XP-x64-Lover

As do I. Indeed, those were precious days when quality was far more important than just quantity... Many things seem rather rushed these days; oftentimes lacking a passionate display of proper attention to detail and creativity.

Yes, I've noticed this myself. && vinifera I could not agree more...

Might be a wise plan to use a third party SATA controller to be on the safe side. (Since for me I had far less issues with one). Yet, in the meantime I am prepping a new install and am going to install the drivers, test stability and see about getting the driver folders you need to you. You may need a different motherboard because I know some can be finicky with NT 6.0. I'm not sure about that one though, but my ASRock AB350 Pro4 was stable at a certain point with WinServ2008 (Yet I don't recommend it), it was quite finicky though and everything had to be very precise and it was limited in it's usage, like what I could do lol. SO ultimately, what I considered "Stable" was a limited stability at a point. XD

It takes allot of work sometimes but, it is possible to get many "modern" applications working or to simply search for alternatives; perhaps even create your own if you were experienced enough and had the time / passion.

I see thank you, well for some reason the ASRock AB350 Pro4 doesn't work well with regular Vista itself but, it plays nicely with a fully updated & prepped Windows Server 2008 x64 for the most part. The only drivers I can't use with "stability" are the ASMedia SATA / AMD SATA and possibly the drivers mentioned by greenhillmaniac. I am however using the onboard AMD USB 2.0, 3.0 & 3.1 with little issue; the only issue I see is a USB ID issue the system complains about sometimes. (I've learned to appreciate Vista/2k8 and I find them or it to be a fairly rock solid OS.) I still prefer XP x64 and wish I had succeeded in getting it to work on that motherboard but, I'm just glad I made some big progress thus far; I was beginning to get discouraged that no OS other then 7 would run well. (I am very disappointed in most Manufacturers today; We users deserve a choice of our preferred OS.) Not to be forced or have Win10 shoved down our throats constantly. Whatever happened to freedom of choice; There was a time when the market was more open and allowed for more diverse users; and actually listened to the customer / user and their requests and suggestions. I think most of it comes from a place of greed and laziness / lack of imagination, vision and openness. Anyways, end of "rant"...

@Tamris If you don't know what you are doing; otherwise Windows XP / XP x64 is extremely stable.

Its ready! I hope it helps; at least some lol.

So, I have the thread created but, the archive containing XP x64 / 2k3x64 updates is still uploading. (It may take awhile to upload). I'll inform you as soon as it is up.

Alright, I'll get on it now then.

How would you like me to help you? If you'd like I can simply create a post with all the updates Ive managed to collect?

I mean just so in case, so you don't have to hunt them all down yourself.

Do you need help;  I've practically got all Windows XP x64 updates / hotfixes + Windows 2003 x64 Hybrids.