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Video & Photo Editing software section is finished now. Unfortunately, Vista has lost a lot of options in this section over the past couple of years SUMMARY OF CHANGES TO THE LIST FOR OCTOBER 9, 2022: Added UNS status to Aniview since it's no longer officially supported on Vista, but works with a workaround (tutorial coming soon!) Added UNS status to AnnyStudio JPEG Lossess Rotator since v9.2 is the last official version for Vista according to the website, but the latest version (v10.1 as of Oct. 2022) works just fine for me in Vista. Added UNS status to AnnyStudio Just Color Picker, as Vista is not listed as a supported platform on the website, but the latest version still works fine (v5.6 as of Oct. 2022). Removed ONG status from ArtWeaver Free & Pro 6.x. Added ArtWeaver Free & Pro 6.0.13 as last version for Windows Vista. Removed ONG status from ContaCam; added ContaCam 9.0.9 as last version for Windows Vista. Removed ONG status from Flashblack Express & Flashback Pro; added Flashback Express/Pro v5.35.0 as last version for Windows Vista. Removed ONG status from KC Softwares PhotoToFilm & KC Softwares VideoInspector. Added KC Softwares PhotoToFilm v3.9.1.99 & KC Softwares VideoInspector v2.15.2.146 as last versions for Windows Vista. Removed ONG status from Lightworks; added Lightworks 14.5.0.0 as last version for Windows Vista. Removed ONG status from MyPaint; added MyPaint 1.2.1 as last version for Windows Vista. Removed ONG status from Pinta; added Pinta 1.7.1 as last version for Windows Vista. Removed ONG status from XnConvert, XnRetro, XnSketch, & XnView MP. Added XnConvert v1.82, XnRetro 1.20, XnSketch 1.18, & XnView MP 0.94.3 as last versions for Windows Vista. Fixed broken download links for Image Composite Editor 2.0.3 (32 bit & 64 bit).

Word Processing & Office Suites + Content Consumption Software sections are now updated SUMMARY OF CHANGES TO THE LIST FOR OCTOBER 8, 2022: Removed ONG status from Scribus; added Scribus 1.4.8 as the last version for Windows Vista. Removed Todoist as the software no longer supports Vista and older versions no longer connect to the Todoist service. Removed ONG status from AIMP; added AIMP 5.00.2344 as last version for Windows Vista. Removed ONG status from Foobar2000; added Foobar2000 v1.5.11 as last version for Windows Vista. Removed ONG status from Leawo Blu-ray Player; added Leawo Blu-ray Player v1.9.6.2 as last version for Windows Vista. Removed ONG status from MusicBee; added MusicBee 3.0.6067 as last version for Windows Vista. Added important information about SMPlayer: must use QT 5.6 version (still being updated; available for download from the main website). The last version of Winamp for Windows Vista has already been listed. However, I added a download link for convenience :

@Taiga-chan AFAIK, you need to install Palefill extension to be able to use that website. I'm not a registered user there so can't tell if any additional issues have appeared since the compatibility problem due to lack of support for Web Components in the browser has been addressed with that extension.

The name does not matter, just add a .txt file to \Tools\MinWin\Default\Remove folder. There is nothing hard coded, profile should be entirely under control of the user.

Remove Winamp from the list, as version 5.9 requires Windows 7 as the minimum OS.

Work on Email Clients and PDF Viewers sections is now complete! Thankfully, most entries still have ongoing support for Vista, so not too much was lost this go around SUMMARY OF CHANGES TO THE LIST FOR OCTOBER 6, 2022: Removed ONG status for Claws Mail; added Claws Mail 3.16.0 as last version for Windows Vista. Added UNS status for Pegasus Mail, since the official website claims that only Windows 7 or later are supported, but it continues to work on Vista, fortunately. Removed Open Live Writer from the list, as the latest version does not work for me on Vista, throwing an APPCRASH error upon attempting to launch. I tested the software on build 6002 as well to insure it wasn't broken with build 6003, and the error occurs there as well. The software appears to be abandoned anyway (no updates since 2017). Removed ONG status from Foxit PDF Reader & Foxit PhantomPDF; added Foxit PDF Reader & PhantomPDF v9.2.0.9297 as last version for Windows Vista. Removed ONG status from Nitro PDF Reader/PDF Reader Pro; added Nitro PDF Reader v10.x as the last version for Windows Vista. Removed ONG status from PDF-XChange Editor; added PDF-XChange Editor v7.0.328.2 as the last version for Windows Vista.

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20221008-3219d2d-uxp-51bb5d5c8-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20221008-3219d2d-uxp-51bb5d5c8-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-g4.8.win32-git-20221008-3219d2d-uxp-51bb5d5c8-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-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20221008-d849524bd-uxp-51bb5d5c8-xpmod.7z Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win32-git-20221008-d849524bd-uxp-51bb5d5c8-xpmod-sse.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.6a1.win64-git-20221008-d849524bd-uxp-51bb5d5c8-xpmod.7z Official UXP changes picked since my last build: - Fix some debug assertions. (1868e8874) Official Pale-Moon changes picked since my last build: - [Pale-Moon] Add SSUAO for Facebook (because compatmode 102 breaks their JS) (a46b413b7) - [Pale-Moon] Use native mode for Zoho (3ea1f776a) Official Basilisk changes picked since my last build: - [Basilisk] Add SSUAO for Facebook (062b2c255) My changes picked since my last build: - D3D9 initialization fix by XPRTM@MSFN, Thanks! (a16549ddb) - follow-up D3D9 initialization fix by XPRTM@MSFN, stop creating pure device. (51bb5d5c8) Update Notice: - You may delete file named icudt58l.dat inside program folder when updating from old releases. * Notice: From now on, UXP rev will point to `custom` branch of my UXP repo instead of MCP UXP repo, while "official UXP changes" shows only `tracking` branch changes.

The Web Browser plugins & Instant Messaging sections have been redone. Unfortunately, lots of IM softwares no longer support Windows Vista but at least most of the last versions were able to be found and listed: SUMMARY OF CHANGES TO THE LIST FOR OCTOBER 5, 2022: Removed ONG status from Adfender; added Adfender v2.55 as last version for Windows Vista. Removed Adobe Flash Player & Adobe Shockwave Player as both have been discontinued and are no longer supported by Adobe. Amended information regarding Java SE 8: support has been extended to December 2030 from December 2020 (security updates only), according to this roadmap by Oracle. Renamed "McAfee 2015 product suite" entry to McAfee 14.0 R1 as last version for Windows Vista (according to this article). Removed Dingtalk as it no longer works on Windows Vista and no older versions are available from what I can find, unfortunately. Added information about ICQ: must use "Windows XP" installer, Windows 7 or later version doesn't work. Removed ONG status from Linphone; added Linphone v4.1.1 as last version for Windows Vista. Removed ONG status from Mumble; added Mumble 1.3.4 as last version for Windows Vista. Removed ONG status from Quassel IRC; added Quassel IRC 0.12.4 as last version for Windows Vista. Removed ONG status from qTox; added qTox 1.16.3 as last version for Windows Vista. Fixed broken download link for Viber 6.8.2.878. Added UNS status to Ripcord, since it's not officially supported on Vista, but still works.

You can also check XP2ESD. I have written script for that too (there is also a solution to unlock PAE on more 32bit systems )

I did quite a bit of work on Antivirus/Security section. Unfortunately, the options for Vista have only dwindled over the course of 2021 and 2022 Maybe the community could help find new additions for this section? SUMMARY OF CHANGES TO THE LIST FOR OCTOBER 2, 2022: Removed Avast AntiTrack, as Windows Vista and earlier are no longer supported by the product. Removed all Bullguard products, as Bullguard was purchased by Norton in 2021 and the products are no longer sold under the Bullguard brand name. As a result, Windows Vista is no longer supported by Bullguard. Removed Comodo Cloud Antivirus, as it was discontinued and merged with Comodo Internet Security. Removed Cybergenic Shade Sandbox as it now requires Windows 10 or later, and the last version for Vista appears to be unavailable. Removed ONG status from Comodo Cloud Scanner and added version number of the final version, as the software has not been updated since 2010. Removed ONG status from Comodo Antivirus for Servers, as the software has not been updated in at least a decade (since Server 2012 is listed as the latest supported version of Windows Server for the product). Listed Comodo Free Antivirus & Comodo Internet Security v12.0.0.6870 as last version for Windows Vista (according to this support article). Removed CryptoPrevent Anti-Malware entirely, as the latest version does NOT work on Windows Vista, and no documentation exists anywhere on the end of XP/Vista support, nor is the final version available anywhere from my findings. Removed G-Data "Business Solutions" in favor of G Data Security Client, which continues to support Vista (and XP). Renamed "HouseCall" entry to HouseCall Online Scanner, as that is the only HouseCall product to still support Windows Vista. Removed Jetico Personal Firewall, as the software has not been updated since 2016 and appears to be abandoned. Removed ONG status from KeePass; listed v1.38 as the last version for Windows Vista. Removed Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit & Malwarebytes Chameleon, as the products appear to have been merged with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware within the past few years, meaning they're no longer supported on Windows Vista. Removed the information regarding Norton definition updates ending in 2021, as it appears that it continues to receive definition updates on Vista as of October 2022. Listed OSArmor 1.6.0 as the last version for Windows Vista. Removed NoVirusThanks Anti-AutoExec as it was discontinued at some point since it was added to the list. Removed NoVirusThanks SysHardener & Registry Guard/Guard service as they're no longer supported on Windows Vista and the last versions are not available online anywhere from what I can find. Removed Prey Anti-Theft as it no longer works on Vista due to missing functions and the last version appears to be unavailable (ResolveLocaleName error). Removed RogueKiller Anti-Malware as it no longer works on Vista due to missing functions and the last version appears to be unavailable (K32GetModuleInformation error). Added Sandboxie 5.33 as last version for Windows Vista. Removed SecureAPlus as it has been discontinued in favor of CatchPulse, which does not support Windows Vista. Removed "Sophos Server Protection products" entry as all Sophos software now requires Windows 7 or later. Removed ONG status from SystemShield Anti-Virus & Anti-Spyware products, listed v5.0.0.136 as the last version for Windows Vista. Listed Vipre Antivirus v10.x as the last version for Windows Vista. Removed Webroot as the last version for Windows Vista cannot be found online and is not documented anywhere. The software now requires Windows 7 SP1 or later, according to the Webroot website. No trial versions are available for testing either from my findings. Fixed broken download link for Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit v5.52.

Hi there! It's nice to see you again. Hope you're doing well I will be testing everything on a fully updated Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 x64 virtual machine, including all Server 2008 updates to January 2020, so it will be at build 6003. If I run into any problems, I'll have a separate VM with build 6002 to test the software to ensure the problems aren't related to build 6003. And thanks so much for the kind words, it means a lot I'll do the best I can. Working on the Antivirus/Security software section now!

Well, I just updated the list for the first time in nearly 2 years. I've managed to fix all broken download links in the Web browsers section, and added Mypal 68.x. I've decided to prevent myself from becoming overwhelmed/burned out, I'm just going to take it one section at a time each day until the list is complete. I'm so glad to finally get around to doing this after such a long time. Thank you everyone for your patience, compassion and understanding.

Hello everyone. I must extend my sincere apologies for being inactive here this year. My life has changed dramatically over the past year, from walking away from a toxic relationship, to putting myself through therapy to recover from the trauma that it caused me, to finding someone new, to working at the Post Office every day and that taking up most of my energy (as @LoneCrusader can relate ) the time has just gotten away from me, and I haven't made the time that I should have to keep this list up to date. With that being said, I am setting up a virtual machine of stock (NO extended kernel) Windows Vista to test software on, and continuing my obligation of providing Vista users with the best and most up-to-date resource available when it comes to running their favorite software on their preferred operating system. I am going to go through nearly every entry still listed as ONG as of October 2020, and find out which ones no longer fit the label of ONG, and try to narrow down exactly the final versions of these pieces of software to run on Vista, and list them here accordingly. I will also be going through and fixing every broken link I can find, as I'm sure a lot of them have stopped working over the past couple of years. Thank you all so much for your patience and understanding. I hope everyone here is happy, healthy & doing well! (Screenshot of VM so you know I'm serious about this :

Additional Microsoft software/utilities: Microsoft Remote Desktop assistant (FREE, UNS) (Download) Movie Maker 2.6 for Windows Vista (FREE, CS) (Download (Wayback Machine)) NetMeeting 3.0.2 for Windows Vista (FREE, CS) (For x86 versions of Windows Vista only) (Download (The Hotfix Share)) Windows Genuine Advantage Diagnostic Tool 1.9.0027.0 (FREE, CS) (Download (Wayback Machine)) WMI Diagnosis Utility 2.2 (FREE, CS) (Download (Wayback Machine)) Xbox 360 Accessories 1.2 (FREE, CS) AntiVirus & Security Software: Avira PC Cleaner 3.0.0.125 (FREE, CS) Avira Removal Tool 3.0.1.16 (FREE, CS) Desktop Enhancement software: Bartels Media Macro Recorder 2.0.69 ($$$, CS, UNS) (Renewable 30-minute trial available) Bartels Media PhraseExpress ($$$, CS, UNS) (Renewable 30-minute trial available) Data & File Management/Sharing: Confidential ($$$, CS) Duplicate File Detective 6.3 ($$$, CS) (15-day trial available) (Last version as per vendor release notes) ExifTool (FREE, OS, ONG) ExplorerMax ($$$, CS, ONG) (30-day trial available) (Multiple payment options available) FolderSizes 9.0.253 ($$$, CS) (Last version as per vendor release notes) GeoSetter (FREE, CS, ONG) LiquidFOLDERS ($$$, CS, ONG) (30-day trial available) OfficeStatus ($$$, CS, ONG) (30-day trial available) Permissions Reporter Basic 2.9.228.0 (FREE, CS) Permissions Reporter 2.9.288.0 ($$$, CS) SQL Backup Master (FREE, CS, ONG) SQL Backup Master Pro ($$$, CS, ONG) Xplorer² ($$$, CS, ONG) (21-day trial available) XYplorer ($$$, CS, ONG) (30-day trial available) WinZip 24 ($$$, CS) (Last version as per vendor release notes) (21-day trial available) WinZip 24 Pro ($$$, CS) (Last version as per vendor release notes) DVR/PVR software: DVRMSToolbox 1.2.2.5 (FREE, CS) (Skips commercials from television shows recorded in Windows Media Center) Lifextender Beta 0.9.4.6 (FREE, CS) (Removes commercials from television shows recorded in Windows Media Center) Games: Last official release to run on Vista (sequels/updates do not support or work with Vista): Microsoft Flight Simulator X ($$$, CS) Game Distribution: Games for Windows Marketplace 3.5.95.0 (formerly Games for Windows Live) (FREE, CS) Hard Drive Utilities: Avira UnErase 1.4 (FREE, CS) DAEMON Tools Ultra v4.0 ($$$, CS) (Last version as per vendor release notes) Macrium Reflect Free 7.3.555.0 (FREE, CS, ONG) (Not for use in a commercial environment) (Last version available as per vendor release notes) MiniTool Partition Wizard Free (FREE, CS, UNS) MiniTool Partition Wizard Pro ($$$, CS, UNS) MiniTool Power Data Recovery Free ($$$, CS, UNS) MiniTool Power Data Recovery Pro ($$$, CS, UNS) MiniTool ShadowMaker Free ($$$, CS, UNS) MiniTool ShadowMaker Pro ($$$, CS, UNS) PhotoRec (FREE, OS, ONG) TestDisk (FREE, OS, ONG) Instant Messaging/Internet Communication Software: MetroTwit 11.0.51106.1 (FREE, CS) (No longer supported or updated) Invoicing, Finance, and Business Management software: Microsoft Money Plus Sunset Deluxe (FREE, CS) (Download (Internet Archive Wayback Machine)) Microsoft Money Plus Sunset Home and Business (FREE, CS) (Download (Internet Archive Wayback Machine)) Microsoft Office Add-ins & Tools: Microsoft Mouse Mischief for PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010 (FREE, CS) (Download (Wayback Machine)) Microsoft Office 2003/Office XP Add-in: Remove Hidden Data (FREE, CS) (Download (Softpedia)) Microsoft Office 2003/Office XP Add-in: Office Sounds (FREE, CS) (Download (CNET)) Microsoft Outlook 2003 Add-in: Outlook Calendar Views (FREE, CS) (Download (CNET)) Microsoft Outlook 2003 Add-in: Video Email (FREE, CS) (Download (Softpedia)) Microsoft Outlook SMS Add-in (MOSA) (FREE, CS) (Download (Wayback Machine)) Microsoft Outlook Social Connector for Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 (FREE, CS) (Download from Microsoft (Wayback Machine)) Phone Integration and Management software: Microsoft Phone Data Manager Beta (FREE, CS) (Download (Softpedia)) (For x86 versions of Windows Vista only) (List of the only phones that are supported) Sony PC Companion 2.10.303 (FREE, CS) Vista Caller-ID 1.0.8 (FREE, CS) (Download from Softpedia) Vista Caller-ID for Windows Media Center 1.1.0 Beta (FREE, CS) (Download from Softpedia) Software/Game Development: JitBit Macro Recorder ($$$, CS, ONG) (40-day trial available) Remote Access: Bartels Media ShareMouse ($$$, CS, UNS) (Free for non-power-use and non-professional use) Screenshot Software: AeroShot 1.3.2 (FREE, CS) (Download (Internet Archive Wayback Machine)) System Management, Cleanup, and Analysis: Avira System Speedup 3.0.0.3502 ($$$, CS) Emergency Recovery Utility NT (ERUNT) (FREE, CS, UNS) (Download (Bleeping Computer)) MiTeC Network Meter ($$$, CS, ONG) (Free to use for private, educational, and non-commercial purposes) MiTeC Network Scanner ($$$, CS, ONG) (Free to use for private, educational, and non-commercial purposes) MiTeC Structured Storage Viewer ($$$, CS, ONG) (Free to use for private, educational, and non-commercial purposes) MiTeC System Information X ($$$, CS, ONG) (Free to use for private, educational, and non-commercial purposes) MiTeC Task Manager DeLuxe ($$$, CS, ONG) (Free to use for private, educational, and non-commercial purposes) MiTeC Windows File Analyzer ($$$, CS, ONG) (Free to use for private, educational, and non-commercial purposes) Overseer Network Monitor ($$$, CS, ONG) (30-day trial available) Video & Photo Editing Software: Corel AfterShot 2 ($$$, CS) (Last version as indicated in the vendor release notes for the Pro edition) Corel AfterShot Pro 2 ($$$, CS) (Last version as per vendor release notes) CorelDRAW X6 ($$$, CS) (Last version as per vendor release notes) Corel Painter 12 ($$$, CS) (Last version as per vendor release notes) Corel Painter Essentials 4 ($$$, CS) (Last version as per vendor release notes) Corel PhotoImpact X3 ($$$, CS) (Last version as per vendor release notes) Corel Pinnacle Studio 17 ($$$, CS) (Last version as per vendor release notes) Corel VideoStudio Pro X7 ($$$, CS) (Last version as per vendor release notes) Corel VideoStudio Ultimate X7 ($$$, CS) (Last version as per vendor release notes) Global 360 Imaging for Windows ($$$, CS) (Formerly Kodak Imaging for Windows) (14-day trial available) Roxio Easy VHS to DVD 2.0.123 (201B23A) ($$$, CS) (Last version as per vendor release notes) Web Browser Plug-ins: Chromium: Microsoft Defender Browser Protection (FREE, CS, ONG) Internet Explorer: Adblock Plus 1.6 (FREE, CS) (Download (Internet Archive Wayback Machine)) (Terms of use for this version)

"take what you read on the internet with a grain of salt and as for entertainment purpose." @XPerceniol Motto: Modern psychiatry is the greatest con on earth... the bare truth is that psychiatry isn't a science at all and it isn't even an art. Psychiatry: Black Magic Masquerading as Science Modern psychiatry is the greatest con on earth. Psychiatrists and general practitioners have become increasingly enthusiastic about drug therapy in recent decades. They claim that they can treat a wide range of disorders with psychotropic drugs, and so a goodly portion of the nation now regularly gulps down happy tablets. The startling result is that the incidence of mental health problems is increasing. Officially, one in two people in Britain is incurably mentally ill. Yes, you read that correctly. One in two people in Britain is incurably mentally ill. In other countries, including the United States, the figure is similar or worse. Some of those people are classified as mentally ill because they cannot cope with the modern world. Some are classified as mentally ill because they fit new criteria for mental illness (they have symptoms which are now regarded as indicative of mental illness). And some of those who are classified as mentally ill have been made ill by the reckless prescribing of powerful and dangerous drugs. (Despite this, the number of hospital beds available for mental health patients is constantly shrinking. This is, of course, because the mentally ill make an ineffective lobby and have almost no political clout. Politicians quickly bow to drug industry pressures because providing hospital beds costs more money than providing mind numbing drugs which turn patients into zombies.) But the bare truth is that psychiatry isn't a science at all and it isn't even an art. It’s more of a confidence trick; a collegiate confidence trick with pretensions of grandeur. Psychiatrists often claim that the drugs they prescribe are designed to correct chemical imbalances in the brain. But the simple fact is that there is no evidence that there is any such thing as `chemical imbalance'. Ask any psychiatrist about this and he will agree that `chemical imbalance' is a still unproven theory. It's never even been properly tested so how could it ever be proven? So how can psychiatrists and drug companies possibly treat the problems which they claim are caused by `chemical imbalance'? The bald truth is that psychiatry is no more a science than witchcraft. It is a perfect example of pseudoscience running riot. Cinema legend Samuel Goldwyn was right when he said that anybody who goes to see a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined. A big part of the problem lies in the fact that modern medical thinking is based upon the Cartesian principle that the mind and the body can be treated separately. The modern clinician still does not see the mind and the body as a single unit (that is why orthodox practitioners don't believe in holistic medicine) and this leaves the way open for psychiatrists to play around with the human mind as though it were a completely separate entity. Psychiatrists won’t tell you this (because it is, to say the least, rather embarrassing) but a large study of randomly selected psychiatric patients showed that approximately three quarters (75%) of the patients had been wrongly diagnosed. And no one could be sure that the remaining 25% had been properly diagnosed, or were receiving appropriate treatment. The medication prescribed is often no more effective than a placebo. In many cases patients are diagnosed as having - and are then treated for - serious psychiatric problems when their symptoms are caused by drugs they have been given for physical problems or for other mental problems. Whole wards full of patients have been diagnosed, treated and classified as suffering from schizophrenia when they were actually suffering from side effects produced by the drugs they had been given by prescription happy doctors. The idea that anyone would describe psychiatry as a science is utterly absurd. Nothing that psychiatrists claim as `fact' can be proved by any means recognised by scientists; there are no proper controls and if an experiment is repeated, it rarely produces the same result. Let me be clear: there are no facts in psychiatry, only convenient commercial assumptions. The ultimate absurdity is the fact that psychiatrists claim that only they are fit to judge the effectiveness of their recommendations. Psychiatry is black magic masquerading as science. - by Dr Vernon Coleman MB ChB DSc HERE: https://vernoncoleman.org/articles/psychiatry-black-magic-masquerading-science ..and another voice: "Psychiatry... the facile and destructive hoax" ! - Psychologist Philip Hickey, Ph.D. Why Psychiatry Should Be Abolished as a Medical Specialty Wayne Ramsay, J.D. "The fact is that this institution of psychiatry has just done monstrous, monstrous inestimable harm through its several hundred year existence." Peter R. Breggin, M.D., a psychiatrist, "The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour — 10.03.18" (October 3, 2018 at 58:45 point) "Psychiatry is failing because it is everywhere being exposed as the facile and destructive hoax that it is." Psychologist Philip Hickey, Ph.D., "Psychiatry Bashing", Behaviorism and Mental Health, March 7, 2016. "PSYCHIATRY is an emperor standing naked in his new clothes. It has striven for 70 years to become an emperor, a full brother with the other medical specialties. And now it stands there resplendent in its finery. But it does not have any clothes on, and even worse, nobody has told it so. To tell an emperor that he does not have any clothes on has never been advocated as the best way to win friends. The alternative, however, is equally painful, for you must then become part of the general delusion."— Psychiatrist E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., in the Preface to his book The Death of Psychiatry(Penguin Books 1974) "Psychiatry remains as reluctant as ever to recognize the devastating impact of its treatments upon the minds and brains of its patients." Psychiatrist Peter R. Breggin, M.D., "Coercion of Voluntary Patients in an Open Hospital", Archives of General Psychiatry 10 (1964):173-181 (1982 note), available at breggin.com) Psychiatry should be abolished as a medical specialty because medical school education is not needed nor even helpful for doing counsel­ling or so-called psychotherapy, because the perception of mental illness as a biological entity is mistak­en, because psychia­try's "treatments" other than counselling or psychotherapy (drugs, electroshock, and psychosurgery) hurt rather than help people, because nonpsychia­tric physicians are better able than psychi­atrists to treat real brain disease, and because nonpsy­chiatric physicians' acceptance of psychiatry as a medical specialty is a poor reflec­tion on the medical profession as a whole... ... HERE:http://www.wayneramsay.com/abolish.htm ...so: The Case Against Psychiatry Why Psychiatry is Evil and Must Be Abolished: http://www.wayneramsay.com/ Wayne Ramsay, J.D.

Finally, some good news! After a faulty 1.367.4xx.0 series of WD definitions, which included buggy mpasdlta.vdm files of versions 1.367.413.0, 1.367.415.0, 1.367.423.0, 1.367.432.0, 1.367.435.0, 1.367.447.0, 1.367.457.0, 1.367.472.0, 1.367.487.0, 1.367.491.0, WD defs of v1.367.494.0 and higher are, once again, "OK", i.e. they no longer cause WD's Windows service to crash under Vista SP2 ; series "5xx" is already "out", I successfully ran a "Quick Scan" with v1.367.502.0 : ... I won't go as far as saying that MS staff monitor this thread (), but either via internal testing or via some other party reporting it to them, the issue has been identified and mitigated... Until the next c*ck up and until Jan 2023 (when I expect WD+MSE standalone defs to be retired by MS) ...

As said, I cannot confirm (nor deny) anything, I am only pointing you at the little I know on the matter, based on what I read here and there. All the evidence I could find point to the conclusion that the "switch" between IDE and AHCI/SATA needs to happen in the BIOS, whether this needs a modified BIOS or can be triggered (I presume only on some BIOSes/chipsets, not on all of them, but the given resource is actually about the specific ICH-7) via direct editing/poke the PCI settings, at least for Linux. Both the above possibilities are rather low-level and complex, which makes me believe that a much simpler, I would dare to say obvious, solutions such as a Registry edit or the modification of a .inf file cannot possibly work. I have NO idea on how a IDE, let alone SATA/AHCI driver actually works, but I presume that loosely at every request from the OS it checks something (the 8-bit MAP—Address Map Register at offset 0x90 in the PCI area of the *whatever* hold these data) and, depending on what it finds there, issues this (or that) slightly different command, and likely the chips themselves additionally check that value/register. This said, I wouldn't exclude that if you look at your PC with enough intensity (evil eye ) you can switch the settings, but I would classify that event as highly improbable . jaclaz

Definitely DO NOT! SDI is far superior and it DOESN’T INSTALL INCOMPATIBLE DRIVERS! I’m speaking from experience.