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There is a company called 0patch that makes microcode patches for legacy Win systems.
I pay about $30 a year for microcode patching on my WIn7 partition and have had zero problems despite it being always internet connected.
Plan on doing the same once win10 goes end of life for my everyday driver.
Full disclosure: Not paid for this, they are a legit digital wonder.
This seems like a lot of hassle for no reason? It also doesn't sound like it'd protect against much if it's just microcode patching.
What're you doing with Win7 where you still need it so desperately?
You're not in IT, are you?
Do you know what microcode patching even is and why it is in many ways superior to simple file patching?
There is no effort. You just sign up for an account and install their systray program. It's as easy to set up as a subscription VPN service. All the patching is done live in memory first and in 4 years I've needed to reboot exactly twice.
I have a huge stack of retro games and code projects that work very poorly on Win10, as well as the fact that my Win7 version is Ultimate so I make a lot of use of XP mode virtual machine and booting from virtual disk on bare metal for my moderately older games (something I can't do with my win10 home license). Can't even get win10 drivers for half of my hardware on that box.
Also kind of annoyed by your hostility so you're blocked now.
I'm sorry, but there was zero hostility in my comment whatsoever. Quite literally just questions, and I am in fact in IT and was curious.
Nothing you've said seems like it'd need full internet access but it's at least interesting, but asking more is pointless now.
It's also quite easy to upgrade your Windows licenses for free, I would've been interested in what old games you're playing.