Using Windows 7 in 2023 

The support on this video has been very positive, thank you all! We also made a video going over all the different Windows OS versions on our tier list video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aInXCSu8P8E.html

I'm still using Windows 7 and everything works flawlessly, plays all the games and runs all software I need it to. I really don't want to upgrade to 10 or 11 - they're just so anti-user and privacy. In fact, I've been using this same installation of 7 since 2015. Rock-solid.

Honestly windows 7 is still in my opinion the best version of windows Microsoft ever made. It 100% runs faster than 10

Windows 7 is still the best looking windows ever. I'm even thinking of installing it again on my gaming PC after having windows 10 for so many years. The only thing holding me back is new games not supporting windows 7 😢

There are LOADS of folks still using Windows 7! One thing I REALLY miss about Windows 7, is the folders retained ALL their properties, each folder customized, size, position, content, everything.

As somebody who was born in the early 2000s, I am happy I got to experience Windows 7 during my childhood. It will always be the most beautiful, finished, and polished OSs Microsoft provided.

I still use Windows 7 on my gaming computer. As long as the games are compatible, nothing will make me change. I've used Windows 10 a lot, but nothing like the nostalgia of Windows 7.

Windows 7 still works great in 2023 .

0:04 wow a sound i didnt hear in 5-6 years

Also, Microsoft’s spying is so extensive in Win10, it’s impossible to assert that Win10 is more secure than Win7.

Still using windows 7. I'd like to point out that you cannot upgrade to windows 11 unless you have drivers for the laptop model provided by the laptop company. Cheers!

I miss not having two damn control panels so much... Windows 7 was the best and we didn't knew it 😢

I still run Windows 7, I use 10 and 11 at work, and 7 just feels nicer. My little Windows 7 computer actually outperforms most other computers today.

I still use Windows 7 and its great!!!

i miss this os so much, hate windows 10 and 11 alot

I'm still using windows 7 in 2024

Still rocking windows 7, with the help of dxvk and vxkex alot of modern games can run perfectly fine on windows 7.

Windows 7 is honestly one of the most complete OS ever made. Seriously what other OS besides XP was this perfect?

I still using Windows 7 today! Windows 7 still rocking stronger running on my old HP desktop for 10 years since I bought HP computer in August 2013 from HP shopping website! Because I love Windows 7 for gaming! It come with two 1 TB Seagate hard drive (Advanced Format = AF) and it's CMR types. I did upgraded RAM to 16 GB DDR3 @ 1600 MHz from 8 GB DDR3 @ 1600 MHz and added Western Digital Blue 6 TB hard drive (CMR type) SATA for to put a lot of PC games on there. Finally play Starcraft 2 and SpellForce 3 (with modded to remove few useless effect like fogs, blur to increase FPS speed up gain about 10 - 15 FPS total about between 30 FPS - 45 FPS on Intel Core i7 3770 @ 3.4 GHz, 16 GB RAM DDR3 @ 1600 MHz with Nvidia GT 630 (Kepler type) with 2 GB DDR3 VRAM. Windows 7 rocking and very solid operating so far for 10 years! No motherboard failure, No GPU failure, No RAM failure, No Hard drive failure and No Power supply failure yet!!! If something go gone wrong then I know to fix is to replace hardware parts on myself. Powerful HP desktop computer model name is H8-1360T and it's beast gaming computer used low power without overclock so far! Hooray!!! 👍 Because Windows 7 and Windows XP are real sister operating system which are best in the world!🤩 I had old DELL computers with Windows XP used for gaming and love it. I played Starcraft, Warcraft 3, Age of Empire 2 and 3, SpellForce 1 to 2, Armies of Exigo, Age of Mythology and Stronghold games. I had MSI laptop come with Windows 10 (I disabled auto update with program name is StopUpdates10 to prevent any problems also it will work for Windows 11 and later to block auto Window updates) and play Nintendo Switch games on Yuzu emulator and Ryujinx emulator on Nvidia RTX 3060 and running amazing smooth. Awesome! I did try Linux Mint running on my Windows 7 used VMware Workstation Pro program without change operating system. I love Linux Mint look similar to Windows XP and 7. If Microsoft company doing a lot of worse in later new operating system then I will never touch it and will going to Linux Mint for everyday to use on internet in near future. Cheers My rate for best operating system list: 1st: Windows 7 2nd: Windows XP 3rd: Windows 10

I'm still using Windows 7

I am using Linux 99% of the time. However, I use AutoCAD for my work and AutoCAD doesn't run on Linux so I have a separate computer with Windows 7, just for AutoCAD. I did try Windows 10 but in my experience AutoCAD runs better on Windows 7. I have to add that I started using computers when Windows 95 was a hit.

It’s a bit surprising that Surfshark is doing os things now. Anyway, Windows 7 brings back a big wave of nostalgia!

Windows 7 can be made to run "fine" on modern 2023 hardware, which would be interesting to see a video about. The only caveat in running a dual-boot Win7/Win10 machine (on an Intel 10th gen machine) is: CSM=enabled for Win7 to boot to desktop. Win7 can be installed on a modern system with AHCI mode & GPT formatted SSD & with CSM=disabled, but the final boot to desktop will require switching the bios setup to CSM=enabled. Also: if using an official Win7 installation disc, may require using a PS/2 mouse, until the correct USB driver can get installed.

I am writing this comment on my main Windows 7 PC which is my daily driver. This installation was originally a fresh Windows 2000, upgraded to Windows XP, upgraded to Windows 7. Basically, the same installation for the past 20 years. Can it be used safely in 2023? Yes, but it requires working behind a few layers of security like disabling features in the registry, disabling ALL Microsoft update access, and installing EVERYTHING in offline mode. The other 9 PCs in my office all run Linux Mint, and for what it's worth, Mint is as easy to use as Windows 7 with the added bonus of better security. You're asking why I stay with Windows 7? Investment is why. Over 20 years, I've invested in a ton of software at full retail price. Much of it will no longer install on Windows 10 as registration servers are no longer online. Much of that software is coding and graphical development apps that provide functions that are not available in modern counterparts. Windows 7 is the solution.

my gaming rig from a decade ago runs windows 7 and i’m so happy about it. i wanna get it up to date so that i still have a machine running my favorite OS

Linux Mint is what I use now, and it's not scary, and you don't have to use the terminal if you don't want to and at 76 I changed from Windows and if I can then anyone can, I am using it to watch this video.

I do agree that MS Windows 7 was the best OS they ever made. I still have a 2nd gen i7 running this OS and it will continue as long as I have a supported anti-virus. I get the Windows update problem and raise you the Intel CPU flaws.The funny part was MS Windows 10, which chased us into Linux and upgrades to AMD based systems. Our biggest problem was locating printers and scanners with Linux support. Lucky timing there, as we're still printing and running Linux (MINT /Cinnamon) all these years onward. While I will happily help friends get into Linux, I won't tell you or anyone else that they have to move to Linux, as there are way too many variables to each individual situation that will spell success or failure with Linux.

Windows 7 is by far in my opinion the best OS that microsoft ever released and theres a reason its still being used today despite support ending in 2020. Its simple and comes with none of the spyware or bloat that was introduced in 10 and 11. 7 was my main OS up until microsoft pulled the plug on it. I have to use win 10 for work now but i use kubuntu linux as my personal main OS. Despite win 7 being so good, i cannot really justify using it in 2023/2024 due to their not being any official security pstches for many years now. I also know that 2024 will be the last year of support for several programs including firefox and also for any gamers out there, valve is also cutting windows 7 steam support in 2024 as well. Despite how brilliant this OS has been and how its held up over the years, more and more programs are going to continue ending support therefore eventually upgrading to 10 and 11 will be essential to keep using your pc's. Its a shame but for an OS thats over a decade old its had a very good run! If you dont want to upgrade now might be the time to consider linux.

i just love everything about windows 7 so much more. would unironically use it as my main OS if it was still safe

I had exactly the same model. It came with vista ultimate. 2GB RAM, iGPU, 500GB HDD. fortunately, it came with WDDM 1.1 driver so, I could flex with the sexy Aero themes.

YES! I was so jealous of Windows 7 when I was a kid and installed themes just to make it look like windows 7. Although what I really loved was the minimize and maximize animation

I didn't "fake" the Aero Glass look; I did the opposite and stripped it all away. I was a "super efficiency geek." I was CONVINCED that the AOL chat app and everything else in the bar at the bottom right of the taskbar was a "drag" on computer performance and did everything I could to rip it all away.

It’s idiotic that you can’t use whatever OS you desire. Windows 7 should support the current directx. There should be a law similar to “right to repair” that makes it forward compatible if one chooses to use it. There’s no reason a 64 bit OS that was as great as W7 should be cut off and neutered. It was the perfect Windows.

Windows 7 feels like an operating system made by people for people. Windows 10 onwards feels like an ai tried to make an operating system for the weirdest target user

We still have two computers running Windows XP and Windows 7 in our lab. The reason is that we have legacy codes and programs that only runs on these two OS. They still work fine until today. I wish I could continue using it for another 10 or 20 years.

Windows 7 looks well balanced and thought out OS. It looks absolutely professional. Win 10 or 11 look a sloppy lazy job if you ever could call it a job. It is actually a total mess.

I daily drive Windows 7. I'm glad others are also still using it.

I remember using windows 7 from 2011 to 2018 on my old HP Pavilion desktop, it was pure junk. But it actually ran decently for games back then.

*my daily routine is a content to some people*

I still use windows 7 and it runs perfectly

Bubbles wasn’t removed nor was it bloatware

In my opinion, 7 was the best o/s MS ever made. It took all of the good stuff from XP and added much-improved security, along with useful new features. I have 10 now, and it's way too bloated with stuff I don't need or want

I'll donate a 100% operational Windows 7 laptop like that (with no missing batteries or hinges) if you wanna make a followup

it's about the only o. s. from Microsoft (along with Windows XP, but that's ancient) that was SOMEWHAT worth it's reputation . . . and, of course, Linux (not of Microsoft, thank God)

People Who Still Use Windows 7 👇

I'm planning on getting a new laptop soon and If it weren't for the fact that steam isn't going to support windows 7 in 5 months, I would get Windows 7.

Still on it. Double boot windows 10 to use oculus and play cod. I hate it.

I don't get the "end of life" part since it works well. I use my own security measures, not Microsoft ones tbh. Won't downgrade to 10 though :)

The bubbles are not removed, you just can't access them without your search bar.

😍😍😍I love the Aero Glass Design still. Miss it very much. Yes Windows 7 was amazing and I was using it quite long until Windows 10 1803 or 1809 when the Dark mode got introduced. And 10 was much more reliable and robust no dll errors no bluescreens I have had no issues with Windows 10! Window 11 is nice I like it but it’s not so amazing actually. I can use it on my pc but I hope windows 12 will fix a lot of things.

Thanks for the video, Surfshark. Because I had been SO frustrated with new laptops I've purchased since the Windows 7 days, I bought a brand new DELL two years ago that had Windows 7, just like my 18" Fujitsu laptop that I originally bought back in 2009. The only problem with the new DELL with Windows 7 is, it doesn't have Windows Live Photo Gallery? Windows Live Photo Gallery is one of the main reasons why I like Windows 7 so much, besides it works SO well with my scanners, printers, etc. I love Windows 7 and will always use it. The operating system that I despise the most: Windows 10! It is the most user unfriendly system I've ever used.

my pc is like 15 years old and mostly used official win7 for the time but my dad insisted that i should go on win10 and in my opinion win10 is worse because most features require multiple clicks to access but on win7 they are displayed in front without any extra thinking and remembering

I still use Windows 7 on my main machine. Most of my other machines (I am a bit of a hoarder, have probably around 50 computers) are running XP. Windows 7 is good, I will give it that, but I have never liked it as much as Windows XP. Windows XP can run on extremely low power machines and still preform quite well. Windows 7 is sort of like Vista in the sense that it will run on low power machines, but anything less than like a core 2 duo is going to be a pretty painful experience. That is one of many reasons I prefer XP. I wish there was some better software support and I absolutely would still use it on my main machine as well.

Still loyal! Gonna stay with my machine until it dies out! If it ain't broke, dont fix it!

have you considered calling the Tooth Fairy to give you the tooth back muahahaha

I used Windows 7 from 2009. Yes, it did come with the bubble screensaver. Do your bloody research!

To me windows 7 will always be in many ways the best windows ever made.

2:50 - yes me too, I was growing with poor PC, when I'm 7th grade I manage to install the PC, helping others to install Windows 7, while I myself using Windows XP with aero theme patch because I was so poor 😅😅

You appear to have installed an older version of Firefox but when I installed the (almost) latest ESR, which is already in Firefox Proton, it works perfectly fine.

Why did you install an old version of firefox?

I had to go to Windows 7, because XP did not support Google apps like Facebook and Facebook Messenger. Windows 7 enables me to use both. BUT Windows 7 "libraries" drive me mad. I never know where stuff is stored. It was so straightforward on XP.

I'm so SICK of windows 10 keep changing my settings!!! I uninstall edge then windows installs it again. I set my default video player and WIndows changes it AGAIN ect.... I still love windows 7 ❤❤

I will never forget the win7

I'm still using Windows 7. Absolutely perfect OS. I will probably upgrade to Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 1807 in mid 2024

Anyone remember the community connect 4 wallpapers that school computers would always have? (It had an icon of a 4 with an asterisk shape in the middle).

The fact that even today Windows 7 is still usable with minimal distraction and bugs, made Windows 11 a piss poor effort of an "operating" system from MS. The visual bugs appear the moment it boots from a fresh installation. Unforgivable.

Why not use Windows 7 Pro alongside Sandboxie? I think it would be safe. I was forced to use Windows 10 after upgrading all my hardware. I still think Windows 7 is the best of all Windows.

06:06 Did you actually just encourage users to use non-licensed Microsoft software? IJS that’s probably not wise…..but I do agree with most of your points, especially Linux :)

Despite it being a laptop, I don’t think you can do much with the graphics. Try upgrading the processor, and Ram! I have an Optiplex 755 that had a Core 2 Duo and 4GB ddr2 ram. I upgraded the processor to a core 2 quad, which is literally a core 2 duo with 2 more cores on a chip. I added an older nvidia gt 1030, and performance was unbelievable for this 2007 machine. It’s still rocking a 500GB HDD, and 667 ddr2 ram, but using Firefox and chrome, it’s as fast as my windows 11 computer. There’s barely any differences. These old machines are good paths to take instead of certain Chromebooks

This is my hobby room computer and it is still on Win7 and doing just fine. I don't even remember when I installed it on this machine. Before I moved here eight years ago, so it's been running fine for over eight years solid, nearly every day. None of my RL info has ever been typed into it so the risk is zero beyond having to swap a hard drive and reinstall. I use it to watch YT and other sites while I do my hobbies. It can run 3.1 for all I care.

I upgraded my old windows 7 laptop a couple years back, and it was the worst decision I ever made - now you can’t do anything on it because it is just so slow.

I grew up on Windows 7! This is still my favorite OS of all time! I miss windows 7. I wish they still supported it!

I use Win7, but EndeavourOS is my primary, btw. Abandoned Win10 spyware OS and never going back.

still using windows 7 till this day, trying to find a perfact operating system for me tho

Yes windows through this day comes with 6 different editions and there performances index score is still there but it has been moved from the control panel

I have windows 7 on one desktop for many older software, but I also have a 2nd desktop with windows 10 pro for up-to-date software like latest version of virtual dj. I just don't use win 7 for the internet any more.

I do agree with you, when I started using computers I started with windows 7 and I an instant I absolutly fell in love it, it runned to much smoother than any other windoes version I believe more smoother than windows 10 and 11

OMG I also used to download themes on my Win XP pc too just to make it look like Vista. Nice times !

I hopped from Windows 7 to Windows 11 by bypassing the TPM security. But after using it the updates wouldn't so their thing, every time Windows 11 updated, it failed and had to revert back every single time I restarted it. I couldn't handle it anymore and just downgraded to the good old Windows 7. Currently, its fast, amazing, beautiful, I have a good anti-virus. So thats about it! Not gonna lie Windows 11 iz amazing, but my PC just doesn't wanna cooperate with it.

I have 2 Windows 7 PCs. One of them is a Dell Latitude E5400. CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26 GHz (Penryn/45nm) RAM: 2 GB DDR2-800 Graphics: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500 Storage: Toshiba 200 GB SATA HDD 4200 rpm (2.5mm/9.5mm height) The other one is a Sony VAIO 14. CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 2.53 GHz (Penryn/45nm) RAM: 2 GB DDR3 Graphics: NVIDIA GeFORCE G210M 1 GB Storage: Western Digital 250 GB SATA HDD 5400 rpm (2.5"/7.0mm height)

Still using Win 7 watching this vid on asus pk5 se motherboard, 2 gigs ram, 9800gtx+,500 gigabyte drive.

I use windows 7 on an old laptop at work, surf the web constantly and download all kinds of flies. I ran a virus scan the other day and ZERO viruses/malware were found.

In the era of windows 7, MS still had a test team, with 10 and 11 they got rid of it because it was cheaper to test the stuff on consumers pc, that’s why it’s a shit show right now

og homies remember the "windows vista/7 transformation packs" for xp. and yes, i was super jealous of people with vista and later 7 because aero looked magnitudes more eye pleasing. those were the days!

Very nice video! Very detailed and very good to watch! New subscriber here 😃

if you have the updates till 2023, get 0patch to keep updated

I love how Windows 7 used to accept EVERY single color you added to it, disabling Aero it could be very soft or very strong colors, while with Aero, it also accepted most colors too, and now on Windows 11, if you try to add a very deep blue to you task bar windows say the color is not supported. You know something is wrong when the newest system has silly limitations like this that the older system never had from the very release day. Windows 7 overall is a excellency level MS should ALWAYS aim for, in every single aspect ofit. I'm tired of receiving new Windows versions that slooooowly update functions, the fact that the Control panel from VISTA is still present in 11, and they slowly add one or two features every now and then to the new config menu, while they keep focusing fucking AI co-pilot integration instead of focusing on making the system consistent also annoys me to a level. I miss the times where you waited 5 years for a new Windows, and when it was released, it was also CONSISTENT instead of small improvements over the previous versions. W11 in a lot of ways feels more like a downgrade when I revisit Windows 7 which is insane. And mate, we still are installing themes and baking stuff on Windows 11 to make it look like Windows 7. Aero is beautiful, MS ditched it, and what we have now is a poor flat imitation of that. Even the start menu that has a bit of it remaining there has so little transparency, it's like a joke. Want to see for yourself? Disable the transparency effects from your windows. And you'll see ALMOST no difference. AT ALL.

Thank god dual boot save me. I can play both windows 7 and windows 10.

I still use Windows 7 and still works fine for me.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 used to be slow and bloated. I could never get used to it since I rely on hardware which ran perfectly fine on Windows XP

win 7 commercial updates also stopped, if you use some unofficial win 7 you will get updates from third party from windows updates

If we're being fair, there's both a "Home" link (above where he initially clicked on "Documents") and an up arrow button right next to the address bar that does exactly what he wanted, also IIRC ALT+Up or CTRL+Up also work. Seems to be more a case of unfamiliarity more than anything. The broken links are hilariously terrible though

The pegion and the turtle ship walpaer were so cool at the time

6:14 no, Windows 10 converts windows 7 licenses into digital keys, and they're fully activated. Despite all the rumours going around recently about it shutting down

somewhere a critical system is still being updated by floppy disk.. a multi million contract does not distinguish between windows xp and 11.. and so I am happy with windows 7...

There is 7 versions of windows 7 called windows posready7 that I have and still receiving windows security updates

Microsoft just needs to remaster windows 7 rather than developing crap windows 10 and 11

If "support" for Windows 7 stopped ages ago, why do I get updates every week?

Windows 7 and Windows XP were great. Maybe we just feeling nostalgic

I still use Windows 7 - but not online! I have Linux Mint, and Bodhi Linux, as my Daily Drivers! I have Windows 10 on a "Micro-Mini" PC to run a Digital Art Tablet ONLY!