Windows ISO Downloader - Have you used it before?

[JuanMena]

Very recently got a broken SONY VAIO laptop without a HDD, but it came with 2 RAM Sticks, and supposedly it had Windows 7 Home version, at the bottom of the laptop it has a sticker with the Product Key. Long story short (if you're interested) it doesn't turn on, but I have hopes to fix it sometime later.

Anyway, that got me thinking that, if I fix it, I'm gonna need a way to get Windows 7 Home.
So I came across this software called Windows ISO Downloader, and I'm curious to know if any of you guys have ever used this before.
I mean, all I need is an ISO, and of course, there's still the Internet Archives, but I'm just curious about this supposed ISO Downloader.

So, please, share your experience if you've used it before.

 

[SYS2061]

I used it before, worked just fine with OEM. Microsoft's own version only supports Windows 10. Watch out with W7 and online though

Drivers could be an issue though. I had a VAIO once and had to look around for the proper versions.

 

[linuxares]

Why not just get it from Archive.org ? Less risk of it being a naughty file

https://archive.org/details/20230422_20230422_1429

 

[JuanMena]

I used it before, worked just fine with OEM. Microsoft's own version only supports Windows 10. Watch out with W7 and online though

And it produces a Licence Key? Or you have to search for one separatedly?

 

[linuxares]

And it produces a Licence Key? Or you have to search for one separatedly?

You need to either find one or use a KMS (or that activator)

 

[SYS2061]

And it produces a Licence Key? Or you have to search for one separatedly?

The license is embedded in the BIOS if I remember it correctly for OEM

 

[JuanMena]

You need to either find one or use a KMS (or that activator)

The license is embedded in the BIOS if I remember it correctly for OEM

Thanks for sharing your shady endeavours.
In my case, I have the key but not the iso. It's why I got curious.

 

[RAHelllord]

Windows ISO downloader is legitimate IF you download it from a legitimate source. It basically started as a tool to grab iso files directly from Microsoft's servers without having to wade through their terrible online presence.
However the end result is the same, it's a generic windows install with your selection of language packages and service packs preinstalled. The key on the sticker should work just fine with any windows 7 home version from the downloader or any other source.
Though on top of that do grab all the drivers and tools from Sony's download pages, with a bit of luck you can still find the latest of everything on their support pages for the laptop, that'll ensure everything should work as well as it can.

 

[JuanMena]

Windows ISO downloader is legitimate IF you download it from a legitimate source. It basically started as a tool to grab iso files directly from Microsoft's servers without having to wade through their terrible online presence.
However the end result is the same, it's a generic windows install with your selection of language packages and service packs preinstalled. The key on the sticker should work just fine with any windows 7 home version from the downloader or any other source.
Though on top of that do grab all the drivers and tools from Sony's download pages, with a bit of luck you can still find the latest of everything on their support pages for the laptop, that'll ensure everything should work as well as it can.

Damn... forgot that I still had to get the drivers.
First I need to see if I can indeed fix the Laptop, as multimeter is telling me some caps around the graphics card might be done for.
I just hope it's not the graphics card.

 

[linuxares]

Damn... forgot that I still had to get the drivers.
First I need to see if I can indeed fix the Laptop, as multimeter is telling me some caps around the graphics card might be done for.
I just hope it's not the graphics card.

If you're lazy and don't want to search for drivers

https://www.glenn.delahoy.com/snappy-driver-installer-origin/ (Gui is ugly as a sin but works great!)

 

[JuanMena]

If you're lazy and don't want to search for drivers

https://www.glenn.delahoy.com/snappy-driver-installer-origin/ (Gui is ugly as a sin but works great!)

Not about lazyness, just that I don't think SONY still has drivers for a near 20 year old laptop.
Damn, thanks tempBOT!

 

[linuxares]

Not about lazyness, just that I don't think SONY still has drivers for a near 20 year old laptop.
Damn, thanks tempBOT!

yeah they won't and you need to visit shady sites in languages you don't know or speak... I've done that before. SDIO is such a blessing for this

 

[uSoldering]

The best way I've found to get Windows is to find the websites that provide hashes of official Microsoft images, then to search that hash on a DHT search website. Give you up to date images that are untampered with.

 

[Jayro]

Yes, it works. But there's better alternatives out there now like UUP dump.

 

[smit11]

I haven't used the Windows ISO Downloader before, but I've heard good things about it. It seems like a useful tool for obtaining Windows ISO files quickly and conveniently. I'll consider giving it a try for future software installations.

 

[duwen]

Damn... forgot that I still had to get the drivers.
First I need to see if I can indeed fix the Laptop, as multimeter is telling me some caps around the graphics card might be done for.
I just hope it's not the graphics card.

I've got a Vaio of a similar age (although mine came with Vista). I've still got all the driver disks that came with it - I can dump anything you might need.
Word of warning though; the main reason Sony's Vaio's of that period fail is they were extremely prone to the side effects of overheating - I had to get mine reballed twice... when it went down again I gave up on it and chucked it in a cupboard.

 

[Marc_LFD]

Very recently got a broken SONY VAIO laptop without a HDD, but it came with 2 RAM Sticks, and supposedly it had Windows 7 Home version, at the bottom of the laptop it has a sticker with the Product Key. Long story short (if you're interested) it doesn't turn on, but I have hopes to fix it sometime later.

Anyway, that got me thinking that, if I fix it, I'm gonna need a way to get Windows 7 Home.
So I came across this software called Windows ISO Downloader, and I'm curious to know if any of you guys have ever used this before.
I mean, all I need is an ISO, and of course, there's still the Internet Archives, but I'm just curious about this supposed ISO Downloader.

So, please, share your experience if you've used it before.

If it's able to run 7 then it can probably run 10 if you'd want as Windows Update tends to find all the necessary drivers itself.

Personally, I always go with Enterprise editions these days.

Windows 7 Enterprise (it's like Ultimate with some differences like it was supported until 2020)
https://archive.org/details/en_windows_7_enterprise_x64_dvd_x15-70749_202107

Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019 (they removed the Windows Store shit, no Edge, and it's as clean as possible, and supported until 2029)
https://archive.org/details/windows-10-enterprise-ltsc-full-collection

M$ surely could have kept supporting 7, but of course they want to force everyone to use 10 and even worse "upgrade" to... 11.

 

[K3Nv2]

If you're lazy and don't want to search for drivers

https://www.glenn.delahoy.com/snappy-driver-installer-origin/ (Gui is ugly as a sin but works great!)

Wish I had this when I was working on a Dell inspiron 10

 

[JuanMena]

Bumping because I have a question and can't find a proper answer + don't want to make another thread:

Can I use my Win10 2016 Notebook, a blank SSD, install Win7 and use that computer's key? Yes, I'm aware of the Win7 version, and I'm kinda wanting to have Win7 by the time Microsoft stops supporting Win10.

I'm asking because I got the blank SSD with Windows 7 and it looped at trying to recover. So I'm kinda guessing that mayyyybeee that SSD's Win7 was corrupted/incomplete and that maybe it wasn't a Hardware - Software incompatibility.