I’m still using Windows 7
Microsoft finally got H&R Block to make their tax preparation software non-compatible with 7.
Full circle, back to pencil & paper for me.
You could use Free Fillable Forms. I’ll bet it works OK on Win7.
I used Never 10 to keep Windows 7 from being updated for years. I still have a full-size tower desktop downstairs with Windows XP. I also have Windows 7 installed on virtual machines, along with Windows XP and even Windows 95 and Windows for Workgroups with MSDOS 6.22.
You can get a ton of vintage software and games for ancient operating systems. You might be able to impress some of your friends by running old programs on it. So I hate to tell you, but it is not a badge of courage at this point.
I also prefer Windows 7 but had to put up with Windows 10 to get a particular notebook. Happily, I found out how to stop Microsoft from trying to upgrade it to 11.
I use H&R Block's tax software too, although on a Mac.
All things considered, blocking Win7 isn't that bad an idea. Win7 is dangerously insecure to use on the internet, and tax software needs to be connected to the internet for certain functions. So by continuing to support Win7 with the tax software, H&R Block would be implicitly supporting people who are likely to catch malware infections, etc. and their lawyers probably said to stop it.
That doesn't mean Microsoft didn't also apply pressure, of course.
There are days when pencil and paper look better and better.
“Microsoft finally got H&R Block to make their tax preparation software non-compatible with 7.”
H&R Block Deluxe+State 2024 installed and worked perfectly on my Windows 7 ... i just used it on Windows 7 to prepare my 2024 Fed and State taxes and file Fed online ...
i refuse to pay the xtra dough for online State filing or waste my time on the State’s crappy online website, so i mail the State paper ... probably costs them a fortune to process the return ... if everyone in the State did that, my state would be forced to pay H&R Block and Intuit to include free State filing ...
btw, newegg.com ALWAYS has the best deal on H&R Block, usually discounted at least 50%, and always cheaper than bought directly from H&R Block themselves ...
I got W7, W10 and Linux on my PCs, and W7 & Linux on my laptop. It all works just fine for me.
I switched from Turbo Tax to H&R Block when TurboTax would no longer work on Windows 7. I’ve stayed with Block ever since, even though I’ve occasionally updated Windows. I’m still on Win 10.
Block has become quite tedious. It has many pages that are mostly blank white screens, sometimes with only 1 entry. They are also written in tiny gray letters that can’t easily be enlarged. I have to poke my nose into the monitor to read them with my bifocals. The Windows Ctrl-Scroll to change font size doesn’t change their size. It’s quite frustrating to be staring at multiple pages on a mostly white monitor, with a few tiny gray letters that I can’t read. I’ll likely change back to TurboTax next year on Windows 11.