Someone found a way to bypass Windows 7 Extended Security Updates checks
I&#x27;m one of those users holding on to Windows 7 as long as possible, and I&#x27;m really glad that people are also interested and motivated to keep it running for as long as possible.<p>But I recently got a new laptop, a Ryzen 3550H with the Vega 8 iGPU, and then had to discover, that a) there aren&#x27;t any drivers for Vega 8 for Windows 7 and b) my laptop&#x27;s firmware doesn&#x27;t provide any legacy BIOS emulation required to get Windows 7 running (explicitly: INT10H and VBIOS are required by the fallback Windows 7 graphics driver (VGA.sys), which also runs during setup and PE [0]).<p>I&#x27;m glad I recently still got Windows 7 onto desktop, 2nd-gen Ryzen platforms, but I fear that that was one of the last modern PC platforms to be able to run Windows 7.<p>My new laptop now has Windows 10, because I&#x27;m currently developing some windows applications, but once I&#x27;m done with that, it&#x27;s over to Linux.<p>This was my first own PC with Windows 10, and I thought I might have a change of heart, but it&#x27;s truly quite terrible. Subjectively, it doesn&#x27;t feel like a PC with an OS anymore, more like an advanced XBOX with mouse and keyboard.<p>[0]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;reboot.pro&#x2F;topic&#x2F;21108-install-windows-7-at-uefi-graphics-output-protocol-gop-hardware&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;reboot.pro&#x2F;topic&#x2F;21108-install-windows-7-at-uefi-grap...</a><p>EDIT: ...but if anyone finds out how to get Windows 7&#x27;s VGA.sys working with GOP or knows a 3rd party alternative to it, I&#x27;m all ears!