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  1. On 12/17/2021 at 8:01 AM, sunryze said:

    Windows 10 sucks and continues to suck and same as Windows 11 and its spiral out of control. I had hope but was demonstrated the second time that hope doesn't matter. I hate 10 and I hate 11, Linux never clicks in for me and macOS is not possible. What do I even do? I just want to use my computer and not have to think about how the OS I am using sucks so much. I have somewhat considered just stripping the hell out of 1607 or something, installing that on every computer I have and just leaving it like that forever. I just know that may not be practical... What do you guys suggest as an OS that works, is somewhat supported, isn't from a while ago and isn't hell to use?

    I don‘t think Windows 10 sucks. It rightfully earned its place as the most used OS. I switched to 10 in 2018, although I was a diehard Windows 8.1 fan (as most of you know ;) ). It‘s always the same with every iteration of Windows. 
    1) A new Windows is released

    2) We try it out for a few days but ultimately refuse to accept change

    3) We switch back to the older OS on our current hardware

    4) At some point we buy new hardware, which is often incompatible with that specific older OS and start to adapt and like the new version

    5) Repeat

     

    Speaking of myself obviously. I switched when 1803 was out, made some adjustments to privacy setzings and installed VMWare for older OS tests. Back in 2014 my first Laptop (ASUS F751MA) came preinstalled with 8.1 and I hated it. However, Asus already had a BIOS block for Windows 7 and downwards. I remeber testing it like crazy but the first build to work was an early Windows 8.0 Preview (8400). I had no alternative, started using 8.1 and loved it till buying a new one with 10 preinstalled in 2018.

    To conclude, most OS were demolished by critics but none of them (XP-11) is unusable. It‘s a process of adaption if there are no hardware related issues

  2. Aight but that has nothing to do with Intel. LTSB 2016 is still supported

    On 2/6/2024 at 9:05 PM, halohalo said:

    Intel no longer releases compatible driver for 1607 after 2022. NVIDIA dropped support for 1607 in 2023. So I think it is too late to use 1607 now. Besides, 1607 lacks complete support for DCH driver.

     

  3. Well, as I was just finishing setting up my Windows 10 LTSB 2016 (x64) device, I noticed that Spotify is not working anymore. This issue was already stated in May of 2023, however no actual solution was provided by the devs. The last version working was 1.2.12

    Anything above that says "api-ms-win-core-console-l3-2-0.dll" missing. Apparently that specific api was introduced in 1803, so they dropped any Windows 10 version below 1803. I couldn't find a way in how to fix this error (I'd go for copy paste from a higher 10 version).

    Off topic but many developers, including Google, started to ignore the fact that LTSB versions are still supported and exist. Google Drive does not work on Windows 10 LTSB 2015 for months now, as it is based on Chromium 117, which has a bug that specifically affects 1507/1511 installs. So, I went from 2015 to 2016, which again works but still annoying.

  4. On 1/21/2024 at 3:06 PM, D.Draker said:

    With or without sandbox? I've read it leads to a huge memory leak, like the one on Supermium.

     

    Only without sandbox. I am not using any Chromium based browser on 8.1 tho. I'm using the latest Firefox. Works perfectly

  5. 16 hours ago, bruno16757 said:

    by jan 9 no more support for vista(server 2008)

    by oct 2024 no more support for win7

    only left after that is win8.0/8.1/10/11 left

    Crazy. Time flies. 
     

    I‘m laughing at Windows 8.0 which was discontinued in 2016 but is patchable till 2026 (with methods obviously not named here) 

  6. So, is the support for Server 2008 ending this month? I mean completly? I don‘t remember any other Windows based on Vista that is still supported after January. Can’t believe that they patched Internet Explorer 9 for nearly 13 years. After all, support for the 7601 line-up also ends this year, but in October right? (PosReady 7). 

  7. December 2023

    Firefox 123, the eighth post-EOL version, works

    Opera 107, based on Chromium 121, works too

    Microsoft 365 v2401, now one year after the original EOL with v2301, also works (except OneNote, which gives me an error starting 2401)

    For all of them, the methods stated above must be applied obviously

  8. On 12/4/2023 at 2:34 PM, Dixel said:

    Is it now fully portable? Did you try already?

    The installer did not work for me (Win 7 x64). I had to extract it and open the mini_installer.exe manually. After that it installed fine. I haven‘t tried it out on vanills Vista x64. They just mentioned compatibility with it in release notes. 
     

    By the way, they also changed the Supermium icon that I personally don‘t like (very old classic Chromium design)

  9. 21 hours ago, Jody Thornton said:

    I thought so.  I had resigned to not using it, as I knew that October 2023 updates were going to be the last ones generally available.  I have turned off the Windows Update service, since I now just manually update Windows Defender.  So I'm going to run the OS as is for the remainder of the year.  I'm still getting updates for Firefox ESR 115, so we're good until September there.

    I'm OK that I can't use these new ESU updates for Windows 8.  I always installed the "Security Only Update" and not the rollups, since that allowed me to bypass the Spectre, Meltdown and Flash patches.

    End of an era.  Next year I'll move to Windows 10 LTSC 2019.  I'll miss ya Windows 8.

     

    You‘re not limited to Firefox 115 ESR if you‘re on Windows 8. Windows 8(.1) can run the latest Firefox (119-121) with an adjustment made to the browser file. No Extended Kernel, no ESU, what so ever

  10. On 10/8/2023 at 4:38 AM, Dixel said:

    Preferred version of Windows Server is Server 2008, it's very fast on old and weak hardware, especially the one that runs off mechanical HDD disks.

    Yes, indeed. Personally, I think it's quite funny that Server 2008 SP2 never got IE11 support. If you purchased ESU, you will still receive Security Patches for IE9. IE9 was released in 2011. I don't know if it  renders any page correctly in 2023. They should have updated the browser just like on Server 2012 R1 in 2020. Literally, patching a dinosaur

  11. 14 hours ago, ceo54 said:

    Many thanks for the support @Dixel but this library caused another issue. When I launch Opera, it won't come up and crashpad debug log says not a valid win32 app. I downloaded api-ms-win-core-localization-obsolete-l1-2-0.dll and renamed it to api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-2.dll and now it seems to be working. Haven't tested youtube/download/upload or MB pages yet but will test and report back.

    Many thanks to @yoltboy01 @Dixel @mjd79 & @UCyborg for the kind help. You guys rock.

     

    Edit: Everything seems to be working normally, except for the scrollbars. When I move the scrollbars to move page up/down, browser gets resized instead.

    Your welcome. I hope that the compatibility for Firefox and Opera will be up for a good amount of time on 8(.1) without the need of an Extended Kernel.

    Firefox 121 is the sixth post-EOL version and Opera 106 (Chromium 119) the eleventh to work on Windows 8.1 with the methods stated above.  

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