Install Visual Studio 2015 community edition on Windows 7

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I an trying to install Visual Studio 2015 community edition on Windows 7 64-bit.

For some reason, the installer says "Setup Blocked" with an error "This version of Visual Studio requires a computer with a newer version of Windows".

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what should be done in order to install setup completely.

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Do you have Windows 7 Service Pack 1? - Chuck Walbourn
no it windows 7 Professional version 6.1 (Build 7600) - Prakash Joshi

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VS 2015 and VS 2013 Update 5 require Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or later.

Learn how to install Windows 7 Service Pack 1

Support for Windows 7 RTM ended on April 9, 2013.