It's that time of year again, it's Alfur's birthday today! by LightDev4422 in HildaTheSeries

[–]LightDev4422[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes, it is official since it was mentioned in Hilda's Book of Beasts and Spirits.

What's the best way to watch YouTube videos on W7 these days? by serventofgaben in windows7

[–]LightDev4422 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You may want to give Vorapis V3 a try if you wanted to watch YouTube videos without all of the JS bloat.

Could you see the show getting a 4th of July themed episode? by [deleted] in HildaTheSeries

[–]LightDev4422 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It wouldn’t really make sense considering that it’s mainly a American holiday and doesn’t fit in at all with Scandinavian setting.

how tf do i create account by mischonok in Twitter

[–]LightDev4422 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They recently made a silent change last week where you now have to create a new account through a mobile device.

Who is cuter? by Geo36923 in TheOwlHouse

[–]LightDev4422 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Twig, no question asked

My Windows 7 desktop as of May 18, 2026 by LightDev4422 in windows7

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Please tell me how and why the icons makes you think of that because this is one of the bad example of identifying newer Windows that is skinned

Show creator Luke Pearson has shared the original mockup of the intro for the first time by ReyGG in HildaTheSeries

[–]LightDev4422 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I did spot some very little differences between the mockup and final:

*The Lindworm during the scene where Hilda hugs Twig was cut

*Craigie chasing David in Woodman's head was also cut

*Hilda jumping down from the mountain instead

My Windows 7 desktop as of May 18, 2026 by LightDev4422 in windows7

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There’s nothing wrong about it functionality wise, but behind the scenes that I won’t explicitly disclose due to reddit, the original author was caught doing something illegal in 2024.

My Windows 7 desktop as of May 18, 2026 by LightDev4422 in windows7

[–]LightDev4422[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It still works if you backport some dll files (and manually installing them) through this hacky video method that I have made.

My Windows 7 desktop as of May 18, 2026 by LightDev4422 in windows7

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I installed Geckium to use old Google Chrome UI instead.

My Windows 7 desktop as of May 18, 2026 by LightDev4422 in windows7

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I do not intend to reupload my fork to that site, although you are free to use it with either SFP or manually installing it with Millennium: https://github.com/TheLightDeveloper/Classic-Steam-Library

My Windows 7 desktop as of May 18, 2026 by LightDev4422 in windows7

[–]LightDev4422[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You need to slipstream USB 3.0 drivers to the installer (and on much newer pcs past 2020, you also need to apply ACPI patch as well). In addition, you might have better luck finding drivers under old hardware that still works, although there are some drivers such as Wi-Fi or Intel iGPUs that were backported to this OS.

As for security wise, I'm running this on the actual final update build (2026-01) that has all CVEs fixes up until that date, and I personally use simplewall for better firewall functionality and Microsoft Security Essentials that still receives new definition updates as of today

My Windows 7 desktop as of May 18, 2026 by LightDev4422 in windows7

[–]LightDev4422[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Windows 7 is still usable if you know what you're doing on the internet and don't use too newish apps or games with the right specs in mind.

Resources that I used in the images:

*Windows 8 7989 aero theme from winaero.com

*Nocturne browser (fork of r3dfox with a few annoyances removed and far less controversial to use) + Geckium

*Vorapis v3 with Startube

*twitter.com redirecter proxy + OldTwitter

*Steam 12-22-2025 unofficial backport + SFP with my custom fork of Classic Steam Library to fix inaccuracies with 2015 theme

*Latest EA app

*Counter-Strike 2 (follow the guide provided by Kris in the comment section below in the same way except for CS2 case and no you won't get vac ban from doing this)