@Guitarmaniac64 I did a little research. Currently, the last working version of Samplitude Pro X8 Suite on Windows 7 x64 is :

Samplitude.Pro.X8.Suite.v19.0.2.23117.x64.Update

 

Latest Kazrog Kclip 3.6 doesn't work on Windows 7. Install goes ok but the plguin freezes and crashes the DAW (Reaper and Live). Kclip 3 works until version 3.5, but none after that

 

The good news is that iZotope RX 10 Audio Editor Advanced v10.5.0 still works and doing fine on Windows 7

 

iZotope RX 11 no longer works on Windows 7

 

I did a little research again, and it turned out that the last version of Kontakt 7 that works on Windows 7 is:

Native.Instruments.Kontakt.PORTABLE.7.v7.8.1.Rev2.WiN-vkDanilov
Great piece of software, there is even a VSTi2 version of this plugin

 

Last edited: Jun 27, 2024

thanks mate

 

@Auen Fred You're welcome, I had some time, so I spent it on something useful.

 

BA Humanoid 1.0 works fine on Win7 x64, though min req is Win10.

 

Sorry, I was wrong, the last working version of Kontakt 7 for Windows 7 is:

Native.Instruments.Kontakt.PORTABLE.7.v7.10.1.WiN-vkDanilov

Nobody corrected me, and I dug a little deeper into this version, and found the Addons folder, which contains the file "Win7 come back.exe",
which allows you to run this version on Windows 7, VSTi2 version of Kontakt 7 is still there

 

And now something about graphics software, Photoshop 2020 is the last version that works on Windows 7
And here are the powerful, free Photoshop scripts and plug-ins that I use https://www.the-orange-box.com/

 

Last edited: Jul 10, 2024

Good news, Windows 7 is still alive, thanks to a small application called VxKex, now you can use Windows 10 apps

 

Last edited: Jul 29, 2024

Problem is, no download available anymore, so no test possible.

 

Does this deal with openGL issues?

 

Seems to have moved here: https://github.com/i486/VxKex

 

@xorome @orbitbooster, You have to use wayback machine, those files are still there http://web.archive.org

@Sawanotsuru I don't know, I haven't tested everything.

I installed this program on my test computer with Windows 7, done some tests and everything is fine, the following programs are working now:

iZotope.RX.11.Audio.Editor.Advanced.v11.1.0
Steinberg.SpectraLayers.Pro.11.v11.0.10
Samplitude.Pro.X8.Suite.19.1.4.23433

For me it's more than a lot
After installation, my antivirus reports one file in the program's folder as false\positive , I put it in quarantine, and I can always restore it if needed.
But the programs I mentioned work perfect without this file.

 

same old superstition when win7 was loaded, most of locked in win7 now where locked on win xp

 

no vst1?

 

@pehierre only VST v2.4 and VST3.

 

Seems Microsoft killed the project..
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41032479

Original MSFN Board thread?
https://msfn.org/board/topic/183465-windows-7-extended-kernel/page/2/


However there's a list of similar projects:
u/dotexe1337's extended kernel (V5 in progress, will try to make parity with vxkex)
lordarathres2's memapi [deprecated, will be merged into extended kernel]
lordarathres2's extended kernel (still in early development)

Like the dotexe one:
https://www.reddit.com/r/windows7/comments/19cccl2/first_official_version_of_w7_extended_kernel/
https://msfn.org/board/topic/184971-wip-windows-7-extended-kernel/
(AKA nt61)
https://github.com/kernel-extenders/nt61

Also this project to run W11/10/8/ API system libs from Windows XP/7
https://github.com/Blaukovitch/API-MS-WIN_XP


Beware of the i486 VxKex repo, they say it has Malware ¿¿??
https://github.com/i486/VxKex

This is a Cleaner copy?
https://github.com/commandcontrolQ/VxKex


Dubious donload pages, at your own risk:
https://www.bilibili.com/read/cv33640624/
https://www.appinn.com/vxkex/
https://git.coom.tech/Haswell/VxKex-Binaries
https://groups.google.com/g/stabnaboojac/c/mmXLlG41bTg?pli=1

 

Last edited: Jul 29, 2024

seems the same but wouldnt wonder if ms did some moves to blacklist it i dunno /