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Registry Editor (regedit) in Windows 10 build 14942 now has an address bar
Quote"Knowing where you are in the registry: For our power users, we have added something special in this build – Registry Editor (regedit) now has an address bar! This enables you to easily see your current registry key path, and copy it if needed. You can also paste or type in paths, and pressing enter will take you to that location. You can use Alt + D to set focus to the address bar."
Wow, some actual improvements to the user experience for us power users... I'm impressed. I thought they would announce they were porting regedit into UWP (God forbid!)
Also, some Kernel improvements!
Service hosts are split into separate processes on PCs with 3.5 GB+ of RAM in build 14942
QuoteIf your PC has 3.5+ GB of memory, you may notice an increased number of processes in Task Manager. While this change may look concerning at first glance, many will be excited to find out the motivation behind this change. As the number of preinstalled services grew, they began to get grouped into processes known as service hosts (svchost.exe’s) with Windows 2000. Note that the recommended RAM for PC’s for this release was 256 MB, while the minimum RAM was 64MB. Because of the dramatic increase in available memory over the years, the memory-saving advantage of service hosts has diminished.
Basically, now they can cram all of those telemetry and app services with a bit more stability (can't wait to see the number of processes running in Redstone 2)...
What do you guys think of this?
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1 minute ago, Dibya said:
I am working hard on AMD Driver My friend . Do you won windows 8 32bit?(not 8.1)
I need some files.
First is to get app running next to get driver. Drivers are realy important but harder due to ntoskrnl branch dependencies.
For Windows 8.0 the drivers work fine (in fact, I made a thread explaining how to install the drivers on 8.0). Is that what you asked? I assume you said "Do you want windows 8 32bit?(not 8.1)"
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Would this Compatibility Layer maybe make the mod for AMD drivers you made work, or is this more focused on getting newer apps working, as opposed to drivers?
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Well, I don't mind buying a new laptop with Windows 10, as long as I'm able to install a different Windows OS. I think it's a worse case scenario for modern day M$ to have the money from the licensing but not having you use their services, as opposed to you not paying for it, but using Apps and the Store (the 1 year
forcedfree upgrade proves my point).My main problem with buying new HW is drivers. I think M$ knows that the easiest way to make people stay on the new OS, is making it harder to make your new spanking HW function properly with older Windows versions (that's why we have the recent
threatsnews that new Intel and AMD processors will only work on 10). That's why other technologies, such as Secure Boot, and TPM exist, to make it harder for you to switch.In the near future we will have laptops resembling tablets, with locked BIOSses, where our only "choice" of OS is Winbloat 10! And that scares me. I guess I'll be sticking with technology from 2015/2014 and backwards
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1 hour ago, Agorima said:
In my case, a valid reason for choosing Windows 8 over 8.1 is to have a system ready for use from the beginning.
Every driver is built-in in Windows 8 (audio/video/wireless/LAN).
The driver for Intel GMA 3150 was removed in Windows 8.1.
Not bad for an OS that was supposed to be a Service Pack for Windows 8.
Yeah, I noticed that on my laptop with an Intel 4 Series Graphics. Too bad the inbox drivers are s***, with no OpenGL support.
Still... I guess it's a plus point for 8.0: more inbox drivers!
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(Seems like I'm the only one keeping this thread alive
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New driver version from AMD!
16.40 - released with Crimson 16.9.1. It introduces even less driver overhead to DX11, and Vulkan API version 1.0.21. Haven't tested Vista compatibility, but I assume it's the same as previous versions (that is, non functional
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Basically this. Post dates are from tommorow! @JodyT also complained that he couldn't post in his own thread because he needed to wait some -6000 seconds or something... and my more recent post appears before his edit of a previous post! I think this is an issue with the forum's internal timer or something.
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Repository updated: https://mega.nz/#F!ExhDEbDA!pUhzXKVp5-hgzvylW_btfQ
Changes and notes:
- Replaced updates: IE11 (KB3175443 -> KB3185319); Flash Player (KB3174060 -> KB3188128); Microsoft Graphics Component replaces previous Kernel Mode Driver Update (KB3177725 -> KB3185911) and PDF Library Update (KB3175887 -> KB3184943)
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In the Security Update for Windows section of the security bulletin (https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-110) it only shows KB3184471 available for Server 2012, but KB3187754, that only shows as available on 8.1 in the security bulletin, appears on Microsoft Update Catalog for Windows 8 Embedded Standard. If @JodyT could test KB3187754 (it's in the repository, so no need for IE!) that would be great! Maybe it's a pre-requisite for KB3184471 that you couldn't install
That's basically it. I'll be starting a new thread on how to install Powershell 5.0 on Windows 8.0 (yes, I found a way!), and maybe a few others that might be useful for Windows 7 and 10, regarding updating the Windows Update Client without installing the Cumulative Updates, and installing the Classic Calculator in AU without modding system files.
Stay tuned, folks!
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Just now, JodyT said:
Cue the Circus music:
(daaah-daaah-da-da-dum ... daaah-daaah-da-da-dum)
Step right up, yes ... step right up. We are now going to witness the eighth month witnessing the Ultimate Updater (that's me ...lol) as he dare take updates from Server 2012 and hopes to accomplish the incredible feat of installing those updates on to a Windows 8 system. You say it can't be done, ... he'll ruin his system. He proceeds forward nonetheless. Here are the updates that he will install....
For the OS itself => KB3175024, KB3177186, KB3184122, KB3184471, KB3184943, KB3185911
For the Adobe Flash Player:
KB3188128and for Internet Explorer 10:
KB3185319Has this man lost his mind? Will he be able to reboot his system? We'll find out. Greenhillmanic, if you would roll the drums please ........................................................................................ see you after the boot!
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6 hours ago, zago27 said:
I picked up a random board: ASRock AM1H-ITX; supported CPUs Athlon and Sempron AM1 SoC with integrated Radeon R3; supported OSes WinXP, Win7, Win8, Win8.1, Win10 (both 32/64 of every edition)
http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/AM1H-ITX/?cat=Download&os=XP
VGA Driver (71,76 MB)
Another type of board: ASRock FM2A88M-DG3+; supported CPUs A4, A6, A8, A10 FM2/FM2+ APU with integrated Radeon HD7xxxD series (Ax-5xxx), HD8xxxD series (Ax-6xxx, A4-7xxx), R5 (A6-7xxx), R7 (A8-7xxx, A10-7xxx); supported OSes WinXP 32, Win7, Win8, Win8.1, Win10 (32/64 but XP)
http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/FM2A88M-DG3+/?cat=Download&os=XP
VGA Driver (263,38 MB)
Both links provide Catalyst 9.0 for XP32 and XP64. I hope that helps!!
Those drivers are dated December 2014... Unfortunatly, my card came out in June 2015, so I would need newer drivers. Thanks for the links, tho!
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19 hours ago, zago27 said:
@Dibya I could run Vista x86 on my HP 15-g065nl, which is based on AMD A8-6410 APU with Radeon R5. I downloaded official HP Catalyst drivers, took Win7 x86 INFs and renamed all NT6.1 sections in NT6.0 and manually selected drivers from Device Manager. I did that with all AMD drivers, the only that didn't work was the internal TPM. No bugs, no crashes, no BSoDs. XP refused to start installing because I couldn't switch to IDE legacy mode on that limited BIOS.
If it can help, there are a bunch of ASRock mobos for AMD platform (FM2+ and AM1) that have XP drivers for APU integrated Radeon R3/4/5/6/7 GPUs. Maybe, it is possible to port them for other chips.
P.S.: I used Vista for a couple of weeks, just for fun!!
Could you give me some links to those MB driver websites?
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30 minutes ago, HarryTri said:
No Telemetry updates basically, this is the most important. Let me add some stuff:
- Compatibility mode for Oses older than Windows Vista
- Windows Experience Index
- GUI option not only to make backups of your system but also to restore from them (though I use Macrium Reflect Free for this job)
- No Libraries in the My Computer folder
- Option to monitor the network traffic amount in Charms>Networks
- Other details that make Windows 8 feel more complete aesthetically and functionally than Windows 8.1
Not to mention the countless bugs of Windows 8.1 that were corrected with Update 1. I think that Windows 8.1 was in fact a hasty and nervous release in anticipation to the reactions against Windows 8. That's my opinion at least.
Didn't know about the network traffic monitor on the Charms bar, and I used Windows 8.0 from release, up until the 8.1 upgrade
Anyway, those are some tangible points. Thanks for posting.
Also, just remembered of a few more plus points for Windows 8.0:
- You can use the Release Preview theme as is, without mods
- You can use the Windows 7 Explorer with a wrapper, eliminating the Metro portion of the OS entirely
Keep em coming... I'm trying to use this thread to have some arguments, when I say that Windows 8.0 is a viable alternative to 8.1 and 7.
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While we're talking, here are some personal gripes I have with the latest Windows 10 AU (and Windows 10 in general):
- When you don't have the default apps installed, new entries on the start menu freeze, and the only way to unfreeze them is to log off or restart Explorer
- Im my OS language (Portuguese of Portugal) the Downloads folder is named "Transferências", as it was since Vista, but Edge changes the name of the folder to the English default "Downloads", messing up with the visual organization I have on Explorer (8.1, 8.0, 7 and Vista NEVER did this)
- This:
- Apps don't completely replace the Win32 counterpart, making their existence useless and irritating (for me atleast). Example: Groove Music plays MP3 files, Windows Media Player plays everything Groove does plus midis and other weird formats. Why should I have Groove occupying space, when Media Player serves me better, and with no crashes?
- Apps crash at random without any kind of warning. Win32 programs crash and then give you a log, or a message of sorts.
- You are not given the option to uninstall OneDrive and remove it from the Explorer, even if you're using a local account
- App defaults are usually changed to the ones Windows wants. I use SumatraPDF as my PDF reader, but Windows 10 thinks it's a malicious app, so it kindly restored the default to Edge... How nice of them!
I'm not even including the privacy or other control downgrades, or I would be here all day. Case in point: Windows 8.1 is the best OS Microsoft has done (with tweaks)
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Is there any reason to choose Windows 8.0 in favor of 8.1, in terms of kernel, performance, tools and/or user experience?
AFAIK Windows 8.1 introduced quite a few improvements to the Modern Start Screen and the /resetbase switch in Dism to better cleanup WinSxS.
One point I found better in 8.0 is resource usage, where it had less processes running out of the box compared to 8.1... Other than that, I can't tell if any other things that are better. I've read that DWM performance is better???
Please, the members that know this kind of thing better, elaborate on what advantages does 8.0 have over 8.1. I'm interested in hearing them.
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1 minute ago, jaclaz said:
Yep
, Vista users (all three of them ) will be extremely happy ... jaclaz
Hey, somebody has to do it
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1 minute ago, Dibya said:
Dependency fixes are not enough .
Amd guys blocked nt5.0/5.1/5.2/6.0. I should remove those codes by filling with nops by using ollydbg
Like I said, I am your guinea pig. If you ever need to test those changes, I'm usually available.
I still believe you should start by making the drivers work on Vista, seeing that it's much closer to 7, and wouldn't require too much reverse engineering, compared to XP.
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Yup, there is a way to make the Rx 300 series work on Vista! But it's super unstable, and shouldn't be used for a day to day basis.
Here's how I did it: Got the Catalyst 15.6 beta drivers, added my HW ID to the INF file and moddified it to install on Vista, and voila!
A few things to note: for some reason transitions, fades to black, UAC calls and screen resolution changes are super slow... Probably because the driver was meant to work on a R9 285 and is running on a R9 380... This means the R9 Fury series probably don't work with this mod. The Windows Experience Index Score crashed the system when I tried to run the test. Like I said, this is a super unstable way to get the drivers working. Also, AMD External Events kept crashing at startup, don't know why. I applied all the fixes @smeezekitty made, so I dunno.
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10 hours ago, Dibya said:
if not working in your system it means it will not work anywhere. I will try next week again.
which is the best version of crimson graphics?
Well... you could try the most recent stable ones, the 16.7.3... You could check out my post on AMD driver versions, and start from there, too:
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/175825-about-amd-drivers-on-vista/?do=findComment&comment=1127335
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12 minutes ago, cc333 said:
Have you been able to do anything with the AMD A6 APU w/ Radeon R4 Graphics drivers I posted above?
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There are 2 ways to mod the drivers to make them work on XP. You can mod the OS to stub/support certain system calls the new Windows 7 drivers need, and work around XP's limitations, or mod the XP drivers themselves to support more graphics cards. The mod @Dibya provided does the later. As such it only works with the XP made drivers. Windows 7 and XP are way too different, unfortunately.
And, as I've said, it did not work on my system. I tried different driver combinations, with no luck. Try asking @Dibya for the mod and see if it works on your system.
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Ok, just tested 2 AMD XP drivers, both original unmodded versions and with your file. Here are the results:
- AMD Catalyst 14.4 unmodded - added all the necessary info of the R9 380 into the INF file, does not work.
- AMD Catalyst 14.4 modded - added all the necessary info of the R9 380 into the INF file... The driver seemed to install correctly, and asked for a reboot, but after reboot it couldn't load drivers, error 39.
- AMD iCafe unmodded - added all the necessary info of the R9 380 into the INF file... The driver seemed to install correctly, and the screen flashed black, but it gave error 10.
- AMD iCafe modded - same as 14.4 modded. Error 39.
I'm sorry to say this, but the modded files don't work
. I copied the system files into System32 and System32\drivers as instructed.
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7 minutes ago, spookymulder90 said:
Can I try it too?
Let me first test the driver on my PC (my guinea pig
) and then I'll add the necessary HW IDs. Could you tell me your card's name and HW ID BTW?
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31 minutes ago, Dibya said:
I have patched Amd"s Main sys file , can you please check it under xp & vista?
Sure, I'd be ecstatic to! Send the drivers, please!!!
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Starting with Catalyst 14.4, AMD officially dropped Windows 8.0 support, and nobody really cared to make a proper guide on how to mod the drivers to work on NT 6.2. Well, I'm here to show you how you can install the full AMD package, complete with the Crimson Control Panel, HDMI audio, Vulkan, Mantle, ACP Audio (that thing AMD advertised way back when they announced GCN, TrueAudio)... you get the jist.
1. Download the drivers you need from the AMD website, Windows 7 version. Extract the exe files into a folder (I use 7-Zip)
2. The video drivers will install without any modification, because the INF file only specifies NT 6.1 (although that does not mean you will be restricted to WDDM 1.1. More on that later), but the HDMI INF file has to be modded, because it has lines in there that block the install on anything that's not NT 6.1.
Assuming you are already on the folder with the extracted drivers, go to Packages\Drivers\WDM\HDMI\W764A and open the INF file. In there delete the line that says:
[AMD.NTamd64.6.2]
and modify the line that has all the hardware IDs below it:
[AMD.NTamd64.6.1] > [AMD.NTamd64.6.2]
Save the INF file.3. Now the drivers are ready for install. If you're running a 64 bit system you will need to follow the following steps:
3a. Go to the Charms bar, go to the cogwheel symbol and click on the power button, now keep pressing the Shift key and click Restart. This will bring up the Troubleshoot menu. Click Troubleshoot and go to Advanced Options. In there click Startup Settings, and let the system restart. Upon restart you will be greeted by a menu with a bunch of options. We want the Disable Driver signature enforcement. Press 7 or F7 on your keyboard, and you'll be able to install the modded drivers.
4. Right click on the exe on the main driver directory, click compatibility and choose Windows 7. This will fool the installer and prevent it from saying "Unsuported OS". Next install the driver as you normally would. The only difference is this little popup, where you will allow it to install
(Yes, I was using Windows 10 for some screenshots)
5. After the install is done, reboot the system, and you should have the full suite of AMD drivers working on your NT 6.2 OS of choice.
A few things to note:
- If you try to uninstall the drivers normally, it will say "Unsuported OS" and quit. One workaround is keeping that window open, go to Task Manager, find the location of the exe and put it in compatibility mode for "Windows 7", and run the uninstaller again (the same thing we did for the setup file, basically)
- The Video Tab of Crimson does not appear to be working... It appears as a blank page. I've seen it working, so I'm not sure if it appears after a few restarts, or if it depends on the way you install the drivers. I'll try to look into this.
- Despite the drivers having NT 6.1 on the Card INF file, it fully works on WDDM 1.2 and not Windows 7's WDDM 1.1, which means all the advantages of NT 6.2's WDDM are present.Hope this helps anybody on Windows 8.0 with an AMD card, such as myself
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Ok, just got back home, time to update the repository.
This is an overhaul to the repository, as it no longer contains superseeded updates, has Internet Explorer 10, Flash Player and Kernel Mode Driver updates on the root directory, since those are updated every month and replace the previous versions, and (most importantly) X86 UPDATES FOR YOUR COMPUTING NEEDS! These come from Windows 8 Embedded Standard and work on Windows 8.0 (tested on my 12 inch laptop with a measly Intel Celeron Dual Core at 1.2 Ghz, from 2009).
One thing to keep note of is that security updates for Media Center will not be available for Windows 8.0, since the only NT 6.2 supported OSes, Server 2012 and 8 Embedded Standard, don't have this feature. Regardless, these updates only fix vulnerabilities when oppening .mcl files, so as long as you don't open those kind of files, you shouldn't worry too much
Here's the new link: https://mega.nz/#F!ExhDEbDA!pUhzXKVp5-hgzvylW_btfQ
BONUS: I'll also be starting a new thread, on how to install AMD drivers for Windows 8.0 (it's surprisingly easy, but still requires a few steps).
EDIT: The AMD thread: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/175966-amd-drivers-for-windows-80/1
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Server 2012 Updates on Windows 8
in Windows 8
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There is a way to extract the .cab file inside the .msu file, and install the updates separately, but it requires analyzing the update.mum file, and knowing which .mum component file(s) correspond to the respective individual patches.
But given the history with the update rollups for Server 2012, where they all installed successfully on my test VM, I'm sure the security rollups will install just fine.