# Updated System Requirements - Discontinue Windows 7 and 8 Support **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Tags:** official\ **Created:** [October 16, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/updated-system-requirements-discontinue-windows-7-and-8-support/424047 "2023-10-16T14:54:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Eloken\_Toralen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/eloken_toralen/32/401714_2.png) [@Eloken\_Toralen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Eloken_Toralen)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/updated-system-requirements-discontinue-windows-7-and-8-support/424047/230 "2024-02-14T11:55:11Z")
> [@Charr\_Coal](#): > > And VMware for much longer. In the past 24 hours VMWare just went to hell also, no more free ESX. ---
**Author:** ![Tanzubbora\_Adran\_Quzx\_pon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/tanzubbora_adran_quzx_pon/32/414339_2.png) [@Tanzubbora\_Adran\_Quzx\_pon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tanzubbora_Adran_Quzx_pon)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2024, 6:06am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/updated-system-requirements-discontinue-windows-7-and-8-support/424047/231 "2024-02-17T06:06:43Z")
> [@Anthony\_FatTony\_Amico](#): > > Glad you are not CEO of a multimillion dollar company. -That was unnecessary. ---
**Author:** ![Anthony\_FatTony\_Amico](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/anthony_fattony_amico/32/391106_2.png) [@Anthony\_FatTony\_Amico](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Anthony_FatTony_Amico)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/updated-system-requirements-discontinue-windows-7-and-8-support/424047/232 "2024-02-17T13:59:49Z")
> [@Tanzubbora\_Adran\_Quzx\_pon](#): > > -That was unnecessary. You replying to an Oct 2023 (3 months + ago) post was also unnecessary. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Tanzubbora\_Adran\_Quzx\_pon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/tanzubbora_adran_quzx_pon/32/414339_2.png) [@Tanzubbora\_Adran\_Quzx\_pon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tanzubbora_Adran_Quzx_pon)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 5:20am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/updated-system-requirements-discontinue-windows-7-and-8-support/424047/233 "2024-02-19T05:20:33Z")
😆 That’s fair ---
**Author:** ![Eloken\_Toralen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/eloken_toralen/32/401714_2.png) [@Eloken\_Toralen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Eloken_Toralen)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/updated-system-requirements-discontinue-windows-7-and-8-support/424047/234 "2024-02-20T14:17:59Z")
> [@Anthony\_FatTony\_Amico](#): > > You replying to an Oct 2023 (3 months + ago) post was also unnecessary. But salient, as now Microsoft is warning people who put W11 on their machines that were unsupported things may not work out well either. ---
**Author:** ![Anthony\_FatTony\_Amico](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/anthony_fattony_amico/32/391106_2.png) [@Anthony\_FatTony\_Amico](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Anthony_FatTony_Amico)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/updated-system-requirements-discontinue-windows-7-and-8-support/424047/235 "2024-02-20T20:42:58Z")
Yah Microsoft is Microsoft 😅 This thing with Win 7-8 and EVE already happened so… ---
**Author:** ![Eloken\_Toralen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/eloken_toralen/32/401714_2.png) [@Eloken\_Toralen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Eloken_Toralen)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 12:55pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/updated-system-requirements-discontinue-windows-7-and-8-support/424047/236 "2024-02-21T12:55:11Z")
> [@Anthony\_FatTony\_Amico](#): > > This thing with Win 7-8 and EVE already happened so Yes, but did it really have to? What did the player base get? Where is the feature parity? A button to a game most will not play? The positive elements of the launcher like not using a whole eve client worth of ram is an improvement that should be celebrated, though its hard to highlight the good without admitting the old was a huge resource sink at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Anthony\_FatTony\_Amico](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/anthony_fattony_amico/32/391106_2.png) [@Anthony\_FatTony\_Amico](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Anthony_FatTony_Amico)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/updated-system-requirements-discontinue-windows-7-and-8-support/424047/237 "2024-02-21T15:01:22Z")
> [@Eloken\_Toralen](#): > > Yes, but did it really have to? What did the player base get? We as external players can only speculate. tbh I don’t want to rehash this old discussion. The posts in the thread by more knowledgeable people other than me shine a light on perhaps why CCP did this. > [@Eloken\_Toralen](#): > > The positive elements of the launcher like not using a whole eve client worth of ram is an improvement that should be celebrated, though its hard to highlight the good without admitting the old was a huge resource sink at the same time. It will get better. Always does. CCP knows their mistakes. They are not stupid. I give them some credit. Sit back and enjoy the ride. CCP has been patching and patching on top of content for ages. It really looks like they know how to refine things over time. We (the players) get used to it and move on. Just like all the other patches with ganking, mining, FW, UI changes, and now a new launcher. ---
**Author:** ![Felix\_Frostpacker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/felix_frostpacker/32/420339_2.png) [@Felix\_Frostpacker](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Felix_Frostpacker)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/updated-system-requirements-discontinue-windows-7-and-8-support/424047/238 "2024-05-02T00:59:49Z")
After searching this forum for Vanguard Systems Requirement it lead me to this thread. Obviously Vanguard requires better than Windows 7 ---
**Author:** ![Eloken\_Toralen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/eloken_toralen/32/401714_2.png) [@Eloken\_Toralen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Eloken_Toralen)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/updated-system-requirements-discontinue-windows-7-and-8-support/424047/239 "2024-05-04T07:35:32Z")
Vanguard stuff is on the discord, though this exemplifies why it should not be. While two things do not make a trend, its kinda wierd that CCP put stuff about equnox on a different web page entirely in addition to putting vanguard content on the discord. Feels like the whole coke vs coke zero, where its the same company but different floors and they don’t like each other. ---
**Author:** ![Power\_Armor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/power_armor/32/413178_2.png) [@Power\_Armor](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Power_Armor)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/updated-system-requirements-discontinue-windows-7-and-8-support/424047/240 "2024-05-04T19:43:45Z")
> [@Eloken\_Toralen](#): > > Feels like the whole coke vs coke zero, where its the same company but different floors and they don’t like each other. I did not notice an internal company war about coke and coke zero. Also the internet is blank when i search for it…do you have a link for me? ---
**Author:** ![Eloken\_Toralen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/eloken_toralen/32/401714_2.png) [@Eloken\_Toralen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Eloken_Toralen)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/updated-system-requirements-discontinue-windows-7-and-8-support/424047/241 "2024-05-05T09:48:13Z")
It was an advertizement on TV. [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/6/7/1/67132011b45e2441acc5130594827fdc89282747.jpeg "Coke sues Coke Zero for Infringement") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv8YgrqUCVU) ---
**Author:** ![Felix\_Frostpacker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/felix_frostpacker/32/420339_2.png) [@Felix\_Frostpacker](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Felix_Frostpacker)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/updated-system-requirements-discontinue-windows-7-and-8-support/424047/242 "2024-05-08T08:50:54Z")
Discord is just so intrusive I feel as it wants to know too much information and I’m not very comfortable with discord. / Besides it’s on our Eve Online Launcher so we’re constantly thinking of the two being connected. Perhaps a new sUb forum is needed? / Siri needs to learn my drinking voice ---
**Author:** ![Eloken\_Toralen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/eloken_toralen/32/401714_2.png) [@Eloken\_Toralen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Eloken_Toralen)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 9:22am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/updated-system-requirements-discontinue-windows-7-and-8-support/424047/243 "2024-05-08T09:22:46Z")
Especially considering the move to integrate advertisements into the client. Mumble and a nice html forum should be enough. More than that is unnecessary. ---
**Author:** ![Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uriel_the_flame/32/490165_2.png) [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uriel_the_Flame)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/updated-system-requirements-discontinue-windows-7-and-8-support/424047/244 "2024-05-08T11:05:18Z")
> [@Eloken\_Toralen](#): > > html forum While I’m an oldschool person who do enjoy those, unfortunately in this day and age barely anyone tends to visit those unfortunately, so I see no chance of them making such a choice. :psyccp: ---
**Author:** ![Eloken\_Toralen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/eloken_toralen/32/401714_2.png) [@Eloken\_Toralen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Eloken_Toralen)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/updated-system-requirements-discontinue-windows-7-and-8-support/424047/245 "2024-05-08T11:09:41Z")
If you build it, they will come… ---
**Author:** ![Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uriel_the_flame/32/490165_2.png) [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uriel_the_Flame)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/updated-system-requirements-discontinue-windows-7-and-8-support/424047/246 "2024-05-08T11:11:33Z")
Good luck with that. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/updated-system-requirements-discontinue-windows-7-and-8-support/424047/247 "2024-08-06T11:11:44Z")
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