https://archive.org/details/windows-7-updated-v5
Recommended version: Windows 7 Updated v5 RC1 2020 Standard.iso Professional
If you do not need Hyper-V, Home Group, Parental Controls, Search, or System Restore, you can opt for the Debloat version instead. WMP, WMC, Gadgets, etc are also disabled in Debloat, however those can be re-enabled.
This is Windows 7 Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise updated to multiple points, and some debloated ISOs too. These are the minimum to be usable (Platform update, SHA2, etc), 2016-09, and 2020-01. These ISOs also come with modded ACPI, NVMe, USB, and various network drivers. The network drivers are not integrated but instead located in a folder on the desktop due to not being critical to boot. These ISOs also have .NET 4.8, 6, 7, IE11, DX, VC++, and more. On the desktop is a folder with useful applications, tweaks, and more to make Windows 7 the best it can be!
v5 is a complete redo from v4. ISOs are back to being split due to the installer sometimes failing with everything combined. The new debloat ISOs are not too extreme, mostly just stuff you can disable anyways like gadgets, IE11, WMP, etc. Some other changes are new default login and desktop wallpapers. Thanks to jpegli the login background is a full 4k and high quality under 256KB without any authui.dll mods needed. Some security risk services are disabled by default too.
Q&A
Q: Why not include ESU updates?
A: ESU updates, even Security Only, include telemetry. When Microsoft stops updating the 6.1 codebase, I might make a minimal 2026 or whatever ISO with the telemetry stripped out. If I'm alive by then.
Q: Why does the setup have the Windows 8 bootscreen?
A: The installer is from Windows Server 2012 R2, it was used because using an install.esd makes the ISO significantly smaller. It also makes integrating NVMe and USB 3.0 drivers easier.
Q: What is the minimal update point or what are the minimal updates?
A: Any updates that may be in the ISO that aren't listed below are dependencies of something like .NET, VC++, DirectX, and such. I did also include KB2533552 which isn't exactly required, but it is a pain to integrate so I did it first without really thinking about the order of operations. I also don't feel like remaking the minimal ISO.
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A: Check (Desktop)\Guides, tweaks, and useful applications\Updating Windows\How to enable Windows Update.txt
I highly recommend checking the below question if you wish to install updates.
Q: I just checked Windows update, and it's missing plenty of updates, why?
A: That's because those updates include telemetry, all the updates that begin with a date on Windows update are guaranteed to have telemetry, excluding IE updates. The rest of the KB updates that aren't in the ISO are likely telemetry as well. You can see a full list under (Desktop)\Guides, tweaks, and useful applications\Updating Windows\Updates to hide.txt, with explanations and updates for more than just 7 under Updates to note.txt in the same folder.
Q: Is the 2016-09 ISO only updated to 2016-09?
A: Yes, and no, it includes .NET 4.8, 6, 7, VC++, .NET and IE updates to 2020-01, etc, but Windows itself has no updates after 2016-09 except for the SHA-2 update, and the SHA-2 servicing stack update.
Q: I want to update to 2017-08 or 2017-12.
A: Not a question, but sure. If you want Windows 7 updated to 2017-08, just grab the 2016-09 ISO, and get the post-2016 update pack.
https://archive.org/details/windows-7-updates-up-to-2020-01-without-telemetry
Legal. (Please don't sue.)
This ISO is provided without a license key or any activation, meaning it is not an illegal source of Windows. The users must have their own license key to activate Windows.
The updates and integrated .NET, IE11, Visual C++, and more belong to Microsoft and the developers there that created them.
Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
Please don't sue me.