Steam is not supporting windows 7 anymore form January 2024

[Azraeil]

Why steam is doing this? Aren't there enough players running on windows 7? I myself have windows 10 but a lot of my friends still use windows 7 and the will be blocked of their games after this update comes.

[Kage Goomba]

Cat on Linux eredeti hozzászólása:

🦊Λℚ𝓤ΛƑΛᗯҜᔕ🦊 eredeti hozzászólása:

All older computers with older OS's are offline permanently in my house.

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EDIT: This config file thing and shortcuts on the steam shortcut to steam.exe is not a new concept btw.

I see. you know, the concept is not new but there are few approaches. as long as you use offline mode and your PC never sees internet you can just replace your shortcut and config with "la la la" and it will have same effect. are you aware that you need an internet connection to steam servers in order for it to look for updates?

Yeah - in this day and age - offline mode isn't really something that can be done long term as games/content need updates more often than not.

Older games sure - but that list gets shorter as time passes.

Once again I have to ask - is it really worth the effort?

I keep my Win98 box around for very specific games - but that list of games is short - very short.

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Cat on Linux eredeti hozzászólása:

are you aware that you need an internet connection to steam servers in order for it to look for updates?

I think you are misunderstanding something. The entire reason to use the shortcuts and config file things is to DISABLE updates in Steam. By using this Steam never checks for updates. That's how offline mode works.

Kage Goomba eredeti hozzászólása:

Once again I have to ask - is it really worth the effort?

Some of us just like playing games in an older OS because we remembered it and it was fun to us. Nostalgia I guess.

When I grew up my first computer was an Apple IIe, and then my first PC was a 8086 XT and then later a 286. I used computers before the first version of Windows was released. I've seen all versions of Windows OS over the years. I liked all of them fondly for various reasons. Sometimes I just want to go play some games in an older OS with older hardware because it's fun to me. Even if those same games run on Windows 10/11. But also at the same time my "most current" Ryzen 5800X computer does run Windows 11 now.

[Kage Goomba]

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Cat on Linux eredeti hozzászólása:

are you aware that you need an internet connection to steam servers in order for it to look for updates?

I think you are misunderstanding something. The entire reason to use the shortcuts and config file things is to DISABLE updates in Steam. By using this Steam never checks for updates. That's how offline mode works.

He's not contesting that - its more of patching games/etc - bit of a hazard.

[bidulless]

Cat on Linux eredeti hozzászólása:

🦊Λℚ𝓤ΛƑΛᗯҜᔕ🦊 eredeti hozzászólása:

All older computers with older OS's are offline permanently in my house.

...

EDIT: This config file thing and shortcuts on the steam shortcut to steam.exe is not a new concept btw.

I see. you know, the concept is not new but there are few approaches. as long as you use offline mode and your PC never sees internet you can just replace your shortcut and config with "la la la" and it will have same effect. are you aware that you need an internet connection to steam servers in order for it to look for updates?

hello

hehe funny xd
But i do not think our friend have a pc running with windows 7 .... at best may be a vm that's all.. like i have for w10 or linux.

[Kage Goomba]

bidulless eredeti hozzászólása:

Cat on Linux eredeti hozzászólása:

I see. you know, the concept is not new but there are few approaches. as long as you use offline mode and your PC never sees internet you can just replace your shortcut and config with "la la la" and it will have same effect. are you aware that you need an internet connection to steam servers in order for it to look for updates?

hello

hehe funny xd
But i do not think our friends have a pc running with windows 7 .... at best may be a vm that's all.. like i have for w10 or linux.

Pretty sure some of them ARE running Win 7 - or they wouldn't be debating/discussing it lol.

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bidulless eredeti hozzászólása:

hehe funny xd
But i do not think our friends have a pc running with windows 7 .... at best may be a vm that's all.. like i have for w10 or linux.

Oh I most definitely do. I have quite a lot of PC's and spare parts for them in the house. I think my current active built and running computers is about 7 of them, not counting my file server/NAS and another for my router. Most are rather old systems I had years and years ago and kept after upgrading through time. Like I still have my original Packard Bell 486 I bought in 1994 when I was young for example, CRT screen and all.

[bidulless]

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bidulless eredeti hozzászólása:

hehe funny xd
But i do not think our friends have a pc running with windows 7 .... at best may be a vm that's all.. like i have for w10 or linux.

Oh I most definitely do. I have quite a lot of PC's and spare parts for them in the house. I think my current active built and running computers is about 7 of them, not counting my file server/NAS and another for my router. Most are rather old systems I had years and years ago and kept after upgrading through time. Like I still have my original Packard Bell 486 I bought in 1994 when I was young for example, CRT screen and all.

hello

impressive 7 comp, all that much xd

so you should be an old guy like me but unfortunately i do not have my old comp at home, it's just useless as i won't use them anyway ; i just gave the comp i had to a friend just after i get a new one.

[Cat on Linux]

🦊Λℚ𝓤ΛƑΛᗯҜᔕ🦊 eredeti hozzászólása:

The entire reason to use the shortcuts and config file things is to DISABLE updates in Steam. By using this Steam never checks for updates. That's how offline mode works.

you have no internet, how do you expect your steam to check for update?

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bidulless eredeti hozzászólása:

impressive 7 comp, all that much xd

Not exactly impressive. They are like you said: probably useless to others.

bidulless eredeti hozzászólása:

so you should be an old guy like me but unfortunately i do not have my old comp at home, it's just useless as i won't use them anyway ; i just gave the comp i had to a friend just after i get a new one.

Some of my older computers I spent multiple thousands of dollars in them when building them new. As long as they still work I'm going to keep them and find some use for them, even if they aren't worth multiple thousands of dollars today.

[Kage Goomba]

Cat on Linux eredeti hozzászólása:

🦊Λℚ𝓤ΛƑΛᗯҜᔕ🦊 eredeti hozzászólása:

The entire reason to use the shortcuts and config file things is to DISABLE updates in Steam. By using this Steam never checks for updates. That's how offline mode works.

you have no internet, how do you expect your steam to check for update?

That's the point - they never do. Hence offline mode.

[Cat on Linux]

Kage Goomba eredeti hozzászólása:

Cat on Linux eredeti hozzászólása:

you have no internet, how do you expect your steam to check for update?

That's the point - they never do. Hence offline mode.

why then he uses config and shortcut? in case steam will hack his network at night? lol

[bidulless]

Kage Goomba eredeti hozzászólása:

Cat on Linux eredeti hozzászólása:

you have no internet, how do you expect your steam to check for update?

That's the point - they never do. Hence offline mode.

hello

True so no need to have a steam.cfg and all the bs line of command that worked for your since when ? 5 months ?

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Cat on Linux eredeti hozzászólása:

Kage Goomba eredeti hozzászólása:

That's the point - they never do. Hence offline mode.

why then he uses config and shortcut? in case steam will hack his network at night? lol

Because those are REQUIRED to disable checking for updates in steam. If we do not use those then offline mode doesn't work. I thought that was pretty obvious.

[Kage Goomba]

Cat on Linux eredeti hozzászólása:

Kage Goomba eredeti hozzászólása:

That's the point - they never do. Hence offline mode.

why then he uses config and shortcut? in case steam will hack his network at night? lol

No.... the config prevents steam from "calling home" - which keeps it (supposedly) functional.

Yes - they are gimping their platform to play games - but that's their prerogative.
And generally considered a stop-gap solution on a timer.

[bidulless]

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Cat on Linux eredeti hozzászólása:

why then he uses config and shortcut? in case steam will hack his network at night? lol

Because those are REQUIRED to disable checking for updates in steam. If we do not use those then offline mode doesn't work. I thought that was pretty obvious.

hello

But what the point of having the steam.cfg and the bs command line if your bs windows 7 does not have access to internet ?
there is 0 logical reason behind that and especially know you wrote you never setup steam on this machine ,so strange and weird