greenhillmaniac

I managed to get the Catalyst 15.6 somewhat working with my R9 380, but it's super unstable (not suitable for day to day work): http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/175825-about-amd-drivers-on-vista/?do=findComment&comment=1128711 Hope this suffices.

OK, let me be perfectly clear, since apparently I'm not getting through... I was asking if you could take a look at later driver releases of AMD drivers made for Windows 7, and see if you could somehow make them work on Vista, since newer AMD cards need those drivers to work properly. If you need links, this is the first driver that with modifications stopped working on Vista. This is for Windows 7 x64 BTW! https://us.softpedia-secure-download.com/dl/1069864f843f79accc67b99dffd22ee4/59e24e1b/300450294/drivers/video/amd-catalyst-15.7-with-dotnet45-win7-32bit.exe Sorry for getting off topic guys!

I would redirect you to this thread, where everything is explained: But basically, we were able to mod driver versions newer than the latest official one (the Catalyst 13.12 that you mention), but we got stuck on Catalyst 15.6. After that each and every INF modded driver gives Error 39 when trying to install (this happens on Catalyst 15.7 and later). This means any user with a Rx 300 series, RX 400 series, RX 500 and RX Vega card cannot get 3D acceleration on Vista (I'm included in the Rx 300 series group )

.NET Security and Quality Rollup for October 2017 https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=4043769 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4043769/october-2017-security-and-quality-rollup-for-net-framework-3-5-4-5-2-4

I hate to derail a perfectly good thread, but consider this a side note: Could you also take a look at the AMD drivers? They don't work since the 15.200 branch of drivers (or since Catalyst 15.7), leaving anyone with a Rx 300 series or newer GPU on the cold, when it comes to Vista...

I would also add this to the analogy: the motorbikes were great to use, and had in many ways superior handling and features to the competition! But the new CEO decided to make the exclusive parts of their bikes for other bike manufacturers, all the while not telling consumers if their own brand of motorbikes was still worth getting. Ultimately they decided to shrink their offer of motorbikes, stopped offering new firmware updates, replacemant parts, etc. and left users with a dead end motor vehicle

To be fair... Windows Media Player was always garbage

I usually disable account sync from the settings when I use a Microsoft account, along with automatic OneDrive photo upload, which means OneDrive only functions as a cloud file server and nothing else. Also, since I disable settings sync, I don't get any extra disk IO or network activity. Besides, OneDrive on 8.1 has the huge advantage of file placeholders, which means my HDD won't be filled with useless space (I have almost 3GB worth of data).

And Windows 8.x keeps on going down

I've done some digging, and it turns out the new Monthly Rollup Preview is not at fault for the inability to login with a Live account on Windows 8.x. Turns out it's just Microsoft's servers' fault (what a shock). They say they are working on a fix for this issue, but don't have an ETA. On the other hand, the corruption of the CBS is the fault of the new MRP, since i ran the command "sfc /scannow" before and after applying the patch, and it reported corruption after installing it. Just clearing up some (dis)information

Do you know where I can find PEMaker? I can't find it with a simple Google search.

Do tell how you got it working

I experience these issues with the September Preview, KB4038774. I dont know if it's the same patch that also affected @xpclient

The other problems the September update causes. EDIT: This also happened to me

I was wondering if the issue was on my side, seeing I had just clean installed a Windows 8.1 PC and couldn't login with my account (for OneDrive purposes, of course). I thought it had something to do with me purging all of the telemetry on the system. As usual, Microsoft keeps showing what their standard of quality is: half baked updates that should work, but really just make systems worse. I bet Windows 8.0, Vista and XP are nice and stable...

I've updated the repository with this month's updates, plus the extra ones mentioned previously by @VistaLover (sorry if I'm not documenting the changes properly, but I'm kinda sick, and did this in a bad state). NEW LINK: https://mega.nz/#F!txxRyLzC!1vBMGzMHiL864f3bl1Rj1w

So you used a x86 driver? Interesting... might give it a shot. Will report back, as usual.

I know how to INF mod. I was asking specifically WHICH drivers did you mod, because I've been testing a load of driver versions to try and get my R9 380 working on Vista, and so far I haven't had any luck

Could you link to the drivers, please?

And time for another repository update: Replaced Monthly Rollup with the new one, KB4038799; Replaced the Flash Player update with the new one, KB4038806; Added this month's Security Only update, KB4038786; Replaced Internet Explorer's cumulative update with the new one, KB4036586; Replaced all of the .NET Framework Security and Quality Rollups with the new ones: KB4040971 for .NET 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2 and 4.7; KB4040975 for .NET 4.5.2 and KB4040979 for .NET 3.5; Added this month's .NET Framework Security Only Updates: KB4040955 for .NET 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2 and 4.7; KB4040959 for .NET 4.5.2 and KB4040965 for .NET 3.5; And something extra: Added a new folder insider the Extras, containing new files and info about the installation of .NET Framework 4.7, both on x86 and x64; Cleanup of some files on the Security Only updates folder for x86 I think that's all. Hope you enjoy it https://mega.nz/#F!ExhDEbDA!pUhzXKVp5-hgzvylW_btfQ

Could you elaborate on this? Are there some style files that "unlock" Aero on 8.1 without Aero Glass? I'd like very much to know

Also, I think the newly released Sonic Mania works on Windows Vista... I saw a forum post on Steam of a guy that said he got it working on Vista x64 (take that as you will). I wonder if the game'll run on XP....

An annoying bug I've noticed while browsing some topics is that whenever I change the topic page, it stays on loading and doesn't load anything. I have to manually refresh the page to see it. I'm using Firefox 54.0.1 x64 on Windows 8.1.

Let's celebrate our favourite place on the Internet staying online by updating the repository! (Or donating... I bet the later would help immensely.) Updated IE9 Monthly Update to KB4034733; Added the following August Security Updates: KB4022750, KB4034034, KB4034741, KB4034744, KB4034745, KB4034775, KB4035055, KB4035056, KB4035679 (haven't tested to see if the updates work, would appreciate some feedback) Deleted KB4022887 (superseeded by KB4035055) Added TLS 1.1/1.2 update on the Extras folder; Added D3D Compiler update (it's weird that Microsoft is offering this update for NT 6.0, since it's related to a dependency .NET 4.7 has on Windows 7 and 8.0) Updated Quality Rollups for .NET 2.0, 4.5.2 and 4.6/4.6.1 (KB4014592, KB4024845 and KB4024848, respectively) If there's anything missing, do let me know. https://mega.nz/#F!klBBXC5b!SJSY-VWBto55Ft63CrAgJQ

Since it's now business as usual, I've updated the repository: Updated Monthly Rollup update; Updated Flash Player update; Added this month's Security Only update; Updated IE10 update for the Security Only users; Added a readme file for the Extras folder, to clarify some of the abbreviations used. https://mega.nz/#F!ExhDEbDA!pUhzXKVp5-hgzvylW_btfQ Looking forward to more years of updating in here