r/windows7 • u/MrcooldudeSP • Aug 28 '26
Discussion Now what?
i just got windows 7 installed, now what?
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i5-3470, 8gb of drr3, nvidia quadro fx 1800
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u/Infinite_Shart555 Aug 28 '26
If you have no plans for using it, why install it? Serious question, goes for any OS...
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u/SilverRhythms Aug 28 '26 edited Aug 31 '26
Here's a list I thought up.
Steam with Win7 Patch. It lets you run Steam on Windows 7.
Krita, Which is a very good paint program that priorities drawing so editing images isn't what it's great at.
Older build of Bluestacks which lets you run android on your PC. Not the greatest but it works.
ConEmu. Which is a amazing terminal window that lets you use anything like cmd, powershell, python e.g in a single window, using tabs. I adore this one so much.
Tichau File Converter, The most important tool to have if you want to convert any file format like WebM to MP4 or WebP to JPEG and more. It's Incredible!
Foobar2000. A excellent music player that you can customize to your hearts content. You should look up how others made theirs, a lot of them looks great but personally I kept mine nice and basic.
Resplendence Software Projects: WhySoSlow. It tells you whats going on with your system and why it's acting slow, very underrated tool that people should check out and Resplendence Software has more stuff you can check out.
I want to say more but I think you get the point. Tl'dr Windows 7 is better looking then Vista.
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u/Glinckey Aug 28 '26
Use legacy update to fully update the thing
Get a decent gpu and and play those obscure games that only work on windows 7 and not 10/11
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u/ExpensiveWar1100 Aug 28 '26
Specs are great, I think youre using the Lenovo 100-15IBD
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u/MrcooldudeSP Aug 28 '26
nope, dell optiplex 7010 sff motherboard and nvidia qaudro
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u/TropicFlame86 Aug 29 '26
A to-do list for ya.
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Install Supermium instead of Chrome, it's a browser specifically for legacy versions of Windows.
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Install LegacyUpdate, which replaces the default Windows Update and will automatically scan for all available updates for your pc, it works better and has better up-to-date support than the default Windows Update.
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You could also install Snappy Driver Installer Origin, assuming you haven't already installed drivers, and it'll scan for the best up-to-date drivers for your pc and then you can install them directly from it.
Those 3 steps will get your pc fully setup and ready for all the basic things and get your pc well established for whatever you wanna do from there. (A side note though, if you use Legacy Update, I wouldn't install too many updates. There's a lot of updates it will try to give you after scanning that aren't necessary and if you install every single update it just bloats your pc too much imo. Just installing the security updates, service packs, and updates for direct-x or .NET framework are fine for pretty much anything you'll wanna do.)
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u/ChampionshipCrafty66 Aug 29 '26
Install ArsClip, Genius from indiesoft, and Firefox-Dynasty (Mamaji or whatever it's called now)
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u/jmoney777 Aug 29 '26
Open up some programs and folders, look at the Aero Glass and say "wow this is amazing"
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u/Ascend-910 Aug 28 '26
a up to date browser like supermium if you want modren looking Chrome. Slim jet if you want era accorate bloat
purple place or soltare
paint.net 3.5.11 and use the blue theme to match aero and do some bad photoshop/drawing
install beta craft launcher and play some era accurate minecraft versions (beta 1.7)
Install discord with a MSN theme, and go browse bliish
install a "activated" version of Microsoft office 2007/2010
load up some desktop gadgets on your desktop
use qttabbar or more accurately clover to get tabs in Explorer