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Google Will Retire Chrome Support For XP, Vista, OS X 10.6-8 In April 2016 (blogspot.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Google has announced it is extending Chrome support for Windows XP until April 2016. The company will also end Chrome support for Windows Vista, OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, OS X 10.7 Lion, and OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion at the same time. This means Google will provide regular Chrome updates and security patches for users on these operating systems for five more months. After that, the browser will still work, but it will be stuck on the last version released in April.
Sounds good. Maybe Firefox will stop trying to clone it and make a decent browser again.
I just run Classic Theme Restorer and use the built in Customize function to hide their wacky new features when then introduce them and force them onto the Navigation Bar.
Maybe thats less than ideal but the browser seems to behave OK, and I get all of my nice Adblocking/privacy add-ons without using a browser coded by a literal advertising company.
2: Pirate W7-W10. Well, good luck with that, since every single activation hack brings along with it additional software... stuff you really don't want on your computer. W8, this is impossible, due to PCs shipping with Secure Boot, and W10, Secure Boot isn't able to be turned off, nor BIOS based booting allowed.
Windows 7: Use Daz Loader to provide SLP activation of Home Premium-Professional-Ultimate. Boot loader based, but you will never notice it. I installed it when Win7 went RTM, and it still works, and genuine checks pass, AV software never picks it up.
Windows 8.1: Use CODYQX4's Microsoft Toolkit to provide KMS activation. Biggest issue is adding to AV exemptions. I don't know why AV software feels they need to be copyright police.
Windows 10: Install Windows 7 using Daz, then do free upgrade for permanent activation. If not Microsoft Toolkit may work for KMS activation.
MyDigitalLife is the community from which these two products were developed, and as trusted as you can get. It is also a good source to try and find unmodified ISO images of these operating systems, onto which you can use the activation tools.