/lwt/ Legacy Windows Thread Thread paste no.1 - will be tweaked accordingly with new info and tools

Remmber to post the thread number, usually found in the first few posts of the previous thread.

OP:
Feel free to share any tips and tricks here on using Windows past its EoL date, such as alternative browsers and ways to bypass software artificially blocking legacy Windows systems.
Post your projects, devices, and setups.

Remember, Windows 10 and 11 are user hostile operating systems. 

(credits to pirate anon for the info below)

Installing Windows 7 from scratch:
1. Grab the latest Simplix updatepack torrent here: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:220BC5F3B03D831115DF2958885EDC165E45043A
2. Grab yer Win7 ISO of your choice from: https://massgrave.dev/windows_7_links.html
3. Drag yer Windows7.ISO onto the Simplix.exe file. It will integrate all updates, including NVME, and USB3 drivers into it. Learn some pirate tunes, it'll take a while.
4. Prepare a USB Flash Disquette with Ventoy and copy the patched .ISO file to it. Rufus also works 
5. Boot & install! Talk like a pirate while yer' doin' it! ARRRR!!!
6. Grab this script from Github: https://github.com/Strappazzon/teleme7ry
7. Run the script to remove telemetry from yer installation
7. YES! 7! AGAIN! Install Simplewall from https://www.henrypp.org/product/simplewall for security!
7! AHHAHAHAAAHAHAAA SEVEN!!! Tweak to your heart's desire!

Activation-related scripts:
https://github.com/fzlzjerry/BypassESU-v11/blob/main/Wim-Integration.cmd
https://github.com/Alex313031/Snippets/tree/main/WIN7
https://github.com/gatoslu/KMS-VL-ALL-CMD
https://github.com/Alex313031/Snippets/raw/main/Windows_Loader_v2.2.2.zip
https://github.com/Dir3ctr1x/EzWindSLIC
* My personal way of doing it is Windows 7 Professional SP1 with KMS-VL-ALL

Wufuc:
Disables the "Unsupported Hardware" message in Windows Update, and allows you to continue installing updates on Windows 7 and 8.1 systems with Intel Kaby Lake, AMD Ryzen, or other unsupported processors.
Inactive project, though it still works fine.
https://github.com/chipsi007/wufuc - Use for info, download from https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/wufuc.html
* github download link is down, use the majorgeeks link

*Wufuc has had some mentions of being a bit unreliable, you can try out P-lider as an alternative: 
https://github.com/p-lider/WuaCpuFix

VKD3Don7: being a fork of vkd3d-proton, aims to provide support for the Windows® 7 operating system.
https://github.com/Mantamaehne/VKD3Don7
* experimental software

WinAPICoreHack:
Allows you to use modern software otherwise blocked on w7 such as blender and stable diffusion, fixes a lot of games which won't launch.
https://github.com/nalexandru/api-ms-win-core-path-HACK

Windows 7 API Extensions:
https://github.com/vxiiduu/VxKex
* experimental software

Patches:
https://hackandpwn.com/windows-7-esu-patching/
https://github.com/HackAndPwn/Windows-7-Patching
Once these updates are installed on top of an up-to-date Windows 7 SP1 installation, the OS has been completely updated with hotfixes and optional features. All of these updates can be found on this GitHub repository: Windows 7 Patching.

Windows 7 theme for Linux users on KDE Plasma:
https://gitgud.io/wackyideas/aerothemeplasma

Latest working official Firefox (117.x) :
>[Localized] * https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/2023/07/2023-07-14-09-41-20-mozilla-central-l10n/
>[English] * https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/2023/07/2023-07-14-09-41-20-mozilla-central/
* Only download the "...win32.zip" or "...win64.zip" releases for 32- and 64-Bit respectively, the installer blocks older operating systems.

Latest working official Chromium (109.x) :
>[Ungoogled] * https://github.com/macchrome/winchrome/releases/tag/v109.5414.120-M109.0.5414.120-r1070088-Win64
>[Regular] * https://github.com/Hibbiki/chromium-win64/releases/tag/v109.0.5414.120-r1070088
* Releases are 64-Bit only.


===[ Windows Vista ]===
Windows Vista Enterprise SP2 x64:
https://archive.org/details/WinVistaEnterpriseSP2x64
Process of activation:
1. type cscript slmgr.vbs -skms kms.cangshui.net in an elevated command prompt
2. type cscript slmgr.vbs -upk
3. type cscript slmgr.vbs -ipk VKK3X-68KWM-X2YGT-QR4M6-4BWMV
4. type cscript slmgr.vbs -ato

DONE! Your Vista is activated

Windows Vista Ultimate x64 ISO
---THIS ISO IS AN UPGRADE EDITION FOR WINDOWS XP---
https://archive.org/details/win-vista-ultimate-x64


===[ Windows XP ]===
Instal iso for build 3301:
https://archive.org/details/windows-xp-build-3301
Product key(Needs testing): 3D2W3-8DJM6-YKQRB-B2XDB-TVQHF

Various SP install iso's, product keys found in description:
https://archive.org/details/windows-xp-all-sp-msdn-iso-files-en-de-ru-tr-x86-x64

download XP+SATA driver.
https://archive.org/details/en_windows_xp_professional_sp3_nov_2013_incl_sata_drivers_202111

Firefox version 48 32-Bit:
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/48.0/win32/en-US/Firefox%20Setup%2048.0.exe
Firefox version 48 64-Bit:
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/48.0/win64/en-US/Firefox%20Setup%2048.0.exe


===[ Browser ]===
And here, some forks of interest.

Supermium, a Chromium fork, patching new versions to keep support for older operating systems :
>https://github.com/win32ss/supermium
Thorium, a Chromium fork, heavily optimized:
>https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium-win7
Mercury, a Firefox fork, heavily optimized:
>https://github.com/Alex313031/Mercury
MyPal and RoyTam's browsers:
>https://github.com/feodor2/mypal68
>http://rtfreesoft.blogspot.com/


===[ Update ]===
Legacy update for all your needs: 	Compatible with Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, Server 2003, 2008, 2012 (including Server R2 variants)
https://legacyupdate.net/
