yoltboy01

Hey everyone, I hope you had a great christmas time with your families. I wanted to know if the Extended Kernel is still getting developed and when we can except to see programs like Office 2013, Skype or Spotify running on Vista. By the way, I dont know if anybody can help me out but I have an old acer aspire one 725 (AMD C70, 2012?) at home on which I installed Vista (with Ex.K.) but I can't get Graphics Drivers to work. The minimum drivers which are offered are for Windows 7 (although the Netbook was shipped with Win8). I can launch the installer even without Extended Kernel, it also installs completly normal without any errors (literally the log says no errors) but after restarting nothing has changed. When I do same on Windows 7 it also shows Aero. Device Manager says that the driver was installed fine

They had already done something similar like this with Windows Vista, where they broke the Aero Theme in Chrome with v42 (?). I think it shows that they do no longer care so much in developing for that OS anymore. They also ended support for Windows Vista a few versions later. Windows 7 will probably be shifted to ESR soon with version 102

I can only agree with you and it‘s also not a lie that Windows 8/8.1 are way faster than Windows 7. That was proven so many times, since UEFI and Fast Boot made my old 2013 laptop boot in 9 seconds, whereas Windows 7 took 24! Windows 10 is a mess I won‘t talk about that but in Fact the UI wasn‘t „a mess“ „ugly“ or „terrible“ IN MY OPINION. It‘s a matter of perspective. Microsoft could have treated it better and make the RT Update 3 also available for 8.1 Desktop Clients and we would have that damn Start Menu everyone was complaining about back. Furthermore, they could have updated the Inbuild Apps a lot more frequent like Groove Music is still Called XboX Music?! If Microsoft messes up something, they just create a new OS and ignore their mistakes (e.g. Windows Vista)

Google just announced that Chrome will get Security and Stabilization Updates on Windows 7 till January 2023. Can‘t add the source now but I saw it everywhere in the news today. So, we will benefit from Updates for another year BUT what do they mean with only Security Updates? Will they introduce an ESR Channel like Firefox and merge Windows 7 users to it? I‘m curious..

Support for OneDrive as well as Samsung DeX is ending in January 2022 for Windows 7. You can still use both of them, however you won't benefit from new features and patches. OneDrive will also stop syncing in March 2022 (however there should be a way to patch this). I fear that the next version of Skype could also be the last for Win7

I don‘t know if anyone uses Windows Server 2008 SP2 anymore, but Microsoft decided to extend the ESU Support for another year (January 2024), meaning that NT 6.0 isn‘t dead yet and will still be supported for another year. I‘m a little surprised, since I thought that the market share of that OS isn‘t very high. Furthermore, they also extended Server 2008 R2 (January 2024) and for the first time they also mentioned Server 2012 ans Server 2012 R2 (NT 6.2 and 6.3) for Extended Security Updates till 2026! https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/update-extended-security-updates-for-windows-7-and-windows/ba-p/1872910/page/2#comments

Well if they don't make the App require dll's, which are only available in Windows 10's+ kernel32.dll, then we could possibly to that. However, we could also need an extended Kernel for Windows 7/8.1, if it won't work.

The page actually names two seperate End Of Life-Dates. The upper one states January 2023, but at the end of that page it says January 2022. Edge is based on Chromium. So, they will end their support when Google ends Chrome for Windows 7

Well.. I can't lie when I tell you how surprised I was after recently reading a new article, about Microsoft ending support for OneDrive on Windows 7, 8 and even 8.1 in 2022. I can somehow unterstand that the support for Windows 7 and 8.0 is ending, because both reached their End Of Life already, however pulling the plug on Windows 8.1 soo early is just a typical Microsoft-move. That reminds me of poor Windows Vista, which was always coupled up with Windows XP, when companies ended their support for XP (Firefox, Chrome, MS Office, Skype, Spotify..). Looks like Windows 8's support end for many Apps will be alongside Windows 7's. I just hope that Google extends their Chrome Support for Windows 7 again or that they dont pull the plug on Win8 alongside W7 on that day. Note: Not only the Desktop App reaches it's End-Of-Life, but starting in March 2022 (5 MONTHS FROM NOW?!) you can also NO LONGER synch your data with the App Source: End of support for OneDrive desktop application on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 - Microsoft Tech Community

Sup guys, I just realized that Windows 7 is the only NT6 (Vista, 7, 8, 8.1) version, which has no inbuild Calendar App. Vista had a program called "Windows Calendar", which strangely wasnt a part in Windows 7. Windows 8 and higher already have an inbuild Metro/UWP App. There was a Calendar Widget, however Widgets arent available since 2012 I guess for Windows Vista/7. So.. can I somehow port Vista's Program to 7 and make it run? Windows 8+ will probably not work because of Modern Apps

Thank you very much, you are the best developer! Why hasnt Microsoft offered you a job yet? haha

@win32 I want to hear your opinion on that topic win32. Since you were the one, who created this magnificent kernel, I wanted you to ask what's next? Will we ever see Office 2013 working on Vista? Maybe you could rank the following programs on how hard it would be, to add their specific dll's to the Extended Kernel Programs (I would really want to see on Vista in the future): -> Microsoft Office 2013 (also OneNote for Desktop 2016) -> Spotify -> Newer iTunes version -> Dropbox -> Microsoft Edge -> Skype Thanks

I'm still keeping my hopes up for Office 2013 support for Windows Vista. I hope Win32 finds a way to make it run one day. Same goes for Spotify. I dont see any reason why it shouldnt be possible, when Windows 7 supports it. We already got Firefox and Chrome

Very cool! Nice job, thank you again

Thank you soo much! Damn... did you found out about this yourself or does this tutorial belong to someone else? :)

WOW! How did you manage to fool the installer? So, compatibility isnt broken?

But I am wondering if newer iOS versions (i got an iPhone) will support the old iTunes Version of Windows 7/8.1. My Vista PC can‘t connect with any phone that runs iOS 10+

Hey guys. Did Apple drop off support for Windows 8.1 ? I noticed that there are two separate installers for iTunes, one for Windows 10 and another one for 8.1? Is there any way in how to get the latest version running or are there any Kernel errors? Source: https://support.apple.com/de-de/HT210384

Any Firefox version above 89.0.2 IS NOT working with Extended Kernel currently. A new version has to be developed by win32 first. You can use latest Google Chrome instead. I hope a newer Extended Kernel will support Office 2013/Spotify/Steam as well

Hey! I was wondering if it is possible to install Office 2019 (with working updates) on Windows 8.1. I know that it MUST be compatible with 8.1, as Office 365 is compatible as well. I already tried my best with Windows 7 and Office 2019, however Windows 7 obviously doesnt support updates anymore since v2002.

Thanks. Havent checked the forum for a while

Hey guys. Can someone please tell me which update was prerequired for installing the Extended Kernel? I usually install all patches up to 12/2017 and after installing the May Kernel, I get a BSOD about winload.efi

Hey. I was asking myself if there are any Apps from Windows 10, which can or are ported back to Windows 8.1? Since the Windows Store in 8.1 is very outdated and there arent any new apps anymore, I was still hoping that there are unofficial Spotify or Instagram/Facebook ports for it.

Mmh.. let me describe it: The Notebook runs Windows 7 currently and when I try to boot the XP media by choosing it after pressing F12 during boot, it just passes on to boot Windows 7. The Notebook doesnt even try to read the XP File. It just goes on. That doesnt happen with Vista+

Hey. I own an Acer Aspire One 725 (Dual Core, 4GB RAM), which supportes every OS between Windows Vista and Windows 11 (tested). They all run kinda smooth. I read some people, who succesfully installed Windows XP on that Netbook, however, everytime I try to boot into XP's installation through USB Stick, the Notebook just passes on to the Bootloader. It never happens with Vista/7 but strangely the system isnt even giving any Error. It just passes. I checked it out and I always use that XP SP3 image for PCs but on this one it didnt work. I also tried other XP ISOs but non of them seems to work. The bootloader always shows up. I changed the BIOS to Legacy Boot already.