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Death of Windows7?
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<blockquote data-quote="poirotz" data-source="post: 854555" data-attributes="member: 76297"><p>I hear a lot of advice these days about the need of 'upgrading' to Windows10 as a measure of security,but i think all this fanfare is -perhaps- greatly exaggerated.</p><p>Personally i have my main desktop pc with Windows7pro 64, running with a wufuc git-hub software to cope with AMD Ryzen5 six processors,a pc which i have diligently updated almost to the </p><p></p><p>end, but avoiding the last update mainly dealing to install W10.</p><p></p><p>I have two other notebooks with Windows7, one 64 bit and the other 32 bit, another laptop with Windows 8.1 and also a Lenovo Ideapad300 which</p><p>came with Windows 10 three years ago.</p><p> The latter in the beginning gave me a really hard time with sudden, unavoidable updates leading to stoppage and losses,but i have learnt to tame it now and i admit it has become a little </p><p></p><p>better with latest editions.</p><p>Not enough to prompt me to 'upgrade' the various W7 machines i run very satisfactorily up to now,though, not even free of charge.</p><p></p><p>May I add that I use a lot the Windows10 notebook, but simply because in it I run VirtualBox with a couple of Mint editions that i use when i need either more security or privacy,both in </p><p></p><p>VPN fashion.</p><p></p><p>I dont feel the need to run any VB with my main Windows7pro pc,however, which has the following protections:</p><p>1-Imaging</p><p>2-Kaspersky Internet Security </p><p>3-NVT ExeRadar antiexecutable</p><p>4-Sandboxie</p><p>5-ShadowDefender</p><p></p><p>My idea is that, having 2,3,4 and 5 running -and using either Kaspersky SafeMoney or a special hardened sandbox of Sandboxie to make deals-plus a dedicated browser, from a security point </p><p></p><p>of view there's nothing missing in comparison to Windows10.</p><p></p><p>The only missing thing is the nuisance of forced updates and telemetry.</p><p></p><p>I plan to use Windows7 at least for another couple of years with no fuss as the aired warnings about the impending disaster of having no more updates seems to me like the fire holograms in </p><p></p><p>Planet of the Apes: i know people running Windows7 who never updated in five years and were never touched by malware simply by running one software- Shadow Defender.</p><p></p><p>With the mentioned protections in place,or similar in function, I didnt get any malware in the past 13 years.</p><p></p><p>I suspect (please dont correct me its a joke) that,security wise-if there still were programs for it,one could even use Windows98.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="poirotz, post: 854555, member: 76297"] I hear a lot of advice these days about the need of 'upgrading' to Windows10 as a measure of security,but i think all this fanfare is -perhaps- greatly exaggerated. Personally i have my main desktop pc with Windows7pro 64, running with a wufuc git-hub software to cope with AMD Ryzen5 six processors,a pc which i have diligently updated almost to the end, but avoiding the last update mainly dealing to install W10. I have two other notebooks with Windows7, one 64 bit and the other 32 bit, another laptop with Windows 8.1 and also a Lenovo Ideapad300 which came with Windows 10 three years ago. The latter in the beginning gave me a really hard time with sudden, unavoidable updates leading to stoppage and losses,but i have learnt to tame it now and i admit it has become a little better with latest editions. Not enough to prompt me to 'upgrade' the various W7 machines i run very satisfactorily up to now,though, not even free of charge. May I add that I use a lot the Windows10 notebook, but simply because in it I run VirtualBox with a couple of Mint editions that i use when i need either more security or privacy,both in VPN fashion. I dont feel the need to run any VB with my main Windows7pro pc,however, which has the following protections: 1-Imaging 2-Kaspersky Internet Security 3-NVT ExeRadar antiexecutable 4-Sandboxie 5-ShadowDefender My idea is that, having 2,3,4 and 5 running -and using either Kaspersky SafeMoney or a special hardened sandbox of Sandboxie to make deals-plus a dedicated browser, from a security point of view there's nothing missing in comparison to Windows10. The only missing thing is the nuisance of forced updates and telemetry. I plan to use Windows7 at least for another couple of years with no fuss as the aired warnings about the impending disaster of having no more updates seems to me like the fire holograms in Planet of the Apes: i know people running Windows7 who never updated in five years and were never touched by malware simply by running one software- Shadow Defender. With the mentioned protections in place,or similar in function, I didnt get any malware in the past 13 years. I suspect (please dont correct me its a joke) that,security wise-if there still were programs for it,one could even use Windows98..... [/QUOTE]
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