>Computer running slow
>decide to clean hard drives
>Fresh Install of windows 7
>Find my Windows 7 ultimate key(got at a release party)
>Wanted to tune it up/ customize the OS
>only could do icons and lock screen
>modding for windows 7 seems baron.
ITT: how to improve and customize windows 7 (I want to know how to change everything if possible!)
inb4 install linux.
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Isn't windows 7 deprecated already?
What do you want to change specifically?
>baron
gib wallpaper pls
>(I want to know how to change everything if possible!)
WindowBlinds?
>Improved UI
>Icons and taskbar look better in 4k
>any fixes or programs to improve windows 7
>any fixes to improve speed or remove unneeded features
what you guys recommend
not the one in pic (my image is 14mbs.)
You probably want to start by download a uxtheme patcher so you can use custom themes. They are all over devientart, you'll have to get your hands dirty but there's some legit good themes for Windows 7. The glass stuff still looks cutting edge even today IMO.
Start here:deviantart.com
thanks Sup Forums!
what about for ways to improve performance or spyware/microsoft related spyware removal
Just use Windows 10 LTSB.
Literally developed for banking systems and medical equipment, it doesn't have Cortana botnet or forced updates. Nor will it send data to MS by default, because otherwise companies would be breaching contracts, privacy laws like HIPPA, and opening up massive security holes.
i'll look it up. kinda avoiding windows 10 like cancer, but I got a old asus tf100 i can use it on.
It's better than that.
howtogeek.com
>Because the LTSB version is designed for stability, it’s updated very differently from other builds of Windows 10. Microsoft will never publish a feature update like the Anniversary Update or November Update for Windows 10 LTSB.
>These machines will get security and bugfix updates through Windows Update, but that’s it. Even when Microsoft releases a new version of Windows 10 LTSB with new features, you’ll have to download new Windows 10 LTSB installation media and install or upgrade from the media.
>Windows 10 LTSB will never be automatically updated with new features.
>According to official documentation, Microsoft will typically release a new major version of Windows 10 LTSB every two to three years.
>You can also choose to skip releases–every version of Windows 10 LTSB will be supported with security and stability updates for ten years, according to Microsoft.
>Windows 10 LTSB omits a lot of the new stuff in Windows 10. It doesn’t come with the Windows Store, Cortana, or Microsoft Edge browser. It also omits other Microsoft apps like Calendar, Camera, Clock, Mail, Money, Music, News, OneNote, Sports, and Weather.
>In fact, the default Start menu on Windows 10 LTSB doesn’t even include a single tile. You won’t find any of those new Windows 10 apps installed, aside from the Settings app.
>The Enterprise edition gives you more control over telemetry data sent to Microsoft and when Windows Update installs updates. It also lets you change some special group policy settings, allowing you to disable the lock screen.
>gives you more control over telemetry data
Which is the only thing stopping me from using it
Until MS makes an explicit "OFF" button I'm sticking to 7 and linux
Does this support language packs?
I want that wallpaper
...
By more control, they mean you can disable it completely.
askvg.com
>People suggest to set the option to "0 - Security [Enterprise Only]" to completely disable telemetry and data collection in Windows 10.
>Actually settings telemetry option to "0 - Security" only works on Windows 10 Enterprise (including LTSB), Education, IoT and Server editions.
Yes, Windows 10 LTSB supports language packs. Otherwise people in foreign countries would be unable to use it.
Fuck...
Thank you lol
>People suggest
Those people are outright wrong
MS themselves have published descriptions of the telemetry levels and the Security setting only reduces what's sent, and they say that while still not explicitly stating WHAT is sent, even though they do for the other levels.
>2018
>Using Windows 7
Stop having kiddy porn on your computers. Big Bad Microsoft doesn't care about your pirated movies, shitty family pics, fan fictions or cosplay blueprints.
Fucking autists I swear.
I'm not even the type to defend governments, but about the OS for day to day use, Win 10 is a no brainer.
Honestly, my reason is more based on nostalgia(before that, i used windows xp until 2012) honestly want a bare bones OS but I'm to stupid and rely on windows programs.
Windows 10 is everything Windows 7 is, just MUCH BETTER.
Never a windows have looked this "clean" and sharp. It runs extremely well too (better than 7 if I remember correctly, less RAM & CPU raping I think, not quite sure about this though. But it's AT LEAST equal in terms of performance / strain put on the hardware.)
So yeah, for day to day, go WIN10 and don't look back. Just make sure to take a few minutes to set it up properly and clean it from some junk. Aka data sendings and some bloatware.
> Never a windows have looked this "clean" and sharp.
Just turn effects off.
>my computing experience must have an outdated feel
why not dress in a waistcoat and bowler hat too while we're here
Come on, you're totally forcing it to look like shit.
My Win10 looks nice, with only a the little logo in the bottom left. Black taskbar, black / transparent colors. Looks fucking nice compared to stock Win 7.
And I stopped "customize" my windows a long time ago, i'm not 15 anymore, I don't care that my desktop looks "dope". When the computer is on, I'm playing / on the internet anyway, so no shits given about it.
I love Win 10.
>MS themselves have published descriptions of the telemetry levels and the Security setting only reduces what's sent, and they say that while still not explicitly stating WHAT is sent, even though they do for the other levels.
It's published right here
docs.microsoft.com
>Level 0 - Security: Information that’s required to help keep Windows, Windows Server, and System Center secure, including data about the Connected User Experiences and Telemetry component settings, the Malicious Software Removal Tool, and Windows Defender.
MSRT and Windows Defender are optional/can be uninstalled. "Connected User Experiences and Telemetry" component settings (a.k.a. DiagTrack component settings) are just the settings for telemetry, not telemetry data itself.
If you want more concrete data, then see
softscheck.com
They use MITM and a custom root certificate to decrypt telemetry communications. (They don't use LTSB, so they also get some shit from Cortana.) The worst things they found in the telemetry data were the screen resolution and the type of network connection you had, which is a sign that they don't really send anything noteworthy.
Really though, if you want to completely disable telemetry you can just use one of the tools from MDL forums.
>my computing experience must have an outdated feel
>Come on, you're totally forcing it to look like shit.
Is it /fa/ or fucking what
This UI does its job perfectly and appearance is not certainly the reason I'd ever switch to the new OS
It's even more compact because it doesn't bear huge gaps
>tools from MDL
Any specific ones? Half the programs out there that claim to do anything about telemetry are snake oil
This. I'm still using W7 on my work computer and Debian on my laptop, but I'm looking for an upgrade of the working one. LTSB looks interesting so far.
There are a few different ways to go about it, part of the problem is that what people consider "telemetry" data varies. Here's the main thread
forums.mydigitallife.net
May also be worth looking at
forums.mydigitallife.net
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So you personally do not have any experience with that?
1. install a real os (not windows)
2. at least, don't install deprecated shit
Why linux is better?
Well there's not only linux.
>macOS
>real OS
choose one
>baron
what? you mean barren?
I would install linux Mr reetz
Install Shut Up 10.
>OSX-styled w7
Windows is for work, not for ricing like your Linux toy.
How can you work when your OS doesn't?
t. Pajeets
macOS master race
Facebook in starbucks isn't work
Nor is arranging homo meetups
t. Prakeet Sundeep Singh
How can I get it?
>fagOS