Windows 7 is ending in 2020

Is there a better alternative to disable javascript other than using noscript? And how to disable services???

t.I have no idea what I am doing

lol, if some shit like Wannacry 2 will pop up some day, without updates you will switch to 10 in no time. M$ will take care of this.

To disable services, type msconfig.exe into the search bar on your start menu and disable everything that is not necessary. Especially look for anything to do with "remote desktop" and such, that is a common vector for infecting your computer. Javascript can be disabled in most browsers in the settings menu. Don't use Firefox or Chrome. Also, you should disable internet access for most of your software that doesn't need internet. Windows firewall is surprisingly good. You can block all executables and .dll files in a folder and it's subfolders by using this batch script.

@ setlocal enableextensions @ cd /d "%~dp0"for /R %%a in (*.exe) do (netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Blocked with Batchfile %%a" dir=out program="%%a" action=blocknetsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Blocked with Batchfile %%a" dir=in program="%%a" action=block)for /R %%a in (*.dll) do (netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Blocked with Batchfile %%a" dir=out program="%%a" action=blocknetsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Blocked with Batchfile %%a" dir=in program="%%a" action=block)

I would block your video card drivers and only update manually because that shit is nasty. You'll have to boot up in safe mode to disable many of these programs that run in the background.

What about using the
solution of just using it to game, closing the ports and never using wi-fi?

Dude, you are a life saver, I'm guessing there are a good amount of ways to do that on distros, but I never learned how to disable services on windows until now. Thanks a ton user!

both ways are good, closing all unnacessary ports should make it a bit safer after 2019, but its a lot of system stuff that you can not control, and its gonna be more and more vulnerable

ORLY?

If you are too poor to buy a new computer you probably should keep the end-of-life OS. I'm sure somebody can use your ten year old POS for a zombie.

Its a 2 year old laptop that came with windows 10, only just got pissed off enough at the horrible speed, constant bugs and inability to stop updates no matter what I do to get a backup and try gnu/linux.

Damn. It's ridiculous that a brand-new machine will perform so badly because the OS included is shit.

If you hate Windows so much just use Linux. These half measures of "installing 10 but removing the botnet" or "using 7 but disabling the updates that make it pleasant to use" is just retarded.