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Here’s an old post at MSFN. I have not done this, but I trust WinClient5270: https://msfn.org/board/topic/179952-windows-7-transformed-into-vista-really-nice/

Definitely download, install and configure Classic Shell. This will give you a good experience of Windows Explorer on 7 that has strong similarities to WinXP. I'm on Windows 7 myself but only because Classic Shell makes Explorer and the Start Menu tolerable for me - if Classic Shell wasn't available then I would think I'd just go over to Linux Mint. In point of comparison I have to say that I do find Win7 to be a pretty good system and am overall well pleased with it.

@VistaLover My Macromed/Flash folder contents look slightly different to yours: ...you have an extra exe, and an extra folder. For the Adobe thing I need this: AllowListUrlPattern=https://wwwimages.adobe.com/ ,,,direct link: https://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/swf/software/flash/about/flashAbout_info_small.swf @RainyShadow is spot on, http://chat.kongregate.com/gamez/0009/4075/live/myth_rider_cs3.swf is a better link than going anywhere near Kongregate's site proper. That one still works for me using: AllowListUrlPattern=https://chat.kongregate.com/ I'm really not doing anything clever! This is my mms.cfg: SilentAutoUpdateEnable=0 AutoUpdateDisable=1 DisableAnalytics=1 EOLUninstallDisable=1 EnableAllowList=0 AllowListUrlPattern=file:* AllowListUrlPattern=https://wwwimages.adobe.com/ AllowListUrlPattern=https://chat.kongregate.com/ The file:* thing is to allow local .swf files to run. Since yesterday EnableAllowList=0 is depreciated and now defaults to '1'. Ben.

From Belgium, hello @CRT and welcome to MSFN! I wish you enjoy the forums! Have a nice day. hpwamr

Changing this file is all that was needed to re-activate Flash v32.0.0.465 NPAPI on Firefox on Windows 7 x64.

don't fear this! The result you get is normal! I have the same thing on all my computers.

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.7.win32-git-20210116-4b450ac-uxp-515814277-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.7.win64-git-20210116-4b450ac-uxp-515814277-xpmod.7z source code that is comparable to my current working tree is available here: https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commits/custom IA32 Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.7.win32-git-20210116-4b450ac-uxp-515814277-xpmod-ia32.7z source code that is comparable to my current working tree is available here: https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commits/ia32 NM28XP build: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.2a1.win32-git-20210116-5ac4ef4c7-uxp-515814277-xpmod.7z Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.2a1.win32-git-20210116-5ac4ef4c7-uxp-515814277-xpmod-sse.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.2a1.win64-git-20210116-5ac4ef4c7-uxp-515814277-xpmod.7z Official UXP changes since my last build: - Issue #1705 - Part 1: Rename nsChangeHint_CSSOverflowChange to *ScrollbarChange. (e16ed489a) - Issue #1705 - Part 2: Add a ShowScrollbar enum to be used in ScrollReflowInput. (4681e04dc) - Issue #1705 - Part 3: Rename ScrollbarStyles to ScrollStyles. (0e6a9cc60) - Issue #1705 - Part 4: Add scrollbar-width CSS keyword to CSS parser. (65da2431f) - Issue #1705 - Part 5: Implement scrollbar-width:none for all target platforms. (c05bca316) - Issue #1705 - Part 6: Remove scrollbarbutton min-{width|height} rule from theme. (764e13c91) - Issue #1710 - Check for triggering principal URI in FTP subresource check. (c0db767c2) - Issue #1705 - Part 7: Implement scrollbar-width:thin on Windows. (382fe423e) - Issue #1705 - Part 8: Implement scrollbar-width:thin on GTK. (ecc771848) - Issue #1705 - Part 9: Implement scrollbar-width:thin on Mac (cocoa). (59ef3f4ed) - Issue #1624 - Fix slot access intrinsics for objects with > 16 reserved slots (7023db88c) - Issue #1705 - Part 9b: Revert overzealous changes on Mac (cocoa). (0939fde1a) - Merge pull request 'Add scrollbar-width CSS spec' (#1707) from 1705 into master (515814277) Official Basilisk changes since my last build: - [SSUAO] Update overrides for YouTube (734d737) - [Tabbed browser] Pref detach&tear-off of tabs. (4b450ac) Official Pale-Moon changes since my last build: - [SSUAO] Update overrides for YouTube (f50a12e7c) - Issue #1845 - Pref detach&tear-off tab handling. (16479d842) - Update about box repository information (5ac4ef4c7)

One thing you can try is get StartIsBack++ since it can skin the taskbar independently of its Start menu and the rest of Windows. Once you create and apply a Uxstyles made for taskbar in StartIsBack++, it should work as long as SIB++ works. Even if the Windows Uxstyles breaks.

Not AV, but I suggest you take a look at Malwarebytes Free 3.5.1 which I use on my Vista system (I use it instead on AV). You can automate scans via Task Scheduler. Also, I used to use Avast Free AV (it still receives definition updates on Vista and XP), but it suddenly became glitchy at a point of time. Don't know whether it's just my issue though. One more suggestion: take a look at Clamwin AV, a wonderful, open-source AV that supports Windows 95 (yes 95!) through 10.

It's NOT the flag I advised ! I don't know what (don't read) google writes to the ordinary users , but according to their own documentation it does what it says, besides you may wanna read more carefully what I write , you have mixed up the two different flags : " --process-per-site - Enable the "Process Per Site" process model for all domains. This mode consolidates same-site pages so that they share a single process. More details here: - https://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/process-models - The class comment in site_instance.h, listing the supported process models. IMPORTANT: This isn't to be confused with --site-per-process (which is about isolation, not consolidation). You probably want the other one."

It might be that Chrome doesn’t allow for a user style sheet like Firefox or IE. In that case you’d probably have to install an addon such as stylus or stylish for that particular code to work. Not sure why you can’t right click the object and block it, normally that works well with uBlock. It also helps you to get the actual id that can be used to block it in a style sheet. Are you getting the small window in the lower right corner?

Guess you gotta allow remote fonts then

Yes, from experience, version X of the uninstaller will uninstall ALL (NPAPI, PPAPI, AX) Flash versions <=X This one has a digital signature (SHA-2 only) of Dec 22nd 2020 ; to be honest, I'm quite reluctant to try it out; Adobe are known to be very insidious , so I fear they may have artificially blocked any Flash version from being installed after this tool has been run... But I'm just being paranoid, I suppose... As for version 34, I think in China (and probably in Enterprise distributions) Flash hasn't died with version 32.0.0.465...

Hello and thank you , sadly didn't work for me. Chipset H110 and Asrock mobo...

After you select "Block element" there sould appear a small window in the lower right corner. You must click the "Create" button there in order to actually create a blocking filter.

Hello Welcome To The Forum!

Good idea the guide, despite scrambled in SDI vs Driver Booster war and windows update issue. For the latter, i've used WSUSOffline v10.9.2 (last version supporting Vista) to download everything - Vista Box Checked on a clean installation of Vista SP2, and after that used a more recent WSUSOffline (don't remember the version) to download everything - Server 2008 Box Checked to get all the compatible Vista updates after Vista EOL.

Only to confirm your impression, but on the very opposite side of the spectrum (low power machines, where a comparison is more likely to show noticeable differences). I just got two extremely el-cheapo (and old but in themselves "good enough") netbooks, identical, Asus EEE PC 12.1" 1201T (a not-so-common model sporting an AMD MV-40 processor). These machines are (were) intended as "pure" netbooks, i.e. minimal browsing and "normal" everyday activities in a rather light and portable format with a several hours lasting battery. Put on them both the max RAM (2 GB) and new 240 GB SSD drives. On the first I restored (from recovery partition) the original OS (Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit), which I then updated to SP1 and via Windows Update to an as much "current" situation as possible. On the second I experimented an install of Windows 10 home (last release 2020, directly from MS original iso). I won't detail the amount of troubles I had to actually install the stupid Windows 10, as it would become a rant, but trust me it wasn't easy (on the other hand in the Windows 7 one having to deal with Windows Update (non)response times has been as well really trying) Anyway, after having run them both a few hours and having let them "settle", I briefly tested the two PC's side by side (literally). Quick sum up: 1) booting times: Windows 7 is seemingly a tadbit slower to get to the desktop, but Windows 10 is "faking", if I count the time until the Start button responds, W7 is faster 2) CPU usage: Windows 7 uses far less CPU at rest (including running in the background some of the built-in ASUS tools), W10 has a sh**tload of processes eating CPU time 3) RAM usage; Windows 7 at rest is around 532 MB, W10 at rest is around 1.1 GB (more than double) Right now I am re-setting/re-installing the second netbook to Windows 7, and make it identical to the first one. jaclaz

Use older versions , like 80 or 81 , maybe even 82 (not sure about this one though) , they don't disable extensions by default . I'm wondering what changed between those and the newer ones. By the way , any luck on adding ResolveLocaleName ? If you remember about that weird bug with locales (Streets of Rage 4) , well I've found out that the game calls for it too.

Sure thing, mate.

Yeah, no luck. Different error code:

I feel like I was scammed. Now I can't even use MY OWN hardware... it is artificial block. They should have at least let us install the windows 7 driver.

What are you talking about? For the 3060 Ti, it clearly lists both 7 and 8 versions. EDIT: Oh wait... Search returned no results. But there's drivers for... Windows 7... What the f***, NVidia? Why... What????

Exactly. The proper Vista era only began in around 2008 AFAIK as proper drivers were not available for Vista and OEMs put XP drivers on Vista installs.

I'm not trying to prove, that it is unusable, just trying to help win32 locate when the problem started. Also my cpu is intel core i5-5300U since it is laptop, 16 missing drivers for vista sp2 makes this unusable.

Yes, so taking that into consideration, I will use an SSD as OS drive and an HDD as data drive on my custom desktop. I might also dualboot a Vista install with updates and one without (the clean install on the HDD and updated install on SSD), purely for testing.

Yes, I understand, but 10k RPM HDD's are expensive here in our Indian local market, about 250-300 USD. Don't know about Ebay.

Wanted to addon: The graphics driver successfully installed but there is an issue that prevents the changing of screen resolutions, so on my Macbook Air clone the display can only show content on it in 1366*768 resolution {max. supported resolution}, so this is not a really big issue.

No, VM, though I can share pictures. Btw, I'm away from my computer now, so it will take some time to upload

Yeah, now I understand. My LCD is the culprit

What I'm trying to say from the very beginning is : Aero and window borders are working perfectly without modifications but the control buttons present in earlier versions of VLC which matched with the look of Aero are absent in 3.x.x without the hex edit. This issue is a universal issue on Vista, as @UCyborg said. WHY don't you or Dixel understand me?? Also, I thought you knew that maximised windows in Vista turn opaque, being a longtime Vista user. This happens with all applications. Test again using a maximised window and see what happens.

Now that you said that, I remember running 8.1 on some old 1.9GHz Dual Core AMD laptop, think it was like the TK-57 or something

Oh I remember my old laptop with AMD turion 64 x2 tl-60 running windows 8.1 just fine

Just start downloading closer to midnight, and there will already be a new package of internet xd

I had hooked up a Dell external monitor to my secondary Vista desktop which does not have Vista drivers but SDI installed a driver, which I don't know whether to trust. But no major issues were caused.

What do you mean? Driver booster has updated all my Vista drivers properly and had not caused any issues for me and even I'm speaking from experience.

Don't know why your VM behaves a little strangely, but on my main Vista laptop (fully updated till Jan. 2020) DWM always uses only about 30-40 megs of ram (out of 8 gigs). Maybe vmware tools causes memory usage to fluctuate.

Thanks a lot!

I cannot care less about Microsoft’s statement.If you rely on official support, then Vista is almost dead in modern world. Thanks to @win32 and his extended kernel, Vista is more than usable nowadays. My point is, that it is a long time, since someone here on msfn (sorry forgot who it was) discovered, how to install .net 4.6.2 and up. Nobody reported any issues. My point is, that you’re the first one, I don’t have to proof something what you can just look up here on msfn. Oh and btw in 2019 I used Vista exclusively as my main os for 3 whole months. with .net 4.7.2. You should definitely try newer .net than 4.5 (Some games do actually require it too, but I only heard about unity games).

From Belgium, hello @mattrix and welcome to MSFN! I hope you enjoy the forums! Have a nice day. hpwamr

I have october updates, and printing seems to work okay with office 2019, printing from web etc..

I seriously do not understand why they f****** did this. Just why?? I hate modern software companies nowadays. Everything is a f****** expensive subscription, new operating systems are pieces of junk trying to spy on you whilst looking ugly. Back to my point, why would virtualization software check if I had patched my uxtheme to sideload a new theme for example? Unbelievable! Their explanation:

Windows 8.1 does this as well. I really hate Windows 10 UI in general. I like aero, but I also like colorful borders that Windows 8.1 has. Windows 10 is just ugly.

I forgot You can add Fall guys. They officially state Windows 10, but it runs fine on Vista (with extended kernel) to 8.1 (including 7,8.0) just fine.

You should have updated your copy of Vista to up until its EOL (2017). Though this is easier said than done.

They did introduce a desktop client, but it does work even without your kernel.

Feel free to ask , you're always welcome.

Always remember Dibya that those criticising your work, usually unjustifiably as the issues have been caused by them, almost certainly wouldn't have been able in their wildest dreams to do what you've done. Please don't let a few id*** stop you sharing your work, the vast majority really appreciate your efforts I promise!

Posted today on ZaufanaTrzeciaStrona.pl facebook page. (they are polish guys providing some IT security services and training, also keeping up good website with news and articles about that FYI)

Nice , though there are good alternatives, this link includes a full tutorial : http://www.howtogeek.com/96780/how-to-rename-internet-explorer-to-firefoxchrome-downloader/ jaclaz