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I could possibly go into Task Scheduler and have a task in there that terminates steam forcefully, and hope that it runs before the shutdown request of apps.

Then that is what I meant, an EFI bootloader.

Undertale, GF remixes, 8 bit remixes, windows remixes, 80s music, techno, DnB, EDM, many different types of music.

On any platform just seeing all these abandonded / inactive accounts is weird, knowing that these were all people but then suddenly disappeared. Who knows what happened to them. Recently a big disappearance was Bigmuscle, who was last seen in July 2020. Hope he comes back soon in good health. What do you guys think of when you see inactive / abandonded accounts?

A bit off topic, but the only reason I don't like 10 (as i have said earlier but not given a full explanation to) follows with these: Why I like Windows 10: Multi monitor support is fantastic Full UEFI is nice (but W8 brought this) The more modern task manager may seem more dumb but is actually pretty useful now with the GPU temp and such Fluency is at least existant, rather than versions pre 1803 Most apps work well with 10 My hardware just generally runs better on it (system from the era of late 2017) Why I don't like Windows 10: Constant feature updates can get annoying sometimes, especially with it doing it when you don't know it Telemetry is annoying, but just a feature of modern internet Sometimes it just doesn't make sense even though it should (like forcing certain drivers) It really just isn't fun to use You have to do shenanigans to get the OS to run the way you want it to (Winaero Tweaker, Open Shell, 7+TT) Inconsistent (The fact that there are two places for settings, which both redirect to each other) Compatibility (One game I have does not work on Win10) Personally, I would much much more prefer Windows 7 as my main computing OS, but with its EoL and uncertainty I sadly don't find my time worth it to mess with it in the future. I have been looking at options like Windows 8.1 and Linux but for now it seems like Windows 10 fits my needs the most. I've mainly used it since release so that generally makes sense to just stick with the disaster. Ive been locked into Microsoft's hold and I can't escape. I don't like Windows 10 because they are forcing us to use what we don't like. Unfortunate part of rolling release software, where you have to use it wether you like it or not. Plus, Windows 7 is now entering the ACPI BSOD zone with some motherboards. Unless someone finds a way to put me on 7 and keep me there, Windows 10 is sadly my only option for the rest of time until Microsoft decides to stop being lazy and make something useful for once. Windows 10 doesn't suck, but it just isn't the best thing out there. I don't happily use it, but I can tolerate it. I can happily use Windows 7 and 8.1. I used 7 on and off over the last 5 years but always moved back to 10 after I felt like I was sticking with a sinking ship. No offense to those who still use it. Windows 10 sucks and sadly Microsoft really meant it as the last version of Windows. If any of us normal classic Windows users wants a Windows like experience, we will just have to hope Microsoft wakes up from their coma or move to Linux, which that in itself is already a fetus in the computer world and has a long way to go before it will make its way on the desktops of today, but even then that isn't Linus's intent for Linux. He made it as just the flexible OS which the server and embedded community took into their own. Desktops never went there because Windows "just works" except it "just doesn't." Remember when people had those heavily customized and themed Windows XP / Vista / 7 installs back 10 years ago? How common they were? Now with 10 we just see the same desktop. Start, search, task view, cortana, tons of ads in the start menu, tons of ads on the taskbar, microsoft edge.

Everything works fine, but definitely the modern ones are not optimized. I can see that Steam does not work on XP anymore (the older client) and since that client was from 2019, 5 years after XP EOL, we could definitely see Windows 7 hitting the roadblock of things dropping out in 2025-2026. Steam already has issues letting itself close when logging off / shutting down, so I have to change the non-responsive timeout to a lower amount in order to get Windows to shut down faster. This does not happen when Steam is already closed. Discord runs, but I can definitely tell that it is fighting DWM with aero (latency with certain UI elements and such) as well as Oculus which purposefully restricts features even though they will most likely still work on 7. Other than those apps, everything works fine even on higher end hardware. Windows 10 though as much hate as it gets is definitely more optimized for that hardware, but not saying that 7 won't run well. Windows 7 definitely runs really well on hardware like this (WEI 7.9).

Okay so everything works except my display, network, and NVMe. NVMe is expected to not work but my display and network ones don’t load because they are “corrupted or missing”.

So I am trying the impossible (vista on coffee lake) and so far I got USB 3 working (with that updated stack) but now im wondering if it is possible to get the i219-V working. Right now after replacing 6.1.1 and 6.1 in the inf with 6.0.0 and 6.0, the driver fails to install with "may be corrupted or missing".

You need to have the SHA update to Windows 7. It does not work before that SHA update (meaning anything older than 2019)

I got a RX 5700 XT last July in fact for better driver support, oddly. NVIDIA drivers like to force you onto the latest version of 10, or otherwise just reduce your options. With the newer nvidia cards, its Windows 10 1709+ and no other alternative (the linux ones just generally suck). I got my AMD card so I could have more freedom in my driver (i can now use Linux, macOS) and plus use every version of Windows 10 if I feel like it (works all the way back to 1507). The only problems I have with it, is that the non-WHQL drivers are pretty unstable (which is why I stay on the WHQL ones), and that they broke Windows 8.0 support too. Windows 7 though, being 1 year out of support and they are still developing for it.

Lets see what you guys prefer. I prefer 1607 and 1903.

I can't use vista on my PC (9700K) so yeah..

I don't like 10 but because I have used it on and off often over the last 5 years I just have grown to accept it.

My OS timeline was: Born (2006) 2006 - 2012: Windows XP Home Edition (Old Sony Vaio desktop) 2012 - 2015: Windows 7 Ultimate (Family PC) + Windows 8.x Home (Mothers laptop) 2015 - Present: Windows 10 Pro on both + Windows 7 Pro Dual Boot on desktop

Would it be possible to backport Windows 7 drivers over to Vista? Most of my hardware is newer than Haswell (my PC age is from 2017) and my does support Windows 7 100%.

I don't really use Windows 8.x (tried 8.0 yesterday but AMD really doesn't want you to) but I did use it for a fair bit of time (2012 - 2015) on my laptop. Once Windows 7 goes away I will probably move to Server 2012 R2 / Windows 8.1 and then eventually Linux or Windows 10 afterwards.

Saw that post from 2017 about this issue, no one found a fix. I swear though, a few months ago I think it worked once, but never worked again. I am not sure. Seems like too much of playing around though.

I never really used Windows 8.0 so I installed it, and every driver worked fine except my AMD ones, which BSOD with the KSCF BSOD code. Every time they install it BSOD's then restarts, and the driver isn't installed. I have the RX 5700 XT and I tried Adrenalin 2020 Windows 7 drivers.

I grew up with Windows 7 so I may have some bias towards it, but for the past 5 years I have used Windows 10. I wasn't as literate in computers for most of that time until recently when I realized how much of an id*** I was. I can understand why some people like 10 and why some people don't. I don't like 10 and I would definitely use Windows 7, but it would take some courage to go back after 5 years of Windows 10. I have used 10 as my main OS since it was released (July 29 2015).

Windows Vista can't run on my hardware (i7 9700K, RX 5700XT) unless the timing dlls were fixed and someone backported the hell out of a driver. If it ran, I would try it. It doesn't run so I won't try it. Windows 7 works well for me but my problems nowadays are programs purposefully restricting their features, saying that they are "Windows 10 only features" even though I know they would work on Windows 8.1 or older. Windows 10 is just a mess, and I would consider using it if they brought back fluency / aero and added a switch between new start menu and the "classic" 7 style start menu, and a more unified telemetry ON or OFF button.

I have flip-flopped between Windows 7 and 10 lately trying to figure out, if I should use an OS for the joy of using it (Windows 7) or for the practicality of using it (Windows 10). Is this just personal preferenece or something? I'm not sure which one I should settle on. I love 7 but also don't mind 10, but 10 just doesn't have that click of fun that 7 and 8.1 have. 10 is just depressing. Windows is just less consumer fun, its more just cloud stuff. Linux and older Windows are your only options basically. To those who use 10, why? Why not?

We have Xfinity Gigabit with the stupid unlimited extra they have. Used to be $114.95 mo/ but we bought our own modem. Now we pay around $97/mo for 1000/40.

I do use a good amount of modern ones (Discord, Steam, Oculus) so some of them do run a little weird. Discord will probably just not recieve any more updates, but still work, just like the older clients for mobile. Steam will probably stop getting updates but keep working, but Oculus already screws you over. They let you install it and use it, but purposefully break certain things.

Hey, So my hardware is pretty modern (i7 9700K, Z370, 5700XT) and I am wondering if I would get a better experience out of Windows 7 with an older chipset or if just keeping it running with wufuc would work fine. Any suggestions?

I believe it spoofs the NT version from 6.0 to 6.1 to make certain programs think its on Windows 7, since the kernels are essentially the same.