yoltboy01

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

Firefox 124 - Windows 8.1: imgur.com/a/alLgwJm

Strangly, Microsoft will add back Beta Chanel to Windows 10. Source: https://www.deskmodder.de/blog/2024/01/12/windows-10-testet-bald-neue-funktionen-im-beta-kanal/

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)

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).

Very nice, let‘s hope the project will be continued to support future versions as well. By the way, he also managed to get Chrome 120 and Spotify working

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

Supermium, right?

It‘s a little bit off topic but speaking of Windows 10 and Updates: Microsoft has just announced the ESU program for Windows 10 after it‘s official EOL in 2025. They also mention private, home users being eligable of buying https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/faq/windows?ranMID=24542&ranEAID=kXQk6*ivFEQ&ranSiteID=kXQk6.ivFEQ-Zsv5T8iNr8jGbUX_p2j0hw&epi=kXQk6.ivFEQ-Zsv5T8iNr8jGbUX_p2j0hw&irgwc=1&OCID=AIDcmm549zy227_aff_7593_1243925&tduid=(ir__x6m0fparuwkf63wsvfmaipyo1n2xbdjtlhiqkniz00)(7593)(1243925)(kXQk6.ivFEQ-Zsv5T8iNr8jGbUX_p2j0hw)()#what-options-do-i-have-for-continuing-to-use-versions-of-windows-10-that-reach-end-of-support-on-october-14--2025-

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)

Supermium 119 just launched with native support for Windows Vista SP2 (without Extended Kernel)

Opera 106, now based on Chromium 120, works on Windows 8.1 (obviously with the method stated above)

Firefox 122 on Windows 8.1 imgur.com/a/UwX103Q

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

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

So, Windows Copilot is coming to Windows 10 as well? Just read some news about the development (just type Windows 10 News in any search machine). Furthermore, MS could and I also believe extend the support of W10

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.

Do you know a way in how to make Chrome 115+ working on Windows 8.1?

That's very strange. I am running Windows 8.1 x64 (!) in a VM but that ISO is fully updated till January 2023 (!). No mods, no tweaks what so ever. Sometimes, I even delete that VM and create a new one once a month. I install CFF Explorer, 7 Zip and use DWrite.dll (from Windows 10 Build 9926) (!). The tutorial shown in the linked video above is my video. Please don't forget to make a shortcut of opera.exe on the desktop and NOT launch it in it's folder because of --no-sandbox I am currently writing this in my VM, running Opera dev 105 (based on Chromium 119)

Happy to see that Firefox 121 (Nightly) works on Windows 8.1 (with obvious mods) imgur.com/a/0C8xyG5

Watch this. Furthermore, is your Win8.1 PC fully updated?

I can explain it briefly: - Download a portable version of Opera/Opera GX (or an offline installer) - Download CFF Explorer, DWrite.dll (from Windows 10+) and 7zip - Extract Opera and put that DWrite.dll in the folder where the browser is located - Right click opera.dll (it‘s around 200 MB) and open it in CFF Explorer - Go to Import Directory -> Kernel32 -> Scroll down to DiscardVirtualMemory - Change DiscardVirtualMemory to VirtualAlloc and save it - Go back to the folder where Opera is located -> Right click opera.exe -> Create a shortcut on the Desktop - Go to the Desktop - Right click the newly created shortcut -> Properties - On the General Tab write —no-sandbox next to the location and save it Opera should now work and open

Dixel got me smiling As he also stated, I modded it to work on 8.1 (which is the only option you have if you want to use the latest version on that OS). Firefox also needs to be modded but doesn't need any extension from Windows 10+ to work on Windows 8.1. The Browser is technically still compatible with Win8, you just need to lower the system requirements manually to say it simply.

I just noticed two changes in Windows 10 since the October Update (Release Preview Chanel) - Apps are now classified as System Apps if they cannot be uninstalled like Settings or Tips in the Start Menu (Ported from Windows 11?) - The Game Icon has changed in Settings (previously the XBox Logo - now a Joystick) imgur.com/a/SNpw0um

I have to apologize for that statement. Actually, 104 works too. I had a RTM Build of 8.1, which needed to be updated fully first