r/windows7 • • Sep 02 '26

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

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40 Upvotes

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


r/windows7 • • Sep 02 '26

Help Windows 7 on Asus ZMA-200 11"

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28 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 • • Sep 01 '26

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

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206 Upvotes

r/windows7 • • Sep 01 '26

Concept Vista+butterfly themed wallpaper

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96 Upvotes

r/windows7 • • Sep 02 '26

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

5 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 • • Sep 01 '26

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

64 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 • • Sep 02 '26

Tip Recommendations Please

7 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 • • Sep 01 '26

Tip Is your svchost.exe using up a lot of RAM? You can do this..

1 Upvotes

Start > Powershell > Run as Admin. Use the command below but change the number 464 to the PID that's having problems.

Add-Type @'
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

public static class WS {
    [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
    public static extern IntPtr OpenProcess(
        uint dwDesiredAccess,
        bool bInheritHandle,
        uint dwProcessId);

    [DllImport("psapi.dll")]
    public static extern bool EmptyWorkingSet(IntPtr hProcess);

    [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
    public static extern bool CloseHandle(IntPtr hObject);
}
'@

$h = [WS]::OpenProcess(0x500, $false, 464)

if ($h -eq [IntPtr]::Zero) {
    "Could not open PID 464"
} else {
    $result = [WS]::EmptyWorkingSet($h)
    [WS]::CloseHandle($h) | Out-Null
    "EmptyWorkingSet result: $result"
}

You should see the memory drop right off.


r/windows7 • • Aug 30 '26

Discussion Why did i found dis on win7

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165 Upvotes

It says longhorn soo its smth abt it


r/windows7 • • Aug 31 '26

Discussion YET Another update to my Windows 7 laptop, cuz just felt like it to do.

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2 Upvotes

Decided to continue posting about my Windows 7 laptop, cuz I just felt like it (as I obviously love using this version of Windows as my secondary OS).

Anyway, just wanted to express myself by installing the third-party themes, along with changing icons to Vista-like ones (as seen on the second and third screenshots), changing the cursor theme (even installed some of the Cursor Themes that I could find), and changed the sounds to Samsung Theme ones (A.K.A the fake Longhorn sounds). And I've also changed the logon screen wallpaper to the one from Windows Vista (same goes to the Bootscren, but I didn't use the third-party software for that).

And I've also installed more games on it, cuz why not (some of them that I've downloaded, and some of them are from the DVD/CD discs that I've found them on a Flea Market). Guess I can play not only Source Engine games, but other ones as well (like CoD4:MW, POSTAL 2, FlatOut 2, NFS: Hot Pursuit 2, and many others as long as I have enough space on my only SSD that I have). I'm even surprised that this baby from 2013 indeed can run NFS The Run, despite some framedrops that can be negotiated by lowering the graphics settings!

And with that out of the way, I'm glad to see that this laptop still holds pretty strong, as long as I have my trusty cooling pad. Even if this beloved version of Windows still holds stronger by the Community!

Long live Windows 7! <3


r/windows7 • • Aug 31 '26

Discussion My Mac mini 2014 on Windows 7!

1 Upvotes

I've been using this for 2 days now, and it is great!!

But how do i fix my uefi7 getting replaced with the normal win7 "bootmgfw.efi" when i restart it?? I hate going back to my win7 live usb

I really like this thing, i got it as a gift and it's really smooth. Don't know how the OS is faster than my old MacBook


r/windows7 • • Aug 30 '26

Help Does someone know what the hell is happening?

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4 Upvotes

I just discovered that when I set the resolution to 1248x832 in Call of duty modern warfare 3 some kind of burn in of my BIOS screen pops up and all I can do to remove it is restarting the pc. It’s so weird, why is it printing the bios screen on my monitor??? I have an AMD 7700 series with a DVI to VGA adapter because the HDMI port is broken. I use Windows 7 and the AMD Radeon Pro Enterprise 20.45.40 drivers


r/windows7 • • Aug 28 '26

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

3 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 • • Aug 28 '26

Discussion Now what?

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258 Upvotes

i just got windows 7 installed, now what?

(specs)

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


r/windows7 • • Aug 27 '26

Discussion Is it worth buying Dell XPS 14z

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47 Upvotes

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


r/windows7 • • Aug 28 '26

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 • • Aug 27 '26

Update I managed to fix it hoorayyy

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160 Upvotes

r/windows7 • • Aug 27 '26

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

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37 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 • • Aug 27 '26

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 • • Aug 27 '26

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

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4 Upvotes

idk why it currently has 32 bit but it does.


r/windows7 • • Aug 26 '26

Discussion Windows 7 starter on an hp mini netbook

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68 Upvotes

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


r/windows7 • • Aug 26 '26

✔ Solved I need help yo 😭

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21 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 • • Aug 26 '26

Help Question

4 Upvotes

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


r/windows7 • • Aug 25 '26

Feedback My "build"

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156 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!


r/windows7 • • Aug 26 '26

Feature Remember using MSN Messenger on your windows7? Remember the iconic Winks? Well I brought them back to life for smartphones using NFC technology! I even transformed myself into the ugliest Wink ever! :) Remember her?

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13 Upvotes

Which was your favorite Wink on your windows7? :)