BebuLamar

I know the newest version doesn't work. The firefox website said so.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

TheShoe Loc: Lacey, WA

Use a 15 year old browser

BebuLamar

The copy of Windows 7 I used to install it has the internet explorer 8 which is about that old and nope it doesn't work. It's the websites that refuse to connect to it.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

There may be third party anti-malware softwares that support it, but otherwise, Win 7 is not safe on the Internet. It is no longer supported with security updates from Microsoft.

BebuLamar

I know but then so what. I just want to use Win 7.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Do you have any personal information on the computer that you would not want stolen or destroyed?

BebuLamar

I have no personal information on it. Besides they can destroy all the data I can reinstall everything fairly quickly.

AirWalter Loc: Tipp City, Ohio

Myself and others are still using older systems on some of their older machines because we have programs that are still very important to us and we do not want to loose the use and pleasure of them just because Microsoft attempts to force people to use newer OS's so that they can make more money. If they wanted to they could come out with new systems as often as they wanted to, but make them so they would still operate older programs that people have spent an awful lot of money on and still enjoy very much.

AirWalter Loc: Tipp City, Ohio

I have 3 computers that have Windows 10 and one is getting ready to go to Windows 11 even though 10 isn't that old. My other 3 systems are still running Windows 7; and they are perfectly safe to run on the internet. The problem is that most do not know how to run certain programs on Windows 7 in order to block and stop things on the internet that will put bad things on their computers, and they think they can just click on everything that is on the internet. As far as Microsoft's so-called security programs, I learned a very long time ago, that they are not very good at doing their job at all. I haven't run any of MS's programs for security for at least 2 decades, and my computers are running just fine, sometimes a little slower, but clean from junk, bad programs, and malware, and virus problems. My virus and internet program for years has been ESET; a very good program for banking and anything else, and it is still being used on Windows 10. Until a few months ago it ran on my Windows 7 machines, but they finally stopped supporting on 7, so my Windows 7 machines are now back to using Kaspersky. Those of you that just laughed and swallowed a bunch of air and fell to the floor can get back up now. There isn't a thing wrong with Kaspersky, Russia isn't using it to spy on us like some Microsoft and Google programs. In the past ESET and Kaspersky were always tested along with other programs, and were always were rated in the top 3 places. I can truely say that I never had problems while using ESET or Kaspersky. The other programs that I have used and still use them are Malwarebytes and CCleaner. The secret is to know how to run them, and what extra things they have added not to run. So stop telling people that Windows 7 isn't safe; just learn how to safely run it.

AirWalter Loc: Tipp City, Ohio

I'm sorry Burke; you may be a knowledgeable photographer, but you don't know much about keeping computers safe to operate.

BebuLamar

I don't know but by removing Kaspersky from a Windows XP machine I made it run 10 times faster.

AirWalter Loc: Tipp City, Ohio

Are you sure you aren't thinking about NORTON back then?

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

I only worked in IT for about five years, leading database development projects. I've seen first hand what happens when weak network security administrators don't secure Windows. We had over 100 PCs in our photo lab to re-format and re-provision due to two malware invasions. One of those instances cost us three full days of production during our busy season. It started when the president's secretary at our home office passed on a Word document containing the malware. Within hours, we were dead in the water. Within a day after we recovered, the network security person was gone.

The average computer user doesn't care much about security. They just want to use old software forever. Hence the caution. In the right hands, yes, a Win7 PC can be made safe, but most users don't worry about it enough.

Our IT manager once did a demo for managers, where he put an unprotected "honey pot" PC outside the firewall. It took just under 15 minutes for it to be infected with three different types of malware. Y'all be careful out there. Wrap that rascal.

BebuLamar

It's Kapersky.