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Agreed! I've been running XP all these years on hardware that is not only capable of Win 7 / Win 10, but came with Win 7 / Win 10. I "upgraded" to XP for performance gains at the OS-level and at the web browser level. I have (finally) come to the conclusion that it is "time" to revert at least a few of my computers to Win 7 because unfortunate as it is for XP, the web browser basically all but "mandates" Win 7 or higher nowadays

No, "missing my mouse" means that I always miss my computer mouse for copy and paste while writing on my tablet, like now. But sometimes my head is a bit messing too.

Would you guys like to see a Windows 8.1 Extended Kernel? I am well versed with Windows and basic driver functionality, but not with advanced Windows knowledge needed to whip up an Extended Kernel such as incorporating Windows 10 functions. Since software support for Windows 8.1 is still great with the software that doesn't work only needing mods to either remove the version check or simple DLL stubs to run, we can make our first priority drivers, most specifically graphics and Wi-Fi drivers. All the major hardware vendors (Intel, Nvidia, and AMD) have ended support. Intel ended theirs first starting with Kaby Lake (though unofficial mods for drivers up to 10th Gen(?) exist. see this thread) while AMD and Nvidia just ended theirs at roughly the same time last year (In fact, this is being posted from a 2019 AMD laptop with 8.1 on it). Now, it should be noted that there are some hardware manufacturers that still have support for OSes such as 8.1, and even Windows 2000 in specific instances, to this day! Notable ones include Realtek (certain hardware) and most major touchpad manufacturers such as Elantech (provided you aren't restricted exclusively to HID-Compliant Touchpad with no way to enable PS/2 touchpad). Realtek still has backwards supports for OSes older than Windows 10, but it depends on the hardware. For instance, the Realtek RTL8892CE WiFi card (not to be confused with the RTL8891CE) is OEM exclusive and has no 8.1 or 7 support. Plus, there are some Realtek Audio drivers that integrate with the graphics card. You'll know you have one of these if there is a red circle on the audio icon right after installation finishes (and hovering over it says "No Audio Device is installed"). Because of this, the Windows default audio driver does not support this configuration and thus, will not load. The standard Realtek HD Audio driver will not work either. Realtek Ethernet still supports Windows 8.1, though it appears Ethernet may be going the way of the dinosaur due to a lack of Ethernet ports on most new laptops. Most major touchpad vendors should still work. Grab the driver from either the manufacturers website or your laptop manufacturers website. If you have the option to switch between Advanced (HID Compliant, I2C) and Basic (PS/2) emulation touchpad, you can set it to Basic and be fine, but if you only have Advanced, you'll need a USB Mouse. Despite Intel dropping official support with Kaby Lake, the latest chipset drivers surprisingly still work. To install Windows 8.1 on modern laptops, just burn the ISO to Rufus with UEFI support and boot it with a USB Mouse connected (plus keyboard if installing from the Desktop). Since 8.1 has generic USB3 drivers in its WinPE unlike 7, no PS/2 peripherals such as adapters are needed. After the installation restarts, you'll get a quick flash of a BSoD. Load back up the install media, hit Shift+F10 to load up Command Prompt, type Notepad.exe, click on File/Open, select All Types instead of .txt, point to C:\Windows\System32\drivers and delete Intelpep.sys. Exit out and finish Windows install normally. If you update, that file will come back so you'll need to repeat it once more. It would be great if we could find a fix for that file that allows it to function as intended. I hope I'm not the only one interested with Windows 8.1. Even with UEFI7, it is nearly impossible to install Windows 7 on modern UEFI boards. It doesn't help Legacy Support is being phased out so the amount of new computers with that is dwindling, meaning UEFI support has to be incorporated somehow into 7 (If you guys want to tackle this problem, please start a different thread about this. You have my backing). Plus, there are now 0x0A5 NON-ACPI-COMPLIANT BIOS BSoD's now as well. tl:dr: In order to get drivers working on Windows 8.1, some incorporation of Windows 10 functions will most likely be needed. There are some hardware vendors still with 8.1 support, but some of the new laptops come with that hardware tied into other components meaning the standard driver will not work. Installing 8.1 is as simple as making the media as UEFI in Rufus, installing it with USB Mouse (and keyboard if on desktop), deleting Intelpep.sys, and finishing it up.

I see, no point with bothering to go wish Vista either now, but my hardware is (likely) not capable for 7 and I don't really wish to use it. Ugh Guess just go until we can't no longer. I'd go with linux if I had to, but so much isn't usable about it, so I don't know what I'd do. Zorin 32 bit or Linux Lite 32 bit is about all I can do. I read new computers are made so you can't downgrade from nasty beast that is windows 11. Everything is baked into the chips. I don't fully understand it all, but pretty soon everything is just going to be a smart phone tablet.

If you have already installed the 4 updates, try deactivating the firewall. @mina7601 also had the error 0x80072F78 recently.

Most sadly, no such hope could ever materialise, at least on the part of the Chinese... 360EEv13 is based on Chromium 86, its latest release currently being 13.0.2310.0 (issued a mere two days ago...); no planned core updates (to Chr>86) are scheduled for v13.0 ... The Chinese have already upgraded their 360EE browser to v21.0 (Chromium 95 based), which has dropped altogether WinXP+Vista support and, to add insult to injury , is being offered exclusively as a 64-bit binary... Sorry for sounding pessimistic, but that "ship" you're alluding to has already sunk ... [For XP/Vista 32-bit users, 360EEv13 is the most advanced version we can currently rely on... It will certainly buy us some additional time (for those of us that have the H/W to properly support it ,), perhaps well until the end of current year, but if "popular" sites insist (as is the trend now) on implementing latest (>=99.0) Chromium features, the end is near... Already several Chromium extensions I currently use (in my 360EEv11-13 copies) have migrated to MV3 (Manifest Version 3), which demands at least Chromium 88; it's fine when older extension versions do still work (but it'll get more difficult to retrieve those older/previous versions), it's not fine when an extension gets updated (alongside MV2->MV3) to mitigate a service/site change it targets... ]

This is old, i work on the project started long ago, a user friendly tool for PE editing.

Some functions of ExplorerPatcher depend on features that still exist in Windows, maybe Win7 network flyout isn't one of those things. I believe we can call that Windows 8 Metro experience. That flyout isn't any different from the others UI wise.

StartIsBack++ brought the registry setting back for newer versions. ExplorerPatcher, originally developed for Windows 11, now also supports Windows 10 and has an option to turn on the old calendar.

I didn't tried that update from retrosystemsrevival.blogspot.com. I had successfully updated the certificates using "https://msfn.org/board/topic/181915-system-certificates-updater-the-easy-way/" method on ME/KernelEx.

Apparently the wuaueng.dll was not replaced properly. Copy the patched file to C:\Windows\system32\dllcache and to C:\Windows\system32. Of course, stop the Automatic Update Service beforehand.

I get similar Javascript Console errors in 360EEv11 (chr69-based): Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token . in https://www.rb.cz/scripts/main.9082edf4740251c6.js And this is by simply loading the page; clicking the blue button produces an additional (CSS?) error: problem calling custom script: ReferenceError: $ is not defined at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> ((index):14) Their "main" script uses no less than 110 (!) invocations of the optional chaining operator (?.), an ECMAScript2020 feature (first implemented in Chromium 80/Firefox 74)... The master villain is, again, a Bank URI; perhaps they "feel" using the latest and greatest JS "goodies" makes them look "more safe" in the eyes of their otherwise "clueless" clients ; I'm of the opinion the @NotHereToPlayGames route should be pursued here, too...

WinClient5270 just posted for the first time in ages, and he does have a suggestion: https://msfn.org/board/topic/175262-last-versions-of-software-for-windows-vista-and-windows-server-2008/?do=findComment&comment=1214417

Copyright dates are usually coded to be dynamic, as it's faster and easier then manually editing and updating by hand, especially if there are a few hundred pages, so it doesn't tell much if he's around or not..

Thank you very much, I do not have anything specific, but I am looking for how to add missing imports in .dll files. I learned earlier, how to add functions in the export table. But I was afraid every time, that I would not find functions in the imports, which the new one needs to call. In any case, I postponed this work for the summer, because I hardly find time with my studies, and if you have things that could benefit my work, send them to me in private.

Link for convenience to the discussions about maintaining browsers on Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows 2000. Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes