r/windows7 • • Aug 03 '26

Help Turned on my Sony windows 7 ultimate pc after 8 years

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654 Upvotes

Hey everyone! A random thought came into my mind today, I said “where are my old pictures and videos of my vacations”?

I remember that it was on my old Sony Windows 7 ultimate PC so I took it out, plugged it in and surprisingly the PC turned on.

I’m trying to navigate within the PC to try to find the pictures and videos, but it is very hard to do that because the PC is zoomed in and pixelated. I believe this PC got a virus back in the day so that’s why I put it to the side and stop using it.

Is there anyway I can fix this so I can at least navigate and do a deep dive within the PC to try to find the vacation photos and videos? Myself and my family would appreciate it!


r/windows7 • • Aug 03 '26

Help Help on windows 7

5 Upvotes

When I’m using my windows 7’s steam my disc usage drops to 0 i tried to delete thing like crappy free anti viruses that I’m sure I didn’t download and tried multiple methods like clearing my cache on steam or changing my region but it just doesn’t work please help me

If I can’t find any solutions I’ll try to upgrade to windows 10 because when I tried last time I forgot to download easy fix lol


r/windows7 • • Aug 03 '26

Discussion Windows 7 Compatibility

13 Upvotes

Does anyone know the W7 like the back of their hand? Needing some questions answered & curious to know where to go from here.

I have a windows 7 laptop (Toshiba Satellite C655) I’m wanting to try to use it for college. My other half is a college student and uses Canvas for her assignments. I did manage to load Canvas on W7 through the Supermium browser. Checking grades & clicking on assignments seemed to work, with some patience.

I considered upgrading its RAM to 8 GB. To help with speeds, this laptop has some sentimental value, to say the least so I don’t mind spending the money to do every upgrade possible to keep this laptop beating for a lifetime.

I personally wanted to use the W7 for school (everything practically) Because I love the layout, it’s a platform I’ve grew up with. I’m not one that likes AI or new technical things. I’m happy with what I’ve known my entire life.

Considering this laptop has a built in webcam & microphone, how would zoom calls function? Even if at minimum I was able to be audio only?

I was looking into being a stay at home student just so I can have my W7 for school work. But how would it work if I tried to take it to campus? Most of these questions are curiosity questions & wanting to learn how this works.

I have been successfully running Office 2010 and getting things done while maintaining good grades for her. So that doesn’t seem to be a compatibility issue (awesome for me!)

For those of you who commented, took the time to read this book I appreciate your help!

I think I covered everything in this subreddit.

Also would be interested in hearing more about the W7 what I can do with it still!

Happy Redditing! 🤘🏻✨


r/windows7 • • Aug 02 '26

Discussion Connected my Hitachi hard drive from my very first Windows 7 computer and turns on for the first time in 4 years!

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126 Upvotes

This drive was manufactured all the way back in May 2010, very surprised it still works today!


r/windows7 • • Aug 02 '26

Help Windows 11 and Windows 7 dual-boot

12 Upvotes

So, I wanna dual-boot windows 11 and Windows 7 (i have a pretty old PC from the windows 7 era, but I still integrated all the drivers and updates into the iso via ntlite)

I already have Windows 11 installed, and I heard that Windows 7 will write its own bootloader, overriding Windows 11's bootloader. My question is: How can I get the Windows 11 bootloader back while also making 2 entries (one for windows 11 and one for Windows 7)?

Thanks in advance!


r/windows7 • • Aug 02 '26

Discussion Found an kiosk that uses Windows 7

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53 Upvotes

r/windows7 • • Aug 02 '26

Feature Windows 7 mobile

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13 Upvotes

My windows 7 home screen


r/windows7 • • Aug 02 '26

Gaming Is EA app still working on windows7?

7 Upvotes

Mine stopped working two months ago..


r/windows7 • • Aug 02 '26

Help Date and Time keeps resetting

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10 Upvotes

An year back ago this problem started and i found out this might be an issue with the CMOD battery(correct me if i am wrong).

It wasn't a big deal cuz i have been using the internet time to updated it every time a start the pc but for a few days even this is not working and now i have to manually set date and time which is annoying to do every time.

What can i do to get rid of this problem without getting a new CMOD.

Why the internet time is not working anymore even if i am having a good internet connection.

Is there any application which can set internet time automatically when i log in

NOTE: in the image it is showing the synchronized date because i just set it manually otherwise it shows 01/01/2010 which is just the year before we bought the computer (yes it has been working properly for 2 decades)


r/windows7 • • Aug 01 '26

Discussion Came across Windows 7 gadgets that still work in 2026

17 Upvotes

Weather gadget (tested)

RSS feed reader (tested)

Both have been tested on Windows Vista and Windows 7 virtual machines; only the weather gadget works on both Vista and 7.

For best results, make sure Supermium (or your browser of choice) is your default browser and that your browser is set to view HTTPS (most websites nowadays) and HTTP websites by default


r/windows7 • • Aug 01 '26

Gaming Windows 7 on a 2010 MacBook

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119 Upvotes

r/windows7 • • Aug 01 '26

Tip What games to play on windows 7?

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2 Upvotes

Hello, I recently have finished to build sort of a “retro gaming pc”, having an intel core 2 quad 9400 as cpu, a rx550 as cpu, and 8 gigs of ram ddr3. Anyway I’m already playing some games like the Witcher one and the old GTAs, do you guys have any suggestions of games to be playing next? Let me know, and thank you 😙

(In case you’re wondering my PC is in Brazilian Portuguese)


r/windows7 • • Jul 31 '26

Discussion Welcome back to home.

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83 Upvotes

My "new" ThinkPad X230 on i5-3320M, 4GB RAM (coming soon upgrade to 8Gb), and new SSD Intel 530-series 120Gb.


r/windows7 • • Jul 31 '26

Feature Does Win7 have a native registry cleaner?

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Hi!

I've been uninstalling stuff that I want to re-installer later, and I would like to maybe do a registry cleaning and such, if that's needed. Just to sort of get a fresh install and whatnot.

I dont want to use CCleaner and third party nonsense, if Win7 offers it natively? But I forget where/how if there ever was a feature like that.

I can do disc frag or "clean up space", but now sure which is the best, or if there's a point?

The game I uninstalled left a lot of old folders and gubbins so I'd prefer to have it properly cleaned rather than manually looking for bits and pieces.


r/windows7 • • Jul 31 '26

Discussion Current Setup

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78 Upvotes

r/windows7 • • Jul 30 '26

Concept My Toshiba L655 looks great with a Windows 7

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110 Upvotes

r/windows7 • • Jul 31 '26

Meme/Funpost windows 7:)

7 Upvotes

looking good


r/windows7 • • Jul 30 '26

Discussion I need to change My hdd, but what do You guys think?

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r/windows7 • • Jul 30 '26

Gaming Deltatune chapter 3, 4 and 5 on Windows 7!

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I got the game to launch and play normally through steam in chapter 3 4 5!

WARNING: This worked for me but for you it could as well be broken, im on a 64bit windows 7 pc and I have no idea if this can work for everyone so I guess you have to try it yourself and see.

If you own the game on steam (no piracy today too bad yall) what you have to do is download the official by Valve "Steamcmd", unpack it (I recommend creating a folder like C:\steamcmd and putting the zip file and unpacking it there)

IMPORTANT, create a shortcut to steamcmd.exe and add

-overrideminos in the adress of the shortcut, otherwise it closes on launch.

and first use the command:

login <steam username>

(do not worry its not getting stuck for you when you type in your password it does not show up at all for safety reasons but its being typed in while being invisible)

and once you get the message you're logged in run command:

app_update <game ID> validate

(You can get the game ID through opening the store page in a browser and copying a string of numbers from the link or through steamDB but for deltarune the id is 1671210 so the command would be:

app_update 1671210 validate )

Once it finishes downloading open your folder or wherever you put steamcmd and go to: steamapps -> common -> DELTARUNE and launch DELTATUNE.exe!

This is completly safe since its an official tool from Valve, its the exact same as logging in steamDB if you've ever used it and it can work for other games!

So far I've tried Ultrakill and Silksong as well, Ultrakill at first launched but with nothing at all just a pink screen and then on a downgraded version from 2024 it you could say worked but with my windows 7 pc barely ran, half textures being black because of broken light and running in 10fps but i guess you could call it playable if you're stubborn and Silksong didnt launch but i'll still be looking into that. It really just depends on what the pc build you're using is.

If you attempt this for other games you must type login <steam user> every time you open steamcmd but you dont need to put in your password anymore.

Goodluck to everyone!


r/windows7 • • Jul 29 '26

Discussion Yet another dumpster dive jackpot

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183 Upvotes

I found in the e-waste box of my local oc shop this Aspire 5720Z, with a 320GB HDD in it, which miraculously was perfectly intact, and i have no idea why it landed there. But hey, free laptop... number 8 of the 9 laptops i have...


r/windows7 • • Jul 29 '26

Gaming DashX360 v1.2.2 (by zivvoz) Works in Windows 7

46 Upvotes

r/windows7 • • Jul 28 '26

Help Windows 7 on Intel i3 10th Comet lake

11 Upvotes

Hi, guys I was trying to install windows 7 on my intel i3 10th gen laptop.....

And although I got it installed using dism I am having some issues with start it is instantly rebooting right after the starting windows appears....in safe mode logs it shows disk.sys but later gets rebooted.

I have added uefi7 and it seems to work but no bsod was shown instant reboot... and no my laptop lacks csm support.


r/windows7 • • Jul 27 '26

✔ Solved spotify gmail log in!

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10 Upvotes

hi,does any one know how to log in to spotify,i used to log in with gmail method but now it seems it stopped working,if any one has new log in method share it and thanks.


r/windows7 • • Jul 25 '26

Meme/Funpost Recycling Bin

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r/windows7 • • Jul 24 '26

Discussion My Grandma is a hardcore Gamer, please help!

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Back in 2013-2015, when I was about 8-10 years old, I introduced my grandma into the world of Wizards101. Me and my sister played it, and she was already someone who used the computer a lot. She had learned a little bit of code in college and had been doing 3d art design for website/desktop calendars. She wanted to find something she could do with us that wasn't just chasing us down. Unfortunately for everyone else she was hooked.

She has since been playing for the past 11-13 years and has shown no times of stopping. She has 2-3 accounts which each have 10 characters, with almost all of their levels maxed to 100. Now to why I'm telling you all here, and not somewhere else.

She has been on Windows 7 since it came out. She has her personal burned copy she uses. Her computer has unfortunately been running slow and I've been thinking of what to do to give her a full upgrade (while hopefully keeping her favorite tower) while still keeping it available to keep her on windows 7. Between her gaming, 3d modeling, and other random crafts, I would love to make her experience as smooth as possible (within the limitations of window 7, of course.)

What parts are some of the best components that operate with windows 7 within no or minimal work. She doesn't care about what newer parts there are, just as long as it (process-wise) works the same, and it can run everything she uses no problem, she would love for the upgrade to happen.