Hey Jow Forums, I'm installing Windows 7, I have SP1, but what should I do about updates? Just keep it as it is, or update and then remove spyware updates one by one or what? Is there an ISO that already has the good updates but doesn't have the bad ones? I'm sure someone made something like that but I can't find it anywhere.
Hey Jow Forums, I'm installing Windows 7, I have SP1, but what should I do about updates? Just keep it as it is...
Carter Morris
Elijah Thomas
disable them
disable win defender
keep the firewall if you want
disable superfetch
Austin Richardson
Starting October 2016 telemetry (spying) became impossible to disable in Windows 7 and 8.1 because Microsoft changed the way it distributes updates for those two operating systems.
Ryan Cooper
So just do vanilla SP1 and turn off updates completely?
Should I try to get an ISO with updates prior to Oct 2016 then?
Jonathan Ramirez
>don't install rollups
Wow that was hard
Andrew Butler
>tfw uninstalled Windows 7 on my laptop for Windows 10
>had the Ultimate edition
>stuck with 10 on my laptop and it's an unusable and buggy mess
>stuck with a messy 8.1 installation on my main PC with my harddrives filled up
what should i do
Jeremiah Allen
Reinstall Windows 7 on both?
Hunter Jenkins
talking about windows, why cant i install xp on my ryzen rig
running setup.exe from windows opens the installer but install xp is greyed out?
is that because i ran it from windows or is it a sata thing
Anthony Roberts
What is a good browser for Windows 7? What about other programs?
Also this would be great >Is there an ISO that already has the good updates but doesn't have the bad ones? - how come it doesn't exist? Surely someone created a Win7 "distribution" that's ready to install with all the nasty shit disabled?
Is there at least a Win7 Jow Forums guide?
Landon Green
I don't have an installation CD, only a serial
Brody Perez
As far as I'm concerned using an edited ISO is a one way ticket to Botnetland.
Owen Bailey
> Is there at least a Win7 Jow Forums guide?
Read the /sqt/ pastebins and/or the wiki.
Kevin Miller
>So just do vanilla SP1 and turn off updates completely?
Here's what I do:
>install Win7 pure vanilla (RTM)
>install SP1
>install Convenience Rollup
>done
Jace Brooks
Use Simplix Update Pack
forum.oszone.net
Use the magnet link. It's curated, it has no telemetry or GWX crap in it, it has the official generic USB3 and NVMe drivers as well.
Christian Hill
Already did, there's not much there.
Jaxon Campbell
What do Windows updates even do? I always just used default installation files and never needed anything else.
Jace Thompson
What are the actual differences between Windows 7 and 8.1? Windows 8 just feels like 7 with a bunch of functionality removed. Also, i'll never forgive Microsoft for removing Aero and all it's features because a crappy ARM chipset for Windows RT couldn't even run it.
Julian Ortiz
8 has crap like OneDrive and Store intecgration which can't be removed. Cloud integration, Microsoft account bullshit, etc.
8 has a bug in DX9 where it can only use 4GB of VRAM.
8 can't disable desktop composition.
Broken shadow volume UI on consumer versions.
METRO crap which can't be bypassed.
And this loltastic bug: (screenshot)
Tyler Martin
>pic related
What? How? How do you fuck up something this much?
Jackson Cooper
>What do Windows updates even do? I always just used default installation files and never needed anything else.
Same.
Jack Garcia
Should it be installed after, before or instead of SP1?
Jose Watson
Leave, don't come back
Ethan Phillips
Over the SP1 image. But you can use it to install SP1 as well if you have the large SP1 update separately and put them in the same folder. Better just get the SP1 image.
Gabriel Smith
For batch installing past updates (i.e. after a fresh install) use WSUS Offline with the "Use 'security only updates' instead of 'quality rollups'" option checked:
download.wsusoffline.net
For newly released security only updates use this:
github.com
Cooper Ramirez
create one then?
John Cook
I'll get an SP1 iso, I've been using a default W7 one for ages.
Jace Foster
SP1 doesn't have the spyware in it already? Can someone answer please?
David Gray
what spyware
Lincoln Martinez
Telemetry shit was post SP1.
Alexander White
Then why don't people just use SP1? What is good about the updates?
Colton Nelson
Haven't delved much into the matter but I guess security updates.
Just why people don't use XP anymore.
Lincoln Ward
How about you, I don't know, download a Win 7 image? Or you can always install Gentoo.
Dylan Jenkins
Where do you even get a SP1 iso?
John Bennett
The thing is, even if there was, could you really trust any image like that? You might think you've avoided Microsoft's botnet, but someone else has installed worse shit on your machine.
Christian Powell
Upgrade to windows 10. Don't be an idiot; you'll be leaving your ass flapping in the wind.
Colton Young
Windows 7 is crap for today's standarts. Only in case your machine doesn't support any newer version of Windows you shouldn't be using it.
Stop recommending russian botnet dumb femanon
Lucas Watson
>Upgrade to windows 10
>Don't be an idiot
Julian Gomez
You're right. Using windows makes you an idiot. Using an unsafe version of windows that ~%40 of people use, makes you a retard. Are you in the latter category?
Jonathan Hughes
I thought more than 40% of people used W10.
John Watson
Logan Jenkins
>his windows isn't updated with the latest security updates
>his windows doesn't have the latest DirectX for muh games
>using deprecated software
I thought you were better than this Jow Forums
Jordan Roberts
See then, I don't know how to get it except TPB.
Jace Barnes
No, it's more like %20.
>noargument.jpg
Charles Morris
Torrent an 'official' iso and verify the md5/sha256 checksum against known safe ones.
James Davis
>>Torrent an 'official' iso
Where?
Jayden Lewis
>Torrent
Windows gives away free VM images, butt-pirate.
Brayden Reyes
Where?
Jaxon Price
>What is google
Dumb faggot...
Jace Davis
I only found a site where you have to enter some security code.
Asher Butler
Then enter your social security number along with your name and address. Microsoft gives away free VM images. Maybe you should consider paying someone to help you, or buy a new pc with windows or macos.
Anthony Miller
>Microsoft gives away free VM images.
It doesn't unless you enter the number.
Brandon Carter
howstupid.ru
I bet you're real easy to scam.
Jace Myers
Don't install Win 7.
You can thank me later.
William Cook
>Test Microsoft Edge and versions of IE8 through IE11 using free virtual machines you download and manage locally.
Nathaniel Williams
Aiden Walker
There's no better alternative.
Christopher Sanders
For retards, yeah.
Henry Cook
Still waiting for that better alternative.
Easton Clark
Is it possible to get security updates past Oct 2016 without the Spyware-crap?
Leo Collins
It's called a firewall dipshit.
Jason Anderson
Install gentoo.
>It's 1992
Daniel Campbell
You need to go back.
Evan Peterson
>Firewalls create a closed system!
\v\
Robert Morris
There's two SP1 versions how do I know which one I need?