r/windows7 Aug 01 '26

Tip PSA: You can still download official, legit Windows 7 ISOs from Microsoft Servers.

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457 Upvotes

I was just as shocked as you are.

Instructions:

  1. Copy the JS bookmarklet from this GitHub Gist page (credit here goes to bmsimons on GitHub!): https://gist.github.com/bmsimons/f2bc1db9d4bd1e46383ae16714e1d318
  2. Navigate to: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
  3. For Chrome users: Inspect anywhere on the page, click the three dots in the upper right, More Tools > Network Conditions. Uncheck use default user agent, and select BlackBerry BB10. DON'T close the inspect pane, and click reload to apply to user agent changes. For Firefox users: Press Ctrl+Shift+M to open Responsive design mode, then press the up/down arrow button to the right of the user agent string input box, and select Firefox Mobile. Reload the page. Right-click and inspect anywhere on the page and continue as follows.
  4. Select "Console" in the upper bar of the inspect pane, type "allow pasting" (no quotes), and press Enter. Then paste the bookmarklet you copied and press Enter.
  5. You can now close the Inspect pane. Select the Windows 7 ISO of your choice, and continue through the following drop down options as you would for a Windows 10 ISO to receive the download links in the end. I did confirm these work. For example, I've attached a picture of me receiving a Windows 7 Starter download link, as well as a picture of a mounted x86 SP1 Win7 Pro ISO I downloaded to confirm they were actual Windows 7 ISOs.

All ISOs come from the official software.download.prss.microsoft.com server. This method also likely works for Windows 8.1 ISO downloads as well.

UPDATE: You can also download Office 2007, 2010, older Windows 10 builds and more using my modified bookmarklet here, many thanks to ppisarczyk on GitHub for the TechBench dump. + Thanks to u/PlaneSheepherder1206 for the GitHub tutorial here!


r/windows7 13h ago

Discussion Brought this HP compaq dc7900 for about 31€ what do you think?

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29 Upvotes

So today the pc arrived I had brought it a few days ago for around 31€ it was cheap because the outside condition was kinda bad and the top panel was all bent because the previous owner probably pulled it instead of sliding it anyway I bent it back enough to close also added the floppy drive because I had it laying around and wanted to use it I have installed windows 7 and I'm waiting for a WiFi USB and an DVI to VGA so I don't have to use the HDMI on my TV I'm not that Shure if the GPU is cooling properly what program can I use to test it and check if the pc runs cool


r/windows7 1d ago

Discussion I want to buy a new 9600xt card that came out about a month ago. According to Claude this is not compatible with windows 7.

6 Upvotes

Is anyone writing updates for new hardware on win7. I have a modded version which can be installed on nvme drives which I got off the internet archive. While I have your attention does this question apply to new CPUs. If so I would love to have a new rig that can boot into win7. My computer also have another drive for win10 ltsc


r/windows7 1d ago

Discussion Why is it saying this when copying app data?

3 Upvotes

Update: I just clicked on skip twice because there were cookies there too and it finished.

Thanks everyone

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Why is it saying this?

It makes no sense. I started the copy the minute I got the computer finally started -

https://nimb.ws/t1g8qn6

I have to reformat my HD & now this is copy of app data for my browser is causing me issues.

If anyone knows of a really good computer geek to help me with reformatting, please LMK

Thanks


r/windows7 1d ago

Development Windows like file explorer I'm making for a windows 7 arch-based-linux-distro

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26 Upvotes

It's written entirely in C, so at idle the file explorer only takes 20MB of ram


r/windows7 1d ago

Help Windows 7 on Asus ZMA-200 11"

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19 Upvotes

Dear Sirs,

I have a laptop called Asus XMA 200, 11 inches. It came with 2GB of DDR3 1333MHz RAM soldered, which means that this RAM cannot be upgraded.

So, Windows 10 will be very slow on this laptop. Therefore, I decided to install Windows 7 on it.

I burned Windows 7 x64 1706 ISO onto a flash drive, then I booted from it, and guess what? The laptop showed me (Photo 1️⃣).

I tried everything I could:

· Disabling Launch CSM

· Re-enabling Launch CSM

· Enabling IDE Mode (the storage is an HDD)

· Turning off Secure Mode in the BIOS

I did everything in the BIOS.

First, I suspected the storage drivers, so I went to Dell Support and searched for an Intel Rapid Storage Technology F6 Driver. I downloaded the file (DRVR_SATA_Intel_A01_H79NK_f6flpy-x64-setup_ZPE.exe), copied it onto another flash drive, and installed the drivers, but as I expected, they were useless.

After that, I got tired, so I removed all power sources, then removed the HDD and put it into another laptop (MSI Megabook GX 700 X) and installed Windows 7 on that hard drive. It was very easy to install it on the other laptop.

When Windows 7 was fully installed, the laptop restarted, but before it booted from the hard drive (when the MSI logo appeared), I turned the laptop off, ejected the HDD, and put it back into the Asus XMA 200 11-inch.

The laptop started the BIOS, and it didn't detect the HDD. I put back the Windows 7 installation flash drive, but the problem wasn't solved.

What should I do?


r/windows7 2d ago

Discussion Windows 7 on i7 7700 CPU with 16gb ram working with graphics acceleration and wifi

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169 Upvotes

r/windows7 2d ago

Concept Vista+butterfly themed wallpaper

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71 Upvotes

r/windows7 2d ago

Discussion Has anyone experienced issues with logging in to Yahoo mail with Win 7?

4 Upvotes

FF/UR/Palemoon are all being refused on Yahoo mail wondering what if anything does work. Also Thunderbird work around doesn't yield either. Tried them all. Apparently since YM switched their security system, Win 7 is having issues. TIA for any assist with this.


r/windows7 2d ago

Help downgrade from windows 10 to 7 cause SOMEONE made a horrendous financial decision

47 Upvotes

hi. my stupid dad traded a brand new laptop my parents bought for a laptop that doesn't even have its history recorded on the internet (the company went bankrupt in 2011) and it has windows 10. that machine runs like TOTAL ASS. i'm hoping that getting windows 7 on it will make it at least usable, cause the way it is it literally took him 2 days to download chrome


r/windows7 2d ago

Tip Recommendations Please

5 Upvotes

I need a new Windows 7 laptop , the one I have is getting by but it's time to get a replacement. Would like some recommendations specifically one that would be good and fast for uploading videos to YouTube


r/windows7 4d ago

Discussion Why did i found dis on win7

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157 Upvotes

It says longhorn soo its smth abt it


r/windows7 5d ago

Meme/Funpost absolute SWAG

21 Upvotes

I was looking at older Windows XP laptops on this second hand site called "Vinted" and saw this absolute swag


r/windows7 6d ago

Help Wifi keeps disconnecting and troubleshooting brings it back for a few minutes.

6 Upvotes

Idk what to say other than that it worked fine at my house but it's my friend's mom's computer and it's not working properly at her house. It keeps disconnecting every few minutes and then I have to troubleshoot it to being it back. I want it to come back permanently obviously but idk how to do that.

I have the correct drivers (according to Legacy Update) so I don't think it's that and other than that I have no clue.


r/windows7 7d ago

Discussion Now what?

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252 Upvotes

i just got windows 7 installed, now what?

(specs)

i5-3470, 8gb of drr3, nvidia quadro fx 1800


r/windows7 7d ago

Discussion Is it worth buying Dell XPS 14z

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44 Upvotes

I'm interested in buying this for 35€, although I already have a Studio XPS 16. It's wonderful and unique.


r/windows7 7d ago

Help hola una pregunta de conpativilidad

4 Upvotes

mi equipo es un VivoBook-ASUSLaptop-E410MAB-E410MA

sus componentes son

Intel Celeron N4020

4 GB de RAM

64 GB eMMC

notaran que mi equipo es de gama baja y quiero usar windows 7 para tener algo para jugar juegos viejos y no tener que luchar con la terminal en linux gracias por leer


r/windows7 8d ago

Update I managed to fix it hoorayyy

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162 Upvotes

r/windows7 8d ago

Help How do I find the drivers for my laptop? Google/Bing aren't only finding a few.

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34 Upvotes

It is a Toshiba Satellite C855D-S5104

It is running 64bit because it has 8GB of RAM you can see the specs in the picture.

I tried googling the computer but the official website only had Bluetooth drivers (I don't even see Bluetooth on the list of missing drivers). I also tried Driver identifier and that didn't work as well. It just spat me to a website with random drivers and some where for like Lenovo computers or Optiplexes. Which this obviously isn't.

Also how do I uninstall all the useless crap like Internet Explorer and whatever else?

Edit: I used Legacy Update and it worked to update the computer and gave me all the drivers. Here's a YouTube video about it from Michael MJD. It took "forever" (like 24 hours) but we got there in the end. I had to uninstall and delete some of the wrong drivers I had tried before. Now I just need to know how to activate Windows since it's not activated anymore like it was before I reinstalled it (64 bit instead of 32 why it was 32 bit before idk not my computer).


r/windows7 8d ago

Discussion Vinted And Windows 7 OS

3 Upvotes

Could anyone else clarify if today (only) that the platform is experiencing page display errors with Windows 7 please?


r/windows7 8d ago

Help trying to install 64bit because the laptop has 8gb ram

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3 Upvotes

idk why it currently has 32 bit but it does.


r/windows7 9d ago

Discussion Windows 7 starter on an hp mini netbook

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69 Upvotes

I had to delete a couple of bloatware from hp. Tell me what yall think


r/windows7 9d ago

✔ Solved I need help yo 😭

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23 Upvotes

I tried installing windows 7 ultimate to my main computer for funsies right? I got an ISO hosted on a site (I’m not gonna say it to avoid getting this taken down) that has usb 3.0/3.1 drivers built in, and uh, when it finished installing and tried to boot, it BSOD’d me. My mobo is the ASRock A97 I think, Nvidia 2070 Ti, I’m pretty sure secureboot and that shit is configured right so like what does one do here? And more importantly can I fix it with just windows 7 cause I don’t have another computer or a backup windows 10 iso- stupid I know


r/windows7 8d ago

Help Question

3 Upvotes

How do I get Drivers on an HP laptop, that uses Gemini lake?


r/windows7 10d ago

Feedback My "build"

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150 Upvotes

This is my build. I disassembled my main pc(didn't like the case, it was a shitty acer case) and took the components in this case(which is nostalgic for me, it reminds me the pc's we had in my elementary school and also my first computer was a asus with win7). I had to adapt the front usb ports and the switch button.
The main drive is 1tb with win11.
Installed a secondary hard drive with win7(250gb), then installed the usb and nvidia drivers. It runs very smooth. I love windows 7!