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Hello, MSFN! So I'm a computer enthusiast, and I love to mess around with any hardware/software I can find - old or new, good or bad, etc. I have a passion for computer and information science, and I'm currently working on making a career of it. Nice to meet everyone!

I am aware most users these days don't actually use XP as a daily basis unfortunately there's an XP feature I very much like which W7 doesn't have this is the only reason I decided to stick to XP over the past 17 years

@win32 released a revised version of the March 6 extended kernel, Chromium problem resolved

Yes, they seem to work together, I hope they work on Windows 2000 as well

I think that this is not the problem, because a simple kernel redirect is enough, everything except the message about the lack of support for Vista and XP then works. By the way, for some reason applications that need the osver.ini file to work, or rather their installers are not able to create shortcuts, an error appears.

that's what you get nowadays with pretty much any company there only in it for the money and profit (not the customer)

Hi win32, magnificent work on your extended kernel as always, thanks for that! I was wondering if you had any progress running Adobe Acrobat Reader DC application on Vista. Thanks.

A wider assortment of 32 bit applications run, including up to Chromium ~107 and Electron applications such as Spotify (Discord's updater is buggy, apparently it's reliant on IE). Firefox goes up into the 90s. Chromium 110 x64 works. Chromium 111 x64 may work, with --no-sandbox and ChromiumFix=1 set in a osver.ini override for the application. OBS Studio 29 works, Calibre is fixed and PCSX2 1.7.3195 QT6 works, but later versions have issues. And Premiere Pro 2019 working now, which I did not expect. There are two known issues; Chromium's access to audio devices is broken. The cause was discovered and it has been fixed, but I am waiting on a fix for the second issue to include it in an update. There is an issue with userenv.dll which breaks audio on various systems. As the updates to userenv.dll are only needed for Chromium 110+, you can temporarily replace it with the original version to restore sound if it has been lost.

@D.Draker Please do not quote me again ever. I have come to realize that WinClient5270 was very wise, and my New Years resolution is to forget about the problems of using Windows Vista in 2022. All forums (not just this one) are now dominated by people who are either rude or mentally ill (it is hard to be certain when they barely know English). My Vista hardware sits in a closet awaiting a refurbishment that it will probably never get, since running Vista no longer strikes me as a good idea. Happy New Year!

Here, you will find a list of software compatible with Windows Vista, after installing the new extended kernel by Win32. As this project is very new, this list will remain quite short for the time being. List: BeamNG.Drive 0.16 and later Chromium versions 53-73 beta (later versions currently do not work) Firefox "classic" versions 53-56 Firefox Quantum version 57 and later GIMP 2.10.18 Google Earth 7.3.3 and later Interlink Mail client Logitech Gaming Software 9.02 Opera 44 (later versions currently do not work) Palemoon 28.x Rocket League Thunderbird versions 53 and later Waterfox Classic Waterfox Current Whatsapp I will continue to update this list as more software is made compatible. Feel free to contribute your own additions in the form of a reply to the topic, and I will add them ASAP.

"If you "opt-in" for the security risk (the extent is often debated, so "your call") of enabling WebGL, then you need to remove the --disable-webgl switch in 360Loader.ini ."

OT ...Then, most probably, this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2qqfafRdEQ /OT

Unsure if you intended to post this in the Humming Owl thread or not - I only tested your URL in my v13.5 build 1030. Unsure if Humming Owl disables WebGL or not. (edit - or are you using an extension to block WebGL?) But again, this web site WORKS in v13.5 build 1030 if you enable WebGL. More reading here -- https://msfn.org/board/topic/184266-arcticfoxienotheretoplaygames-360chrome-v135-build-1030/?do=findComment&comment=1238388

Yes it does! You have to enable WebGL which is disabled by default due to security risks associated with WebGL.

After Effects / Photoshop 2019 do not launch because of missing entry points in the Kernel32 dll, Audition 2020 works up to a certain update, which just so happened to be the one that changed their icon to their modern variants, an issue with MFTranscode will pop up but you'll just have to ignore it and wait until it launches, as soon as you interact with the error window the program will crash, Direct2D is also disabled for stability. Photoshop / After Effects 2018 ( Unchecked )

It is possibly related to the bug where it cannot access audio devices. I have solved it along with the general audio issues, but now need to solve another issue with .NET applications.

@win32 Chrome, even in version 109 does not play YouTube videos without the --no-sandbox flag. What causes this?

Instead of changing your picture all the time, could you help me, please?

You can try modifying the inf file of the latest driver for Vista x86, but I'm not sure if that will work. The drivers modified by win32 are probably only for the x64 version

I agree with the issues with avast and have switched to panda antivirus as my new lightweight antivirus and has worked really well for as long as I have used it (even on vista which is what i use now)

Of course, I can say that. And I do it once more. Your assumption is wrong. I used Avast Antivirus, Avast Internet Security and Avast Premier more than 10 years. I know all about them. And I tried it on different hardware. Avast was abandoned by me due to my posted experiences months ago. Anyway! It's all water under the bridge. I use other, better and much lighter security software instead as I already wrote in this thread. What you are doing here is more of a body snatching kind of thing. Please, stop reviving old comments of mine! Or better, stop quoting me in general if possible! Thanks for that in advance!

Hm, apparently what I read was just the comment on Reddit saying to search YouTube for "Cinema Therapy, radical acceptance". Nice find, though some situations are just beyond messed up that one shouldn't have to just accept. Sigh, back at wrong thought patterns, huh?

Ok i will upload it Edit : The link above

To be fair, and I always fair, I'm a judge of some sorts - no such dll even present here ! Would be polite to check this browser *before* you posted an article from 11 years old. On the other hand, we must be grateful you didn't find an article from 1986. That upvote I gave you yesterday, was by mistake, retracted now. I used this browser a couple of years ago and observed no such behaviour. The browser was good while it lasted circa (2020-2021), now it's obsolete, struggles with twitter, etc. I'd move back to it, if the engine bumps to say Chrome 103 (at least).

In wondows 10 maybe also 7 and 8.1 and 11 the download blocked try to download from windows 2000 mypal 68 or any browser in win2000. If it didn't work on win2000 browser tell me i will upload it .

https://hackaday.com/2022/04/15/javascript-is-everywhere-even-msdos/ https://github.com/SuperIlu/jSH For writing DOS applications using JavaScript programming language.

I think, it's important do disable all antivirus software before you try to install anything!

Yes, WiseVector StopX require SSE2 (tested on a computer with a Duron 1,6 Ghz last year). Regards I think whether WiseVector StopX requires SSE2 or not is no longer important. It has been abandoned by the developers. Their interests now seem to be focused on an enterprise version to make money.

Yes, WiseVector StopX require SSE2 (tested on a computer with a Duron 1,6 Ghz last year). Regards

No issues, D.Draker. Carry on. I'll add this thread to my "out-of-site, out-of-mind" Stylus sheet. I was not trying to take sides but see how it probably looked that way. But correcting people's grammar (not just me, I've seen this done to others) ??? I'm not submitting any of my replies for a doctorate thesis - so I could care less if I mipsel wards are had grammar miptaques hear are their. No dog in this fight. Moving on. "Out of sight, out of mind."

It doesn't hit the Unread Content forty times per day (I exaggerate for "effect", but I wouldn't be surprised if the "update servers" thread exceeds that in a day), so no, I don't see the need to hide 3.1

you know what. you have to be right every time, don't you? You are one of the reasons I left vista community. Since you can't use vista without the help of this forum I knew that it makes no sense. You basically disagree with everything. I will say just this and say no further reply. D3D12on7 is real, it is being used in wow,red dead, cyberpunk. it was used in call of duty series and probably many other games I'm not even aware. I'm glad that over on 8.1 topics, you're not present. I think that you and I should avoid each other. My computer meets requirements to play modern titles and I'm glad. I don't know anyone who would use an old gtx 770. 1650 super has no problems whatsoever with playing my favorite games (including cyberpunk btw). It might not be on the highest details, but it works. Windows 7 is and will be for a while a supported os unlike vista. once chrome drops support then I will consider it EOL. anyone but D.Draker and Dixel is welcome to join the discussion with me.

Actually Vincent Price was quite good. jaclaz

you should do your research before saying that. IT IS official. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/samples/microsoft/directx-graphics-samples/d3d12-12-on-7-sample-win32/

8.1 exists. it has around 4% of marketshare

Yeah, Windows 7 is still considered a major operating system right now. It may not be supported, but there are still a lot of computers out there on 7. Not as much as 10/11 in the personal world, but commonly businesses and Embedded devices especially. Doesn't top how many Linux powered devices there are though. Linux-based things rule every market except the personal desktop space.

The forum is not bound by what is and isn't supported. Windows 7 is a top-level sub-forum due to the activity. It has come up in private discussion to move it, the question was then: why? There is no harm to keep it the way it is.

Reading discussions at other places it does seem to be on the list of regular maintenance tasks for lot (not all) of folks, it ranges from really often on a monthly basis (some of those report very dusty environment), 3 - 6 months, 6 months to a year, 1 - 3 years. Some apparently even replace CPU thermal paste often, first time I hear of that phenomenon, Intel's site says it do it every few years, last time I did it was about a decade ago when I replaced stock CPU cooler, paste still functions as far as I can see. I'm my own housekeeper. Yes, though I was going for the version without the huge fan since it seemed a bit of an overkill, but wasn't in stock where I was shopping and didn't feel like going for entirely different case.

Change those bytes for steam.exe, steam.dll, and steamservice.dll

I installed 12.0.1202, which is a pre-release of 360 Extreme Explorer 12, based on Chromium 78. It can be obtained here: http://www.qiuquan.cc/browser/360chrome.html (behind some other stuff and semi-broken classic captchas) I installed it on Windows 2000 and XP. However it is quite broken as the first few attempts to use ended in freezes; now it is more stable. However it tries to use IE6 to render everything on Windows 2000; as IE6 is blocked in my firewall that went nowhere quick. XP is being a pill on my T60 so haven't tested as much there, but it was able to load the post-install page without apparently relying on IE. There is no indication that XP has been dropped so hopefully they will continue refining the product in time for its final release! Two other notes: -I had to rename the installer because my English NT5.x installations had a hard time with the Chinese characters and kept telling me "file not found". XP went into a classic GDI+ resource shortage fit and required a logoff when I tried renaming it there. -I had to copy the EN-US locale file from my v11 install to get v12 to start. However everything is still displayed in Chinese.

No warez is contained within the distributed ISOs. And there may be some value in providing such packages to newcomers to win2k, but there are some issues: -did you obtain permission from @blackwingcat or the creator of USP 5.1 to redistribute their files? -SP4 UR1 and USP 5.1 are roughly equivalent; each one has its own issues and only one needs to be installed. -the win2k extended kernel has no relation to the 9x kernelex and is not open-source. -the high encryption pack was rolled into the OS in SP2. -there is no indication that extended kernel development has stopped -all extended kernel releases are cumulative: no previous versions need to be installed before the current version

Can you do unit conversions in the classic win32 calculator? It crashes on me in LTSC 2019. But yes, the OS is finally usable on a 5400 rpm HDD after replacing an OEM-bloated Windows 10 Home!

I just had an idea; for open source software we could try recompiling them with Visual Studio 2005/2008 or anything else that will let us target win2k.

Yep. Just checked for myself. Based on some reports on youtube we lost the servers at 12:45 or 1:05 pm EDT (UTC -5). I'm starting to feel withdrawal. So who's up for a Microsoft Hearts LAN Party?

Latest FileZilla 3.42.1 32-bit won't launch under Vista SP2 because of only one missing function in Vista's shell32.dll system file: ... and, actually, the very last Vista SP2 compatible version of FileZilla is 3.40.0-rc2, released on Jan 22nd 2019: You can download this Vista EoS version from the official repository at https://download.filezilla-project.org/client/ Final 3.40.0 was released three days later (Jan 25th 2019) but, as you've found out, it would run only on Win7+ FileZilla is open source, so perhaps one could recompile more recent source code to again target at least NT 6.0; here's hoping

Windows 2000 Server: 4 CPUs/threads Windows 2000 Advanced Server: 8 CPUs/threads Windows 2000 Datacenter Server: 32 CPUs/threads The theoretical limit is 2^16 CPUs/threads if the appropriate registry hack is made, with all editions of Windows 2000.

uFile 2018 (Canadian tax prep software) works on Vista SP2 according to the box.

yea i was just asking , it felt a bit odd , not picking a fight or so