Enter your BIOS (F2/DEL/F10). Under SATA Operation, set it to IDE or Compatible. Why? Tiny7 rev03 lacks modern AHCI drivers for many chipsets. If you leave AHCI, you will get a 0x0000007B BSOD on first boot.
Pro tip: After install, you can slipstream AHCI drivers, but for a clean unattended run, stick to IDE. tiny7 rev03 unattended windows 7 install by experience
You can’t just burn a DVD anymore (good luck finding one). Here’s the tested method: Enter your BIOS (F2/DEL/F10)
You log in. The desktop is a plain blue background. Recycle bin is there. Themes service is disabled. Aero Glass is absent (intentionally). The start menu opens instantly. It feels fast
Open Task Manager:
It feels fast. Not Windows XP fast on old hardware, but snappier than any modern OS on the same machine.
But here’s the truth you won’t hear in forum hype: