What is the way forward for windows 7 users who aren't going to give into botnet 10?
Are we going to >use filthy hacks on our unsupported CPUs to get security updates until microsoft pulls the plug, then use more filthy hacks to make our own security updates when patches are no longer developed or will we >use old hardware that is supported and just run the risk of compromised security when microsoft pulls the plug
What did the XP crowd do?
>inb4 linux Not everything werks, some people prefer the windows 7 desktop exactly how it is (KDE will never create a like-for-like windows 7 clone) >inb4 VMs Some people like using the same OS for everything they do. Win10 can still spy on your activity in a VM, and Windows 7 will still not get security updates if run in a VM >inb4 WINE filthy. Also try getting autocad, DJ software or anything someone with commercialsoftware-dependant job would use working in WINE. Its futile.
as long as they still make x86-x64 based processors then W7 will still work dont be a stupid retard
Cameron Martin
Honestly, how often would windows users update if it wasn’t forced?
Andrew Brown
More detail: the important part is the firewall configuration. I would also disable as many services as possible. You don't need the scripts if you're willing to manually update and manage your firewall each time.
Angel Brooks
>security updates Just don't click in shady shit, goddamnit
Use the LTSB edition of Windows 10. It's Windows 10 without cortana and all the telemetry bs, they made it for constant running machines like ATMs etc. Run a few extra scripts to remove some more fluff and you're golden.
Robert Robinson
>install 7 >install SP1 and all the rollup shit >disable update service never
Brandon Rodriguez
i think that he means feature and security updates that microsoft gives to windows users
Camden Stewart
I have news for you, retard. All the botnet was backported to Windows 7 through updates starting around 2013. So you can just not update and have no security or drivers, or you can update and be as spied on as a Winshit 10 user. Windows 7 is placeboware at this point. I'll never understand why tards like you thought they could get off so easy.
Going forward, your only choices are Windows 10 or Linux. Linux has excellent hardware support these days and WINE offers nearly perfect win32 compatibility. As far as your precious /v/tard toys go, I don't care. Buy a console and fuck off.
The only way to not get spied on by windows 10 is to not use windows 10. You wouldn't walk into a killer rapist's house even if he was neutured, blind and in a straight jacket now would you? Just based on the premise he is a violent criminal, nothing else matters you wouldn't be an idiot and visit his house because there is absolutely no reason to, and plenty of reasons not to. This is basically the deal with microsoft and windows 10's 'privacy hacks' its like seasoning a piece of shit hoping it will taste better.
Windows 7 however is just like a person that had a little drug issue but you can help him fix it (the removeable telemetry update), or a nice piece of food that just got a little burnt, but its okay because you can just cut the burnt piece off.
Grayson Evans
Which scripts specifically?
Levi Martin
>removal of telemetry update
Elijah Brown
The settings they give you easy access to don't do much. Windows firewall is pretty well behaved though even when you block system services. I haven't seen any weird traffic coming out of my VM with only core networking and specific programs allowed through.
Brody Bailey
Just put a hardware block between your computer and your router, most people use a raspberry pi for that. Problem solved.
Honestly you don't really need anything. But some people recommend running Shutup10 for the sake of it. There's supposedly a fantastic pre-setup ISO on TheEye. But I wouldn't know about that kind of stuff.
Honestly at this point I wouldn't even care about Microsoft's intentions or genuine good will, they're incompetent enough to write a buggy telemetry system that leaks all of your data even if THEY didn't want it to. See the recent "whoops our major Windows 10 update deleted all of your files lmao" fiasco and similar.
Alexander Turner
He's either being an idiot and memeing, or he means this one update which you can install manually without having to touch anything else
>"I need MUH security updates on an OS that can be hacked anyway and on a cpu that has 22+ security holes!"
Xavier Gutierrez
Why are you so adamant about security on a proprietary operating system? It's a paradox and Windows 8.1 exists if something drastic was to happen to hardware support on Windows 7. >KDE will never create a like-for-like windows 7 clone And why should it? I mean, Microsoft blatantly "created a copy" of it for its Windows 10 UI. >Also try getting autocad, DJ software or anything someone with commercialsoftware-dependant job would use working in WINE. Its futile. Cool, so, dual boot with Windows 7/8.1 in these instances as you should in the first place?
Jace Rogers
>See the recent "whoops our major Windows 10 update deleted all of your files lmao" for real?
Not to mention the very beginning >force upgrading computers to windows 10 >edge broken on release >blue screens everywhere >force updating drivers to broken shit >windows update still ignoring rules, runs in the middle of a session, hogs all network bandwidth on slower speed internet connections. Trash. Companies just need to run offline Win 7 machines for business apps and force Microsoft to do mass firings. Start with the HR department. Absolute idiots.
Nolan Butler
Just because Reddit told you so doesnt mean its true.Telemetry IS there and CANNOT be fully disabled.the updates are smaller but you still have no control.All you gain is that some bloat is missing.
Bentley Scott
Linux is shit and I'll never use it. Ever.
Oliver Gray
> I think Linux is shit and I have never use it. Ever.
Leo Moore
>What did the XP crowd do? Moved to Lubuntu. Fuck Windows.
Leo Smith
>what is 8.1
Isaac James
fuck the updates. get the sp1 version and disable the new updates.
Connor King
>What did the XP crowd do? Install POSReady 2009, or ran the POSReady 2009 registry mod
Nicholas Rogers
That is debunked, the guy set the telemetry to Disabled instead of Security. Also, you can thwart the services related to telemtry
Cooper Cook
>What did the XP crowd do? Went to windows 7 and then windows 10 You're fighting a losing battle
Carson Davis
So that's why only 5% of people in the world are still using XP huh
Michael Johnson
For those who still want to use XP, yes. I would expect less(~Linux) if POSReady 2009 never happened.
David Rodriguez
>use stallman OS >can't even restart pc 3-4 times to get back deleted files without using command prompt
Mason Rodriguez
suit yourself. If you like getting it in the but from Apple or MS that's your choice. BSD is shit and I would probably never use it. So what other options can you enlighten us with?
Jose Ramirez
Fuck WinTurd7 and WinTurd 10. Staying WinXP. Comfy.
Jayden Watson
I unironically still use Windows XP on a day to day basis. It just werks.
>inb4 security fear mongering
Parker Garcia
>debunked (((debunked)))
Sebastian Myers
>What is the way forward for windows 7 users who aren't going to give into botnet 10? Good choice: Gentoo (not even memeing) or some other stable distros OK choice: Win 10 enterprise + debotnet config through group policies Win 8.1 as a stopgap until 2023 Bad choices: - Win10 below enterprise, you literally can't stop the data collection there - Any unstable linux distro like arch, unless you are a masochist with autism
Elijah Fisher
Security is ignored in Home/Pro/Education
Hudson Gray
>MUH SECURITY This is getting tiresome
Nathan Scott
Dual boot, Loonix for web browsing and light stuff and Windows 10 for everything else. That's what I'm doing tho.
Christian Rogers
subtle shilling right here. "Oh I don't even care guys that your data is being sent out". It's not buggy, they intentionally left it to send data. Next you're going to tell me Bethesda didn't intend to release Fallout 76 even though it needed a 70gig day one update that didn't fix the major bugs.
Oliver Sullivan
The processors thing if I remember right was just specific updates that you need to avoid.
Threads like this are difficult because you have a bunch of linux zealots spewing lies and outdated garbage left and right. Its far easier to just ignore everything they say which means the few decent linux people get lost un the mix of screaming idiots. Take this comment for example, he just complains about everything not linux, insults any whining. Not because he has a relevant knowledge but because it not linux, its like some extremely hateful pseudo-religious compulsion that I think is a coping mechanism for something missing from his personal life.
Noah Collins
>subtle shilling right here >shilling >discouraging the use of Windows 10
