I am 100% sure this guy has all the good intentions, but from a security perspective, I don't know if it is any better than a completely unpatched Windows 7 ISO.
Archive.org link in the first has a torrent link.
https://dl.bobpony.com/windows/unofficial/Win_7_ESU_AiO_x64_...
The Vista torrent is there already https://archive.org/download/en_windows_vista_sp2_with_updat...
EDIT: somehow people seem to think I'm defending MS here. I'm not, I'm concurring that MS willingly turned Windows to shit (by moving it to the B team) because they thought they could earn more money elsewhere (and they were right). I don't like it, but I bet the people who got filthy rich over it do.
Is this a new phenomena? Stocks aren't new. Why is the modern market treated like this? Did Henry Ford make his vehicles shitter to increase his stock value?
You should really really read about Dodge vs. Ford case. It all started with that case.
You’re just being controversial.
That’s not a strong enough reason to downvote someone.
After all, you might be part of a silent majority!
Compared to that, Windows 8 was misguided but not a strong attempt at disrespecting user consent.
Looking at macOS 26, it's hard not to compare it visually to Vista given the transparency emphasis. Hopefully in a few years an Alan Dye-free Apple will move in a different direction.
MS didn't lose sight of anything. They've been after the money for a while, and they just followed the money.
I don't like what Microsoft has done, but I annoyingly admit they're doing what's in the best interest of their bank balance.
I wasn't aware of that, what are you referring to?
Tangent: I miss MSDN AA
I too distinctly remember the times I earned my money cleaning up malware, and a few times the root cause was someone using pre-cracked install media from some shady torrent.
Is there any reason that downloading this is more legal than downloading the latest Hollywood movie?
Windows ISOs with updates being baked in by third parties (usually computer magazines) has been a thing for well over a decade, ever since MS ceased to do Service Packs. So the pure act of distributing an ISO that hasn't been modified other than applying the official update packages should have enough precedence on the side of distribution being allowed that MS won't be able to do much more than maybe sending a nastygram your way.
What you definitely shouldn't do though is pre-crack the ISOs... but I doubt Microsoft even cares about that at this point. Massgrave (a very popular collection of activators for everything from Windows through Office) is hosted on Github.
Unlike earlier times, MS doesn't (need to) care about piracy any more, at least not from private users. The real revenue comes from enterprise and government contracts and, most importantly, the cloud.
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