As previously explained, Windows 7 is obsolete and no longer supported.
As an engineer, I’m sure that you understand that it is unreasonable to expect obsolete technology supported indefinitely, especially for highly complex technology such as computer systems.
As an engineer I would have expected that you would know that signal filters always have a filter slope, so to support a 16 kHz audio frequency the sample rate must be more than 32 kHz. Nevertheless, I agree that 32 kHz sample rate is sufficient for many audio uses.
(Some interesting comparisons of resampling software: https://src.infinitewave.ca/)
44.1 kHz was selected as the standard for audio CDs as it provides a theoretical bandwidth greater than 20kHz, which allows a bit of room for the filter slope to achieve a practical bandwidth of 20 kHz (which is commonly quoted as the upper limit of human hearing)