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Windows 7 laptop dated back in 2008

Anonymous
2024-07-25T12:54:41+00:00

Hi, I have a laptop I haven't used in years. Won't windows update an keeps saying it isn't connected to internet. Is this laptop ready to toss. Or can it be fixed. It's a decade outdated. An sure windows 7 is dead by now.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-07-26T08:27:52+00:00

    Would it be even worth it to upgrade to 8.1 or windows 10?

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-07-25T22:42:42+00:00

    Windows Update requires TLS 1.2 enabled as of January 2021.

    https://support.microsoft.com/help/3140245

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-07-25T20:10:17+00:00

    Hello. Yes the laptop would not beable to update on Windows 7 because the servers was taken down a long time ago. You can Try installing Windows 8.1 on it but you would need to install a program called poweriso because Windows 7 did not mount .iso disks. The thing is tho just to let you know the hard drive on that laptop maybe worth something to a data recovery specialist. I seen older 1TB hdds go for a good $. The advantage of Win 7 is if you had MS office installed on it that would be awsome because it is the offline version of office. Other than that it is a paper weight like my older 2014 acer aspire F-15 but even my acer can run Windows 10/11. I just do not use my acer any more because it is sooo slow. haha.

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    Computers older than 18 moths prior to the release of 11 are not suitable to run Windows 11.

    Straight from Microsoft:

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/can-i-upgrade-from-windows-7-to-windows-11/10ad4817-501b-42d4-8beb-411b383052ac

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-07-25T20:05:28+00:00

    Hi, I have a laptop I haven't used in years. Won't windows update an keeps saying it isn't connected to internet. Is this laptop ready to toss. Or can it be fixed. It's a decade outdated. An sure windows 7 is dead by now.

    You have been told to install 8.1.

    8.1 is an unsupported operating system.

    And 8.1 and 10 are not for free and are no longer sol;d by Microsoft.

    Support and Updates for 7 ended in 2020.

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  5. MR_MEOW 3,536 Reputation points
    2024-07-25T15:23:08+00:00

    Hello. Yes the laptop would not beable to update on Windows 7 because the servers was taken down a long time ago. You can Try installing Windows 8.1 on it but you would need to install a program called poweriso because Windows 7 did not mount .iso disks. The thing is tho just to let you know the hard drive on that laptop maybe worth something to a data recovery specialist. I seen older 1TB hdds go for a good $. The advantage of Win 7 is if you had MS office installed on it that would be awsome because it is the offline version of office. Other than that it is a paper weight like my older 2014 acer aspire F-15 but even my acer can run Windows 10/11. I just do not use my acer any more because it is sooo slow. haha.

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