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It was to be expected that the MS will shut down the update system. So I've created my own update rollups (DEU and ENU) to circumvent this problem. Following a list of the updates that are included in my rollups.

They forgot to add "get the best spyware and other crappy features that you don't need built right in that can't be removed"

"It is understood that users will have until 19 July 2019 to apply the last updates, before the whole update system is switched off, not least of all because it doesn't meet modern Windows Update security criteria" From here: https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3074028/microsoft-kills-windows-xp-all-over-again

I don't know about AVG 2015 or AVG with XP x86. As for now, google "AVG Free XP" and the first result is this: https://www.avg.com/en-us/windows-xp-antivirus#pc which looks like this: which downloaded, installed and ran fine on my XP Pro X64 test bed, and currently looks like this: and is accessing the internet normally:

No, I have attempted modifying the Windows 7 USB 3 and HD 4600 graphics drivers for Vista when I tried running it on Haswell, and it just doesn't work. Not necessarily. According to @greenhillmaniac, Windows Vista works fine on AMD's Ryzen platform, at least on the first generation Summit Ridge processors. This problem seems to be isolated to Intel's Haswell (and later) platforms. If you want to run Vista on Intel hardware without issues, your best bet is going to be Sandy or Ivy Bridge. I use Vista on a Core i7 3770 (Ivy) without any problems at all; the OS works just like it's supposed to and driver support is much better.

Should also work for newer Ryzen's, seeing you can use the same chipset (in my case B350) with the same functioning drivers. The only thing that's incompatible are the GPU drivers for the Ryzen APUs, since the last AMD GPU drivers compatible with Vista were released in mid-2015.

Thanks @Vistapocalypse (and others) for contributing to and keeping this topic alive while I've been away! Finally got around to updating it, so I reckon it's about time I post one of these (albeit, short): SUMMARY OF CHANGES TO THE LIST FOR APRIL 13, 2019: Updated status of Skype v7.36.x: this version no longer works on XP/Vista as of April 2019, meaning that XP/Vista users effectively can no longer use Skype (desktop). Added MediaPortal to "DVR/PVR software" section.

An interesting little change I noticed in the April 2019 update rollup: For those that didn't notice, since 2009 with the release of SP2, Windows Vista's build number has been 6.0.6002 (while SP1 was build 6001, and RTM 6000). However, with the new rollup, Vista's build number has been changed to build 6.0.6003. At first I wondered if this was an error/discrepancy on MS's part, but turns out the change was intentional, according to this article: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4495374/build-number-changing-to-6003-in-windows-server-2008 Just an interesting little thing I thought I'd point out This change doesn't seem to affect functionality of anything though (at least not that I'm aware of), which is good.

Hi @Vistapocalypse Just updated to Sandboxie v5.28 a few minutes ago. System is Vista HP x86, updated to April 2019. All is working well.

I sometimes wonder if MS guys throw patches with errors they can't solve, and then watch MSFN boards and wait for you guys to solve them. Y'all rock!

I pointed out NextPVR in my March 4 post. A few days later I updated to version 4.2.4, which not only works on Vista but solves an issue encountered by some users, including myself (NPVRTSReader4 was too intolerant of corruption in the stream, resulting in occasional VCRUNTIME140.dll crashes). All is well for now, but I have some trepidation regarding the approaching NextPVR 5, which will be the first cross-platform version. Will there be room on the bus for poor old Windows Vista? Stay tuned. Since the list now includes a DVR/PVR section at my suggestion, perhaps I should focus on lengthening it a bit... MediaPortal is another free DVR for Windows that has been around for many years, although I never used it myself. Like NextPVR, it can be used as a Kodi backend, although MediaPortal might qualify as a media server in its own right. Unlike NextPVR, MediaPortal is open source. As explained on the MediaPortal Download page, there are currently two supported branches, and Vista is only supported by the classic MediaPortal 1. Windows XP is no longer officially supported, but I see nothing in its Requirements that would preclude functioning on XP SP3 (unlike NextPVR, which has required .NET 4.6.0 since version 4.1.0 was released a year ago). Speaking of Requirements, a word of caution about DirectX 9.0c End-User Runtimes: It is 95.6 MB and cannot be uninstalled. It is also a requirement for NextPVR (which I neglected to mention March 4), but historically was more like a recommendation: Not having the End-User Runtimes cluttered NPVR logs with errors more than anything, but the MediaPortal installer might not give you any choice in the matter. Before experimenting with third-party DVR software, it might be a good idea to make an updated backup image so you can easily get rid of all such things if you decide a DVR isn't for you. (The same advice goes for TV Pack 2008, which also cannot be uninstalled.)

Emby and Plex have much in common: Both are cross-platform media servers similar to Kodi. Both are basically free, but both have premium features that require payment (known as Emby Premiere and Plex Pass respectively). More to the point, both ended support for Windows Vista in 2016. According to an August 2016 Emby thread, compatibility with Vista was broken when .NET 4.6.2 was bundled with the installer. GitHub appears to have taken down releases that old (so someone there should edit System Requirements), but VideoHelp Version History suggests that 3.0.6060 was probably the last version that could be installed on Vista. This May 2016 Plex post offered no explanation. I hesitate to mention this, but FileHorse appears to have Plex 0.9.16.6. There is reason to think it required Visual C++ 2015. I doubt that this information would actually make the list more useful, but I wanted to post it in the thread anyway.