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Sup guys,
does anyone know, if it possible to somehow activate the Windows 8.1 Update 3 Start Menu (Mix of 7 and 8, released for Surface RT/2) on non-arm devices, like my Laptop?
I like that one and I also know that MS added the exact same Start Menu in Windows 10's early TH1 beta builds, but they replaced it with the RTM one.
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Sup guys!
I was testing some older Beta Builds a few weeks ago and I came across a video which shows leftovers of the Windows 8.1 Start Screen in Windows 10 RTM (10240). It is said that Microsoft didn‘t remove all the code, but rather hide it, till they got rid of it in 1511.
So my question is:
Is it possible to somehow get/install Windows 8.1‘s Start Screen in recent versions of Windows 10?
I love 8.1‘s design, but 10‘s App compatibility is far better, that‘s why I’d like to create a mixture of both of them
Video (don‘t know if I‘m allowed to post links here but anyway):
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Hey guys (and happy new year by the way),
I wanted to know, if newer Office 365 versions (above 2002) can be installed/ported back from Windows 8/10/11 to Windows 7? If anybody knows an instruction, can you write one down?
Thanks.
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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
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On 9/23/2021 at 5:08 PM, Jaguarek62 said:
Just compare these two screenshots of mine:
https://prnt.sc/1tcg6o2 - firefox
https://prnt.sc/1tcg5q2 - chrome
What's up with the white bar at the top?
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
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On 11/26/2021 at 1:14 PM, emanuelrushaj2021 said:
im gonna be completely honest win 8.1 is amazing its faster than windows 7 but more modern also a lot of people dislike the ui but after some time youll get used to it it also has no bloatware and adware like win10 i love it anyone else feels the same?
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)
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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..
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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
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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!
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On 11/7/2021 at 7:08 PM, Teeotsa said:
If they keep downloads for Windows 10/11 then maybe we could possibly bypass and use those versions for Windows 8/7? I mean Desktop version, App version of OneDrive sucks anyways.
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.
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1 hour ago, mina354 said:
Umm, they extended it for Windows 7 until January 15, 2023. Microsoft Edge support for Windows 7 remains unchanged (a.k.a., still on the old date of January 15, 2022)
Chrome support for Windows 7 now until January 15, 2023 | Google Cloud Blog
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
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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
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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
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16 hours ago, win32 said:
About that, the experimental extended kernel version was able to install Office 2019 and almost run it. I've yet to try Office 2013 or 16, as the current version spoofer works for 2019 but not 2013/16 for a few possible reasons.
Most of the others are a little iffy, if only because they are first-party software, and it tends to be harder to get newer versions running of those than third-party ones (which is also true of Windows 2000; struggles with parts of Office 2007 while it can run every version of LibreOffice and OpenOffice that XP can).
I think a couple of those are x86 native electron apps while iTunes is win7-compatible with a Windows 10-tailored version block (I do have a likely solution for it). So the former will be available when x86 matures (the kernel32 functions are plentiful for those now, but I haven't started on the other dlls) while the latter will be attempted very soon.
Thank you very much, you are the best developer! Why hasnt Microsoft offered you a job yet? haha
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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
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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
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11 minutes ago, Jaguarek62 said:
I actually found out by myself. I was doing something completely unrelated.
Very cool! Nice job, thank you again
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On 9/25/2021 at 7:28 PM, Jaguarek62 said:
So in order to succesfully bypass iTunes os checks you need to do this:
BEFORE YOU BEGIN! I only tried this on Windows 8.1 Fully updated up until september 2021 patches. I have no idea if Windows 7 will work with this too.
1) Download iTunes from apple.
2) Extract the installer
3) Edit the main installer with orca (drop table LaunchCondition)
4) Install iTunes and all of its components
5) Do not launch! - Download this: https://github.com/hejmus/win10verhack/releases/tag/v0.1
6) Put these files in iTunes install folder
7) Open notepad and put this in: withdll.exe /d:win10verhack64.dll iTunes.exe
8) Save it as Launch.bat on your desktop (since iTunes is located in Program files and you would need Admin access)
9) Put launch.bat to the iTunes install folder and open it
10) Done! (Optional, put launch.bat as shortcut on your desktop)
Thank you soo much! Damn... did you found out about this yourself or does this tutorial belong to someone else? :)
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11 hours ago, Jaguarek62 said:
HOLY COW! I found a way to bypass it!
proof: https://prnt.sc/1tdlc6c
WOW! How did you manage to fool the installer? So, compatibility isnt broken?
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2 hours ago, Vistapocalypse said:
It’s been nearly a year since Apple ended support for Windows 7 and 8. The last usable version is 12.10.11.2. Recent versions have many bugs even on Windows 10. I have an iPhone that has never been synced with any PC (Vista is obviously not an option), and I see no real need to do so.
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+
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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?
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8 hours ago, LS4280 said:
I got this when i launch Firefox Developer
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
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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.
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32 minutes ago, winvispixp said:
updates up to april 2017 + kb4474419 and kb4493730 + updated root certificates
just said that a couple of days ago
Thanks. Havent checked the forum for a while
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[WIP] Windows Vista Extended Kernel
in Windows Vista
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Not even Office 2013 works, so I guess you should try porting 2013 first instead of 2019