Windows 7 now supports native UEFI and Secure Boot!!! #41
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Interesting, that they make this big update only a few months before end of ESU. Does this allow installing on 9th gen to 11th gen intel without patching files? |
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Yes, it works. This blog says "It has been tested on the Intel 10th and 12th generation platforms, and there is no problem with Starting Windows and the Logo". In HKEPC, someone has tested this and successfully installed Win7 with Secure Boot. The biggest company that provides Win7 drivers for new computers in China, SysCEO, has tested this too. |
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I'm definitely going to try this out, thanks for the info! EDIT: It seems like my laptop is disabling Secure Boot while booting Windows 7 (proven by the fact the OS boots fine with Secure Boot off, that should not happen). I have installed Windows 7 with a replaced setup from 10 while having Secure Boot on. |
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That's amazing! I'll try on my side too :D |
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@YuZhouRen86 I've integrated the update into a Win7 ISO (along with other updates) and used a Win10 installer, but I can't get it to work. When I boot I get a BCD error from Windows Boot Manager, and when I use my firmware's Boot Override feature to boot, it gets stuck on "Setup is updating registry settings" for a while then hard resets. I'll try with a Win7 installer to see what happens as well. |
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So I've tried with a Win7 installer, but yeah, it's stuck on the boot logo (it's frozen). What I did is update the install.wim, then copy the boot files from install.wim/Windows/Boot to boot.wim/Windows/Boot, but to no avail. Unfortunately, updating an image takes a long time, so I'm not sure what to do here. |
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What hardware and uefi settings are you using? |
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It's a Samsung laptop (NP350E7C-S07FR) with an i5 3210M. As for UEFI Settings, I have UEFI with no CSM + Secure Boot enabled. It actually works without Secure Boot (even base Windows 7), but it doesn't without Secure Boot, so that's what I wanted to test with this new update. |
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What happens if you just apply the latest Simplix pack to the iso before installing? |
I have a HP 2th Gen Desktop Computer that runs Windows 7, but there isn't Secure Boot in BIOS, so I cannot test. The i7-10510U Laptop's HDD was broken, so I cannot break the main system in SSD and do test. |
It seems like Simplix's UpdatePack 7 software applies updates on live operating systems, but I want them to be applied on an ISO image. How would I go about that? I can't seem to be able to do that. |
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@AnErrupTion You take the simplix .EXE file, and then you drag and drop a Windows 7 ISO on top of the EXE. |
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how do I do this without dsim++, because it gave out a error when I tried running it. |
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You could use plain DISM (/Add-Package command). Note that the update is actually an ESU, so you'll need to find a way to apply it if you don't have ESU. |
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so would it look like this? |
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More of something like this: |
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if so, would be like this |
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The image needs to be a path to a mounted WIM image. |
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like this? |
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Yes, but you need to mount it first: To get the index, use: |
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@vxiiduu I've tried the UpdatePack on the ISO, but it's still stuck on the boot logo (frozen). From what I saw it didn't include that new update, and it didn't include all updates in the boot.wim either. |
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and then I do this right?
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/Image needs to point to the root of where you mounted your WIM. Say if you mounted to |
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so it would be in C:\Users\DizzyTwins\Desktop\mounted right? |
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Well yeah in whatever directory you mounted it to. |
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alright |
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Yeah, so you need to install other updates. I suggest you take a look at the Integrate7 script from the MyDigitalLife forums. It has a way to use ESU + it integrates other updates. You could just integrate the update yourself. |
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Hmm, so I integrated the updates in both the boot.wim and the install.wim again, and now it doesn't freeze at the boot logo (Starting Windows), but it's just stuck there. I can see the logo animated, it's not frozen, but it's just stuck. |
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Doesn't work for me either, used Integrate7/NTLite. Gets stuck on Starting Windows like before. However interesting to note, that when booting in safe mode, instead of the last driver successfully loaded being disk.sys like usual it's ahcix64s.sys |
Well, it's still progress I suppose! |
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It seems like applying updates to the boot.wim makes VirtualBox not recognize my virtual hard disk. Weird... |
If the VGA drivers have not been updated, newer UEFI class 3 systems will not be able to boot (without CSM) as a legacy BIOS interrupt is missing. However, you can use https://github.com/manatails/uefiseven, which is a boot loader mod that emulates that legacy interrupt and fixes the issue. It works completely fine for me, but the setup/installation can be a bit annoying. Personally, I made a short batch script to install UefiSeven that I integrated into my boot.wim, just so it's a bit easier. You should also use the Windows 10 setup (by replacing the install.esd/wim) instead of the regular Windows 7 one, as it has proper driver and UEFI support. |
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I've got 3 separate PC's that are both UEFI class 3 and have secure boot, 2 x570's and a amd 3200g, if someone can help me understand what im supposed to do i'll happily test it on my hardware |
Follow the instructions on the UefiSeven README.md |
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So i dont need to slipstream an ESU update into windows 7 using DISM? Also just using pure UEFISeven on UEFI class 3 doesnt work, ive already tried it |
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From what I could gather, is that none of this actually works? |
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UefiSeven works fine for me, make sure that you have UefiSeven's EFI file named as I am not using that update on my system, UefiSeven works completely fine on it. |
I think the best combo would be to apply this update + use UefiSeven. I haven't tried this because last time I did it, the setup wouldn't complete probably because UefiSeven is not digitally signed by Microsoft, so it just failed. |
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Can confirm UEFISeven does not work Just for reference, I have a AMD Ryzen 5900X, a RTX 3090 Xtreme, MSI Meg Ace x570, and a WD Black SN850 NVME drive
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UEFISeven works fine with the latest Windows 7 Update (I had to switch from AMD to NVidia, though, because AMD just softlocks on boot) |
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It might not work with certain setups, you can report an issue on UefiSeven's GitHub page, or you can try and remove/disable the |
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So basically the update doesn't work at all? Haven't seen a single comment here saying it's worked once. |
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Probably does something, I am not sure what though. As I said, if the |
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I got it to work, but like my system supports windows 7. I didnt test secure boot, only native uefi i used integrate 7 script with the instructions here https://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/417827-integrate7-script-automatically-download-slipstream-all-updates-22.html#post3476102 so it removes the vga.sys driver and you have to integrate the graphics driver so during setup, it installs your graphic driver. |
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This issue is not relevant to VxKex. |
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Hey, guys. I also want to install windows 10 on my Dell Latitude 3400 i3 8140u, i installed the windows 7 but after reboot, i got a red bar on top of the screen while starting logo animation and system just shuts down. My bios doesnt has legacy or csm support only uefi. |
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Get UEFISeven |
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ok, but i dont understand how to use efi shell |
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Use WinPE or use 10, what do you need 7 for at this point anyways? |
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Win 10 is too slow, i tried the uefiseven but not working, stuck at boot animation, while i tried safe mode, it struck at disk.sys |
Windows 8.1 is faster than Windows 7 and 10, try that. |
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WOW! If I convert my BIOS operation to UEFI, I can upgrade my hardware and still run my OS, given that nothing uses BIOS on the motherboard anymore! |
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is win 8.1 directly supports intel 8th gen?? To be more specific, does it support dell latitude 3400 16gb ram and intel i3 8th gen |
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i have installed win 8.1, all drivers are installed except for wifi adapter, intel ac 9560, its onl compatible for windows 10, is there any way where i can install those drivers in windows 8 and make it work |
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My Windows 7 should have included the update as I have applied UpdatePack 7 on it. |
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So I installed Windows 7 in UEFI mode through UefiSeven, and after installing I applied the ESU update. However, even with the updated bootmgfw.efi, I still run into the same c0d error and end up still having to use UefiSeven. So my guess is the only way to actually do this is by applying the update to a 7 image beforehand and doing a clean install. Will try that and see how it goes. |
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Use this patched bootx64.efi |
Just start WinPE, extract the Win7 ISO and use Dism++ to install KB5017361 patch from Microsoft Update Catalog, and restart your computer, start installing Win7! But if your computer supports CSM, you have already installed Win7 and want to use Secure Boot, unfortunately, you should reinstall the system! Here is a blog about this exciting news: https://blog.csdn.net/sheng137855864/article/details/127179111 (use Microsoft or Google translate).
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