, is it possible to run modern apps on Win7 via some compatibility layer or something? I am only considering Tiny10 because of the app support even though it is only 32 bit


r/windows7 1d ago

Help Can I put windows 7 on this laptop?

7 Upvotes

Can I put windows 7 ultimate on a Acer Aspire 5 (A517-51G)

CPU: Intel Core i7-8550U

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce MX150 (2GB GDDR5)

RAM: 8gb ddr4

If so, I am going to give more information if it does work


r/windows7 1d ago

Discussion Windows 7 Desktop on MS Paint

3 Upvotes

This is a Windows 7 desktop drawn using MS Paint. I originally created it in 2021, but I recently made some modifications and am posting the result here.


r/windows7 2d ago

Discussion Windows 7 bootcamp on early 2011 15-inch MacBook Pro

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226 Upvotes

r/windows7 2d ago

Bug Driver issues

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7 Upvotes

I recently bought a Dell Inspiron 1520 and decided to install Windows 7.

The system works fine, but I'm having a problem with the graphics card drivers. Without them installed, I couldn't use hardware acceleration, so, using HWinfo, I found the card model and downloaded the drivers from the Nvidia website. However, the problem is that with the drivers I found on the Nvidia website, when I try to use hardware acceleration, the computer freezes completely, and I don't know why. I also saw that Dell has some drivers uploaded to their own website, but they say they're for Windows Vista, and I don't know if they would work correctly. Could someone tell me why it freezes, and if the driver from the Dell website would work properly with Windows 7?


r/windows7 3d ago

Bug I tried installing Windows 7 on my computer and it gave me an error.

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5 Upvotes

Specifications: i5 1135g7, 4GB RAM


r/windows7 3d ago

Help When i boot my computer it says in a error messige: The procedure entry point EventSetInformationb could not be located in the dynamic link library ADVAPI32.dll. (windows 7 ultimute)

1 Upvotes

Its a second hand windows 7 ultimute and the pc itself in open on the side and also the text box name is CCleaner64.exe - Entry Point Not Found. Thanks in advance!


r/windows7 4d ago

Help Can someone please help me getting my pc working again

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18 Upvotes

Usually when I turn my pc on it would load for a few seconds and take me to the desktop but now it just takes me to a black screen with my cursor and it stays like that the entire time


r/windows7 4d ago

Discussion My all Dell setup, inspired by what my school had back in the day, but upgraded a bit more.

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49 Upvotes

Cant get more Dell than this... Well, maybe the mouse pad.

Monitor *should* be on top of the desktop, and the desktop should be horizontal for that, but for space reasons, I cannot do that.

I do also have a set of horrible headphones like the schools would have, but they are put away for now

Also have my childhood pencil box, the blue thing in the back there.


r/windows7 5d ago

Meme/Funpost Heh I wanted new ferrari

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121 Upvotes

r/windows7 4d ago

Discussion Taskbar preferences

3 Upvotes

Anyone else prefer "Small Icons" + "Combine When Taskbar is Full"/"Never Combine" for their Taskbar?


r/windows7 5d ago

Bug First VHDX win 7 installation

5 Upvotes

First time running windows 7 usb VHDX

Tools used .

Ruffi for usb VHDX sync

Orcal for obvious reasons

This a MSI thin gaming laptop n since it uses a newer busses on the bios, CSM is made impossible


r/windows7 6d ago

Meme/Funpost Windows 7 Starter

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201 Upvotes

Randomly found this notebook in my closet while moving. What a cool find! Have yet to power it on. Model was a 2011 Acer Aspirion One! Absolutely mint condition, no clue where the power supply is but I will find it and update!


r/windows7 6d ago

Discussion My Windows Embedded (7 Standard) setup

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85 Upvotes

I recently received many HP Thin Clients and one among them is a Thin Client T520. I installed Windows Embedded (7 Standard) and I can't believe how snappy it is compared to regular Windows 7. Runs perfectly on my 100hz Samsung secondary display.


r/windows7 6d ago

Help Windows 7 boot from USB keep freezing at this screen, please help?

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5 Upvotes

So i have been trying to get windows 7 to actually work on a 15 year old thinkpad for several days now, either it freezes on the "windows is loading files" screen, or this one. Does anyone have an easy fix or know of an iso file that just works? I use rufus 4.15 to create the boot.

Specs Lenovo thinkpad E31-70:

8 GB ram

intel core i3-5010U cpu 2.10 GHz

and128 MB graphics card


r/windows7 6d ago

Gaming World of Warcraft Classic TBC no longer working after latest update

10 Upvotes

WoW TBC worked fine on my Windows 7 until the last TBC update, and now the launch button is greyed out and says OS not supported. Weirdly the WoW Vanilla/Era still works fine on Windows 7.

Has anyone else run into this issue, or found a workaround?


r/windows7 7d ago

Help windows 7 to Thinkpad X1 Tablet Gen 3

6 Upvotes

Could somebody please help, I am trying to install windows 7 to Thinkpad X1 Tablet Gen 3. It comes with windows 10, but I need windows 7 for old programs in tablet. It has only 2 Thunderbolt USB-C, but I think I have got an image with drivers injected into it. I know that I can use VirtualBox, but it slows down everything, and not optimal because it has only 8Gb RAM and visually it is slower.

  1. Right at the moment SSD NVME 1 Tb was formatted by win 10 Boot USB flashcard made by windows 10 Media utility, so it loads only into Pre Boot environment of Lenovo.
  2. I have win 7 image iso with USB-C drivers injected, used this win 7 image in VirtualBox and it worked but I want a clean install for two systems (7 and 10) on 1Tb NVME drive
  3. I tried Windows 7 repair cd from another PC, it does not react on it when booting with my external CD drive
  4. I made windows 7 boot flashcard (GPT+UEFI) in Daemon Tools, and used it with usb adapter, it sees it, but on the start gives an error

Is it impossible?

Some useful literature:

  1. X1 Tablet Specifications: link to Lenovo
  2. CPU: 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5

Updates:

Try 1: Rufus 3.22

  1. Making an image
settings
Writing
Finaly got this drive with only one partitition

Then I take this USB memory stick insert into USB-C adapter and into the tablet USB-C Port, start the tablet and receive this error

BIOS boot sequence is

1: USB HDD

2: USB CD

3: Windows Boot Manager

Does it ignore the memory stick and goes to Windows Boot Manager?


r/windows7 7d ago

Help Does anyone have a intel sst audio device (wdm) driver?

2 Upvotes

Does anyone have a intel sst audio device (wdm) driver?


r/windows7 7d ago

Help So, the hell do I do?

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9 Upvotes

I had a parents Toshiba Satellite L850D - BJS laptop laying around and decides that: "hey! I could bring this back to the old days!"

So, uh. Yeah I wasn't prepared for what was coming. Naturally, I was hoping to find some drivers, but quickly realized I was not able to find them. Since Toshiba is owned by Dynablocks (or whatever the name is) for God knows how long, it became hard for me to find the goddamn drivers for this thing.

List of the things that aren't working (so far from what I've discovered):

-Wifi adapter (fixed it);

-Touchpad;

-Two USB ports on the bottom right side;

-Windows key doesn't work (though the rest of the keyboard works just fine, could be the keyboard itself though)

I'm in a bit of a pickle now. How do you do the whole setting up thing again? Like, drivers, security measures, so on so forth.

The Serial is in the image, would be appreciated for a guidance on how to make this thing usable in 2026 for some light work.


r/windows7 9d ago

Discussion my windows 7 setup

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221 Upvotes

paired with my monitor, an iiyama visionmaster 17 monitor, with beige keyboard and serif blue mouse, with my windows vista themed windows 7 screen on my monitor