I have a thin client that I use to interface with my 3d printer and other stuff that is not compatible with my laptop's OS (Linux).
Honestly I think Windows 10 is not necessary for what I need this thin client for.
What do I lose from doing this? My main worry is that the hardware might not be compatible with Windows 7.
I don't care about viruses, I'll likely not be connecting to the Internet with this.
Any advice?
You lose nothing. Anyone who says otherwise is a certified MicroNigger.
The hardware is likely compatible with Windows 7, depending on CPU.
Other than that, you won't lose out on anything.
>My main worry is that the hardware might not be compatible with Windows 7.
>Any advice?
Try a virtual machine. If it your 3D printer works with Win 7, then you're fine.
If the only purpose of that tiny client will be to 3D print shit, you could also try with these midified Windows 7 ISOs like "Tiny Seven", which removes a lot of unused programs/services.
Nigga just buy a pi mini
Based. I've been using shit like Tiny Seven and Mini XP off of flash drives for fucking 20 years to help maintain Windows environments. They still work great.
>Try a virtual machine. If it your 3D printer works with Win 7, then you're fine.
>If the only purpose of that tiny client will be to 3D print shit, you could also try with these midified Windows 7 ISOs like "Tiny Seven", which removes a lot of unused programs/services.
Well actually my machine was designed back when Windows 7 was still the OS. It's pretty old. To even get the hardware to install on Windows 10 I had to fuck around with the signature security settings.
My main worry is that my thin client's hardware isn't compatible (like the USB ports, wireless card, etc.)
>Nigga just buy a pi mini
It basically has to have Windows for my 3d printer to interface with it. I can only have Linux OS on RPi.
If you have a couple of spare HDDs, you don't lose anything.
If the USB ports on the tiny client are USB 2.0, you shouldn't have any problems. If they're 3.0, you may need to download the drivers, which you should find in the respective brand webpage (DELL, HP, etc) just typing the model number of the machine.
what thin client you dumb nigger
check the model and see if it has drivers for Windows7
if not then dont
>If you have a couple of spare HDDs, you don't lose anything.
to try and install**
My bad.
don't do it. i ran an unpatched windows 7 installation with the latest security updates being from 2020 on my main machine. after about 5 months of using it, my machine got hacked by some port vulnerability and they managed to remote shell into my pc stealing my auth cookies and tried logging into every single one of my bank accounts.
Anything else?
all the software that i used stopped getting supported, my nvidia drivers no longer got updates, idk why i kept using it after i got hacked though. there are probably more exploits and vulnerabilities on windows 7 right now, so either upgrade to 10/11 or take the penguin pill
Alright thanks for letting me know to go to 7
you have until 2023 to keep getting some updates, so it's not that bad. alot of the curry nigger pajeets at my work still use it but on an offline machine
>tried logging into every single one of my bank accounts
This obviously failed, right?
just do it2jnnh
yeah, i had 2 factor auth so most of them failed. i still changed all of my passwords though.
I don't give a fuck about so called projected dates. I'm still getting updates for my 98 dialer machines.
I was thinking of Tiny 7 when I saw this thread. Haven't thought about it in a while. Who made it? I know Microsoft has USB bootable solutions that they keep private, is Tiny 7 a leak? Or did some kid just fuck with the Pro ISO?
that's fine. i appreciate a good legacy machine in its entirety. microsoft can burn in hell along with all the other shit skin pajeets and third worlders that work for them