Super legit video!! Thank you very much. I needed W7 for some old software and even though I have a real key from original purchase (yeah, I'm old), I couldn't get any updates to work and it didn't even have drivers for wifi or ethernet out of the box for this old Lenovo T450s. Your guide worked perfectly. Thankfully you put those stock ISO updates in google drive because they wouldn't work just trying to download from MS.
This worked! I did it a bit differently, so I can make my own ISO. I only chose the updates that are strictly necessary to get a fully patched core OS.
I don't care much about W7 as my primary OS is XP. did you patch a clean W7 setup with no updates ? if I have to reinstall everything I will just give up. LOL
After I watch this video, this video is great and worked for my Windows 7 Professional SP1. I hope that you can make more about this. Thank for make this video!
I would say to wait until Windows Update gets patched to give the POSReady 7 updates, like how Windows Vista got patched to give Server 2008 updates via WU.
@@EverythingeeB Windows Vista has a much smaller install base compared to Windows 7, it should take less time for the patch to be made than Vista, if people are willing to work on it. Should be simple, do what Vista did and update it for the newer version of WU.
UPDATE: Tried this on Windows 8.1 and I couldn't get it to work. Even after fully updating it and installing Server 2012 updates it wouldn't install. Oh well :( UPDATE 2: Well this statement aged well lol. I found a method to get Server 2012 ESU updates working on Windows 8.1. New video coming soon!
i'd already started before i saw your update that it doesn't work any more, but i followed through anyway, and it is working on a clean (as of 12 hours ago) install of 7SP1x64. i did install .NET4 runtime, IE11, and 5 updates that go along w/ that earlier, and your first 5 updates wouldn't install in that order (1st, 5th, 2nd, 3rd, 4th worked) and it's now pulling the first load of 2 gigs of stuff off of windows update. i didn't try the minitool. maybe they just broke that?
@@fancyycomet have it installed, its worked for a couple of things, but for now we have to wait for the dev to do a whole code rewrite unfortunately, i just find it weird that at this point windows vista has more 3rd party support then windows 7, im not complaining because i like vista
Yes it seems to be.. Even devs won't help it to work on providing huge compatibility program on different variety of OS support.. Sadly Windows10 will end on 2025 + the same thing will happen to 10 and upcoming generation
@@wildyato3737 I don't care about win 7 death because every win 7 capable PC could handle 10 well (at least after telemetry cleaning and minor tweaks). But 2025 is ready worrying me. Oblivious answer is go Linux but it didn't work out for me. First, some devices in my system don't play well (looking at you, Realtek, especially WiFi/BT adapter). Second is anti-cheat support (Faceit👀). So basically people in my situation has no easy way to go. It's either hack win 11 or backport patches for 10 or something like that. P.s. have 4th gen core Intel Xeon 2666v3 10C/20T beast that roughly equal to i5 8400.
guys i was intalling win 7 and when setup automatically restarted while starting it freezed and this keepes doing it so i had to back win 10 help if someone know how to fix it ? !!
Oh yeah people still don't get Windows 7 isn't technically officially dead yet and they got until this year to enjoy their Steam games I'm pretty certain Microsoft doesn't want to give up older Windows for this is what made their company great to begin with we could be repeating history sooner than we think modernity is going to set to expire the more people wake up......
Valorant and blender still required Windows 10 or later. This is only a secure computer fast. I recommended downloading Windows Server 2008 R2's security updates due to its Premium Assurance feature and longer support up to 6 years Premium Assurance
You need to go into command prompt and mark both your drives as not dirty. If you Google dirty drive command prompt you'll find a good description of how to do that. I was having that problem problem.
It worked well and installed everything but after installing windows embedded standard 7 updates , ram usage went over 90% idle with nothing open besides antivirus, why?
That doesn't change the fact that much modern software (like Chromium) won't get updates. Just use anything up to date. Either Windows 10/11 or any modern Linux distro...
@@EverythingeeB *NOOOOOOOOO!* Home Premium here *Win 7 my favorite* learned with 98, *XP* was the best still have oone running. going to Win 7 i kicked and fought but still use it and love it. have dual boot with Win 10 and have a Win 11. so yeah 3 laptops 3 desktops. converted a Mac Snow leopard to Win 7
Doesn't make sense from a business perspective. Why would they support Windows 7 when they can get everyone to upgrade to 10 so they can collect even more data about you
@everythingeeB If they wanted to, they could still do telemetry updates on 7 as well. It doesn't really matter however as I don't do updates on my machine
Because constantly updating Windows 7 to try to backport and cram new features and technologies into something old is harder than just building a new OS from the ground up that supports all the new stuff. And once you've started on a new OS, that's what you want to push people toward, because having to support multiple legacy systems forever is a cost and manpower nightmare.
@@lawnmower605 LOL W12 is the same shit as W11 24H2 or so they will just change the name to make dumb think it's better because W11 global market share is quite low.
Good video, but I don't recommend going back to Windows 7 unless you wish to be permanently locked to using Windows 7 software. Eventually developers of games and software are going to have to move on, even if they support it right now. BUT I do recommend this if you have legacy software that you currently use on a VM or separate computer.
I have 7 on my retro PC right now and generally for the most part most software works just fine. Supermium is working as a great browser and I've only run into a couple of other programs that don't support Windows 7 anymore. This'll probably change over the next couple of years though :(
Developers usually stop supporting a certain OS when there user base is too small to justify the effort. If we hold our ground and keep 7 relevant, there's pretty much no reason for them to not support the system.
@@hrq007 there's always tha offline route like on my editing software PC which still has Windows 7 and have no plans to get it online again i have other PCs with Windows 10 on it
No. I don't think I mentioned this but this guide only works on Windows 7 Professional or Enterprise due to ESU updates only being available for those platforms.
@@MedoGX-kh3iu did you bypass and apply all the ESU updates? Because the updates might improve the compatibility of Windows 7 by Extended Kernel Support is in Windows 7 that sometimes gets updated
@@MedoGX-kh3iu only professional, Ultimate and Enterprise can apply ESU updates for Windows 7 Posready with ESU requirements bypass tool from this video if you bypass the requirements and apply the recent updates Windows 7 will be better
@@Nick41622 XP is my daily driver system. I don't miss anything from the W10 shit and alike. W7 is as much useless as your f+ucking brain because you can't live without support and to me it's pretty fast...maybe your crap computer was too weak back in the day. 🤭
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I can’t wait for this. I saw your post on Reddit about it, and I am glad Win7 is till alive and will be for more than another year.
i never even stopped using windows 7
Lol noice
Super legit video!! Thank you very much. I needed W7 for some old software and even though I have a real key from original purchase (yeah, I'm old), I couldn't get any updates to work and it didn't even have drivers for wifi or ethernet out of the box for this old Lenovo T450s.
Your guide worked perfectly. Thankfully you put those stock ISO updates in google drive because they wouldn't work just trying to download from MS.
Glad the guide helped!
This worked! I did it a bit differently, so I can make my own ISO. I only chose the updates that are strictly necessary to get a fully patched core OS.
I don't care much about W7 as my primary OS is XP.
did you patch a clean W7 setup with no updates ?
if I have to reinstall everything I will just give up. LOL
After I watch this video, this video is great and worked for my Windows 7 Professional SP1. I hope that you can make more about this. Thank for make this video!
did you patch a clean W7 setup with no updates or can you use a fully updated partition ?
@@zumeria177idk
@@zumeria177I don't know
Theres something about the Windows 7 desktop having a 4:3 aspect ratio that really adds to the vibe
I know right? It feels strangely nostalgic. I setup my ThinkCentre running 7 in my basement with my old Samsung monitor at 4:3 (1280x1024)
@@EverythingeeB I had Syncmaster 940N. It had red dot on top but nobody cared to return it for warranty.
@@EverythingeeB 1280x1024 is 5:4
When u have a neihbour who is still using a crt monitor yet a uhd led tv.... LOL thanks 4 a great laugh
I would say to wait until Windows Update gets patched to give the POSReady 7 updates, like how Windows Vista got patched to give Server 2008 updates via WU.
Don't know if anyone is interested in doing that though
@@EverythingeeB Windows Vista has a much smaller install base compared to Windows 7, it should take less time for the patch to be made than Vista, if people are willing to work on it. Should be simple, do what Vista did and update it for the newer version of WU.
You owned a new sub for this vid.🎉
Thanks for subscribing!
UPDATE: Tried this on Windows 8.1 and I couldn't get it to work. Even after fully updating it and installing Server 2012 updates it wouldn't install. Oh well :(
UPDATE 2: Well this statement aged well lol. I found a method to get Server 2012 ESU updates working on Windows 8.1. New video coming soon!
Try 8.1 Embedded updates
watching your videos always leaves me smarter and happier!
1:48 now Windows Server 2008 R2 is longer supported until January, 2026. Because, it has Premium Assurance feature
Uh, I think ms took back the update extension so it ended in 2023 (early 2024 for azure users)
at 6 years old i got my first laptop (DELL) with windows 7
TODAY I STILL USE THAT LAPTOP with the installation from 2011 of windows 7
works fine !
2011-2024 my pc is still alive
im now 19yo lol
Bro! You are so awesome!
i'd already started before i saw your update that it doesn't work any more, but i followed through anyway, and it is working on a clean (as of 12 hours ago) install of 7SP1x64. i did install .NET4 runtime, IE11, and 5 updates that go along w/ that earlier, and your first 5 updates wouldn't install in that order (1st, 5th, 2nd, 3rd, 4th worked) and it's now pulling the first load of 2 gigs of stuff off of windows update. i didn't try the minitool. maybe they just broke that?
i wish i can use windows 7 again but i cant because many software compatibility issues
good info though
I'm not sure about the trustworthiness of this one
But it's a good thing people still love it, hope this method exists for win 98 too...
Try to do it for server 2008 r2 updates, it gets updates till January 13 2026
i'm using 10, even though I miss it, I don't think I'll ever go back to win 7, and also I have no intention to update to win 11
you shan't be underrated
Am I downloading *all* or just the most recent update on the catalog? Or even just the specific one you pointed out?
This is indeed cool and all for those who want updates, but I will remain update free to keep my 7 install so fast !
I am just curious about the fact that why Microsoft still released these patches should they have stopped updating it long time ago?
Sadly, but third party apps already abandoning 7/8
They are workingn on an extended kernel for win 7 like vista to be able to run Windows 8.1x apps
@@fancyycomet have it installed, its worked for a couple of things, but for now we have to wait for the dev to do a whole code rewrite unfortunately, i just find it weird that at this point windows vista has more 3rd party support then windows 7, im not complaining because i like vista
Yes it seems to be..
Even devs won't help it to work on providing huge compatibility program on different variety of OS support..
Sadly Windows10 will end on 2025 + the same thing will happen to 10 and upcoming generation
@@wildyato3737 I don't care about win 7 death because every win 7 capable PC could handle 10 well (at least after telemetry cleaning and minor tweaks). But 2025 is ready worrying me. Oblivious answer is go Linux but it didn't work out for me. First, some devices in my system don't play well (looking at you, Realtek, especially WiFi/BT adapter). Second is anti-cheat support (Faceit👀). So basically people in my situation has no easy way to go. It's either hack win 11 or backport patches for 10 or something like that.
P.s. have 4th gen core Intel Xeon 2666v3 10C/20T beast that roughly equal to i5 8400.
@@wildyato3737 Windows 10 officially got support until 2032
guys i was intalling win 7 and when setup automatically restarted while starting it freezed and this keepes doing it so i had to back win 10 help if someone know how to fix it ? !!
might as well run first version of 2009 if i trust 3rd party
why do i see you everywhere
@@dieselgeezer18 cus you stalk me
@@realcartoongirl bruh
Do the graphics card drivers still work on Windows 7 POS?
Yes
Oh yeah people still don't get Windows 7 isn't technically officially dead yet and they got until this year to enjoy their Steam games I'm pretty certain Microsoft doesn't want to give up older Windows for this is what made their company great to begin with we could be repeating history sooner than we think modernity is going to set to expire the more people wake up......
Will this be needed if I have an iso for Windows 7 enterprise
so ican insttal mordren app like blender and games like valorant ?
Valorant and blender still required Windows 10 or later. This is only a secure computer fast. I recommended downloading Windows Server 2008 R2's security updates due to its Premium Assurance feature and longer support up to 6 years Premium Assurance
Until January, 2026
@@SametKaratas-db1xu nice
@@Alen-Xp thanks
Is there any method like this for windows 8.1?
I will try Server 2012 R2 updates on 8.1 and see how it goes
Hi! What is the difference between "security only" and "security monthly"?
I think the "security only" is just for patches to security vulnerabilities while the larger one is for bugfixes as well.
I have reinstalled my windows 7 ultimate.
And now I m having problem in activating oem product key.
It say error code 0xc004E003.
Please help me.
Same
no but seriously time does go by so fast and late 2024 isn’t enough and you will have to switch VERY soon
trying to dualboot windows 7 is a nightmare on my older laptop… it always crashes on startup 😩
You need to go into command prompt and mark both your drives as not dirty. If you Google dirty drive command prompt you'll find a good description of how to do that. I was having that problem problem.
I'm doing 7 and 11 and already messed up lol made my drive dynamic
It worked well and installed everything but after installing windows embedded standard 7 updates , ram usage went over 90% idle with nothing open besides antivirus, why?
How much RAM inside the system?
@@EverythingeeB ThinkPad T410 , 4GB RAM (before idle was 850mb-1 gb).
Have you found a solution?
That doesn't change the fact that much modern software (like Chromium) won't get updates. Just use anything up to date. Either Windows 10/11 or any modern Linux distro...
no thank you i dont want anything from a company that gave up on the perfect operating system to go to the worst one and then windows 10
Can u tell the same thing for Windows 8.1 too?
Just updated, check the pinned comment
Should i use sp1 or rtm iso?
SP1 all the way
My windows 7 netbook died sooner than windows 7 updates :(
Damn, sorry to hear that :(
Hi, is this method works on Windows 7 Home Premium?
No I forgot to mention but this only works on Windows 7 Professional and Enterprise
@@EverythingeeB *NOOOOOOOOO!* Home Premium here *Win 7 my favorite* learned with 98, *XP* was the best still have oone running. going to Win 7 i kicked and fought but still use it and love it. have dual boot with Win 10 and have a Win 11. so yeah 3 laptops 3 desktops. converted a Mac Snow leopard to Win 7
I used windows 7 9 years ago now im using it on vm 😭
If the updates are technically compatible why not just support windows 7 till 2024..
Doesn't make sense from a business perspective. Why would they support Windows 7 when they can get everyone to upgrade to 10 so they can collect even more data about you
@everythingeeB If they wanted to, they could still do telemetry updates on 7 as well. It doesn't really matter however as I don't do updates on my machine
Because constantly updating Windows 7 to try to backport and cram new features and technologies into something old is harder than just building a new OS from the ground up that supports all the new stuff. And once you've started on a new OS, that's what you want to push people toward, because having to support multiple legacy systems forever is a cost and manpower nightmare.
@@EverythingeeBLOLLLLLLLLLL 😂😂😂
I'm going to use Windows 10 until Oct 2025. By that time Windows 12 will be out and be a lot better than Win 11
Or maybe not.
same here.
@@lawnmower605 LOL W12 is the same shit as W11 24H2 or so they will just change the name to make dumb think it's better because W11 global market share is quite low.
Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021: Am I a joke to you?
Good video, but I don't recommend going back to Windows 7 unless you wish to be permanently locked to using Windows 7 software. Eventually developers of games and software are going to have to move on, even if they support it right now. BUT I do recommend this if you have legacy software that you currently use on a VM or separate computer.
I have 7 on my retro PC right now and generally for the most part most software works just fine. Supermium is working as a great browser and I've only run into a couple of other programs that don't support Windows 7 anymore. This'll probably change over the next couple of years though :(
not all Legacy programs are stable on VM
Developers usually stop supporting a certain OS when there user base is too small to justify the effort. If we hold our ground and keep 7 relevant, there's pretty much no reason for them to not support the system.
@@hrq007 there's always tha offline route like on my editing software PC which still has Windows 7 and have no plans to get it online again i have other PCs with Windows 10 on it
fun fact: windows 7 extended kernel (the windows 7 version of windows vista extended kernel) is in the works, and looks promising for games and stuff
To fast to get without stopping…
Just pause the video...
If only my PC had damn drivers for it
Even if it doesn't officially, you could most like install it with unofficial drivers, just like I did with my 12900k
@@himmelskibet Yeah, unfortunately my WiFi 6 card didn't work so I'm about to install Linux Mint
Is it legit?
Windows 7 Update 2026!!!!!
It's mid-2024 rn, what are you on?
working on ultimate?
No. I don't think I mentioned this but this guide only works on Windows 7 Professional or Enterprise due to ESU updates only being available for those platforms.
so i can open roblox on windows 7?
If 64 bits yes if 32 bits no
@@WololoWololo2 i still cant play roblox
@@MedoGX-kh3iu did you bypass and apply all the ESU updates? Because the updates might improve the compatibility of Windows 7 by Extended Kernel Support is in Windows 7 that sometimes gets updated
@@WololoWololo2 i dont under stand u but im win 7 home prm i think i cant play roblox on it and thank you
@@MedoGX-kh3iu only professional, Ultimate and Enterprise can apply ESU updates for Windows 7 Posready with ESU requirements bypass tool from this video if you bypass the requirements and apply the recent updates Windows 7 will be better
Windows 7 was so slow to update compared to Windows 10 & 11. Why would you want to go back to that?
Just don't do updates. Updates mostly are useless and ruin stuff.
@@himmelskibet There would be no updates any more anyway.
@@Nick41622 slow or not slow. W10 is pure shit.
how can you like that boring and flat UI with uncolored icons ?
@@zumeria177 Windows 7 has no support. So it is completely useless! How can you like that pure shit?
@@Nick41622 XP is my daily driver system. I don't miss anything from the W10 shit and alike. W7 is as much useless as your f+ucking brain because you can't live without support and to me it's pretty fast...maybe your crap computer was too weak back in the day. 🤭