With my 'love' for Windows 10 spread over this blog in recent months, it won't come as a great surprise for loyal readers that I was very glad to run into this MakeUseOf article, explaining how one can freely download various versions of Windows builds, including good old Windows 7 from the Microsoft Website!
For those who find this official path for installing the aging Windows 7 interesting, 3 pointers:
1) Pay attention that the article has a little error, and that the code they suggest interweaving into Microsoft's website (using the browser's console in a very simple manner) should be taken from another place - the original pastebin of the people who worked on this hack.
2) you need to really dislike Windows 10 to be willing to fight the drivers war that new hardware may require for Windows 7 to properly work.
1) Pay attention that the article has a little error, and that the code they suggest interweaving into Microsoft's website (using the browser's console in a very simple manner) should be taken from another place - the original pastebin of the people who worked on this hack.
2) you need to really dislike Windows 10 to be willing to fight the drivers war that new hardware may require for Windows 7 to properly work.
3) Having the software build and using it legally are two completely different things. You will need to legally obtain a Windows 7 product key. For that purpose, check the following ZDNET article.
Don't want to use a key ? Then why use Windows at all ?
Don't want to use a key ? Then why use Windows at all ?
Other people who for some reason like Windows 10, may also be excited about this item. Why? Because this gives you access to many more builds of Windows 8 and Windows 10 from Microsoft's own website. They don't officially give you that option, but they can't be completely against a hack that is running around the web for about 6 months now.
Want to know how many builds? check out the following combined droplist from Microsoft's techbench, as is displayed using the hack. If you inspect the scrollbar you can guess how many screen shots were used in the making of this combined droplist, and realize its length...
update, 12/5/2020:
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| Windows editions that can actually be downloaded from Microsoft.com |
update, 12/5/2020:
I won't be a surprise to anyone to learn that as far as windows usage goes, like everyone else, I too succumbed to Windows 10. No longer needing windows 7 installations, meant I did not check this post for a long time. But a friend asking If I still had a Windows 7 installation cd around naturally revived the memory of this post, and the sad discovery that it no longer works. No worries, Windows7 fans - there is still a solution, as described in this newer post: Downloading windows 7 in modern times.
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