For developers maintaining such systems: plan an exit strategy. For security teams: treat these endpoints as vulnerable by design and apply compensating controls (firewall, app whitelisting, network isolation).
| Priority | Action | |----------|--------| | | Isolate system from network, apply last known good .NET 4.7.2 security rollup (Dec 2022) | | Medium term | Recompile application as AnyCPU and run on 64-bit Windows 7 (if still needed) – .NET 4.7.2 runs fine on Win7 x64 | | Long term | Migrate to Windows 10 IoT LTSC 2021 (supports .NET 4.8) or Windows 11 (64-bit only) | | Development | Upgrade to .NET 4.8 (still compatible with Win7 x86) – gains security fixes until Jan 2023 | 9. Verification of .NET 4.7.2 Installation on Win7 x86 To confirm successful installation from the command line: net framework 4.7 2 windows 7 32 bits
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reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full" /v version Expected output (32-bit view of registry): For developers maintaining such systems: plan an exit