Discussion I'm running a Windows 7 64-bit Pro System Builder Edition licensed to me on an old PC today with no Issues.

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Hi Folks, I have an old PC a Gigabyte 990fxa UD5 with 32 Gb RAM 1600 MHz Hitachi 750 GB Windows Drive with a WD Black 500GB HDD for Games and Apps running today with no crashes or issues of any kind. 1050 Watts Seasonic PSU AMD FX 9370 CPU with aftermarket liquid cooler. My Monitor is a Panasonic 47 Inch LED TV I surf the Internet it is capable of playing about up to more than 100 games, posting on social media performing Microsoft Office tasks with NO issues. No viruses or ransomware attacks etc. It has a GTX EVGA 1050Ti 4GB Video Card from 2016 working adequately. My Router is hardware Firewalled and the Windows 7 Firewall is completely secured. NO attacks viruses etc. It performs as good as or better than Windows 11. With NO support from Microsoft. It works very well even with its limitations with newer drivers and apps. I enjoy the nostalgia of this old OS.
 
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Hi Folks, I have an old PC a Gigabyte 990fxa UD5 with 32 Gb RAM 1600 MHz Hitachi 750 GB Windows Drive with a WD Black 500GB HDD for Games and Apps running today with no crashes or issues of any kind. 1050 Watts Seasonic PSU AMD FX 9370 CPU with aftermarket liquid cooler. My Monitor is a Panasonic 47 Inch LED TV I surf the Internet it is capable of playing about up to more than 100 games, posting on social media performing Microsoft Office tasks with NO issues. No viruses or ransomware attacks etc. It has a GTX EVGA 1050Ti 4GB Video Card from 2016 working adequately. My Router is hardware Firewalled and the Windows 7 Firewall is completely secured. NO attacks viruses etc. It performs as good as or better than Windows 11. With NO support from Microsoft. It works very well even with its limitations with newer drivers and apps. I enjoy the nostalgia of this old OS.
It's W10 compatible, my 8650 used to run W10 just fine and so did much older and poorer systems like Intel Core 2 Duo. In some aspects even better than W7 and more secure. Same with present HP laptop with dual core CPU an 8GB of RAM. Only new thing is SSD instead of HDD. Unless you feel nostalgic no reason not to upgrade to W10.
 
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Thank you Sir, This PC will run W10 and W11 with no issues. The CPU has the SSE 4.2 Instruction Set. I really enjoy the W7 environment. It's like driving a classic car. Cheers from the old school PC builder and Gamer.
 
Just food for thought, with all of the modern technology these days why are so many people having so many problems and issues with the brand new PC's??? It keeps sites like this in business I guess. The last AM4 build I put together 3 yrs ago is still running well. Its setup for auto overclocking in gaming environments and is very fast with every day office apps and productivity programs. The owner has not been back yet for repairs.
 
Just food for thought, with all of the modern technology these days why are so many people having so many problems and issues with the brand new PC's??? It keeps sites like this in business I guess. The last AM4 build I put together 3 yrs ago is still running well. Its setup for auto overclocking in gaming environments and is very fast with every day office apps and productivity programs. The owner has not been back yet for repairs.
Brand new PCs and brand new technology, BIOS and drivers not yet ironed out from errors. My 2 year old motherboard and already 15+ BIOS versions and updates and that's for only 2 Ryzen generation, AM4 had at least 3 main generations. People are less interested in actual technology, everything has to be served at silver platter. Non-fixable portable devices became powerful enough to provide more than enough of to cover more than just basic computing needs. Very few of us "oldtimers" left (I'm 77) and working with computers way before PC let alone with advanced technology..
 
Thank you Sir, I appreciate and respect your knowledge and expertise. I am still a youngster I'm 61 and still learning about today's technology. I appreciate and respect the other professional people here who share their knowledge and skills as well. I have enjoyed this site from way back when it began. I am grateful if I can help someone to get their PC up and running well again.
 
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Hi Folks, I have an old PC running Windows 7 64 Bit Microsoft Licensed System Builder Edition on a 2013 Gigabyte 990fxa UD5 with 32 Gb RAM 1600 MHz Hitachi 750 GB Windows Drive with a WD Black 500GB HDD for Games and Apps running today with no crashes or issues of any kind. 1050 Watts Seasonic PSU AMD FX 9370 CPU with aftermarket liquid cooler. My Monitor is a Panasonic 47 Inch LED TV I surf the Internet it is capable of playing about up to more than 100 games, posting on social media performing Microsoft Office tasks with NO issues. No viruses or ransomware attacks etc.

It has a GTX EVGA 1050Ti 4GB Video Card from 2016 working adequately. My Router is hardware Firewalled and the Windows 7 Firewall is completely secured. NO attacks viruses etc. It performs as good as or better than Windows 11. With NO support from Microsoft. It works very well even with its limitations with newer drivers and apps. I enjoy the nostalgia of this old OS.
 
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Windows 7 64 Bit Microsoft Licensed System Builder Edition on a 2013 Gigabyte 990fxa UD5
The 990FXA is fairly modern gear. I still keep a few machines from 2006 running XP, for use with the original software supplied with a Nikon LS 5000ED and SF 210 slide feeder. I scanned in 44,000 Kodachrome and a few Velvia/Provia. Took a while.
https://www.scandig.de/filmscanner/nikon/nikon-ls5000.html?language=en


My Router is hardware Firewalled and the Windows 7 Firewall is completely secured.
I run pfSense firewall on a small Fujitsu Futro S900 computer, followed by a Netgear Prosafe firewall with fall back provision, but I wouldn't say my system was 100% secure. There's always the risk I might click on a link to a compromised web site, or allow something else through by mistake.
https://www.pfsense.org/


I have been into photography since 12 (1969)
My first camera (Voigtlander) which I still have. Used mainly with FP4. Switched to AE-1, then A1's. Now 5DMk4's.
https://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Vito_B

My nephew still shoots film.

It performs as good as or better than Windows 11.
I'm still debating what to do with all my old machines (currently running Windows 10) on October 14. My third home computer from way back came with Windows 2.

I installed Windows 11 with Rufus on an AMD FM2 A8-5600K (launched October 2012) and it works OK in 16GB RAM. The first thing I added was Classic Shell for the Windows 7 desktop, but I may try alternatives.

In fact the only computer game I ever liked was Hocus Pocus
For me it was Elite on the Beeb.:)
 
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I thought in the beginning it would be an enjoyable experiment to get an old OS up and running not as my main OS, but to have an experience like driving a classic car. You take it out for a drive once in a while. Then it gets parked once again. Today I am using a modern PC with Windows 11 24H2 and modern Office apps and games etc. I am an old school PC builder and gamer but I do keep up with today's technology. I have been in this business for 35 yrs.