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I spotted that Google Drive still supports Windows 8(.1) and not Windows 7. I haven't figured out why since the latest version is using Chromium 105 as it's browser engine. Nonetheless, I think support for 8(.1) will eventually end this year as well, if they choose to upgrade the version to anything higher than 109.

Yeah, maybe they will receive some ESU till 2032 or so but 2040.. nah

Apparently, with Build 19045.2908, they added a new Search icon, which I find to be very ugly. It looks like they ported it straight from Windows 11, without adjusting it. You need to disable the large search box and only use the Icon to see it. Man, it's bigger than the Start Button itself..

Has anyone tried out Microsoft's new Defender application, which is installed alongside Microsoft 365 now, on Windows 8.1? It might be an appx tho, so I don't know if it will work on 8.1 anyway

Yeah but it still works tho if you scan the QR Code

If you download an older installer (.exe) and install it on Windows 7/8.1 it will automatically say that there is an update available and will internally update the app to the latest version. All you can‘t do is to install it directly

Microsoft 365 (Office 365) v2305 works on Windows 8.1 (EOL was 2301) imgur.com/a/Z2Vh1hr

No matter how we turn it, Windows 10 and 11 will be the next 7 and 8.1, who are the next XP and Vista. Windows 10 will probably receive Firefox Updates till 2029 if not 2030 (four years after EOL) and Chrome till 2028 (?)

Lets just hope that 115 won't be the last for 7/8.1 (or that newer versions won't require a lot of patching)

Wow - great work! Very nice to see actually I totally forgot that you have to put --no-sandbox on Spotify as well. Good to know tho

But he added "I can't speak to when we will remove support for Windows 7/Windows 8." Maybe 115 won't be the last, but I doubt that they will continue after that. They will surely loose some users after that. That's why they take so long to consider

Ah alright, I havent thought about that. If you try that out, I would love to hear if it works

I already tried that out. Copying netapi32 from Windows 10 22H2 to 8.1, will prevent Windows 8.1 from loading the User profiles. You can‘t sign in. By the way, you just have to copy your Spotify folder from Windows 10 to 8.1

Hmm interesting but I already saw that coming, since Steam relies on an Embedded Chromium framework (Steam Browser In-Game). Their current one is based on Chromium 85. Same goes for Spotify by the way. We should have an easier procedure on Windows 8.1, than on Windows 7, but I haven‘t found a way yet. I tried making Spotify 1.2.7 (Chromium 110) run on Windows 8.1, but there are two functions added in net32api (Azure Active Directory Join Information Functions) : NetFreeAadJoinInformation and NetGetAadJoinInformation. I don‘t know with what function we could replace those

I know, I was just kidding

Just kidding, but I try my best too for years actually

Very nice to know - thank you! MS also ended Office 365 Support for Windows 8.0 with 2002 but I remember 2005 and 2006 worked on 8.0

The problem is that all websites, regardless if they are Settings or Web, crash in approximantly 30sec-1 minute and you have to reload every time. I don't know why that happens but I encountered that with v113 as well as v114 and I don't think Google with fix that for us nonetheless, I am very happy that we already got 5 newer versions of Chrome(ium) to run on 8.1 at least. I feel a little nostalgic when I look at 7 and 8.1, as they remind me of XP and Vista. 8.1 is much closer to Windows 10, so we encounter less bugs than with Windows 7 on mutliple softwares. I don't know if anyone managed to get Chromium 111+ working on 7

Chromium 114 on Windows 8.1 (thanks to @mjd79) Pic: imgur.com/a/k0WiIKa

Does anyone know a way in how to spoof Windows 10 as the Main OS version on Windows 8.1? I know that newer Office versions, such as 2303 were compatible with 8.1 but Microsoft closed the Beta Program for 8.1. I want to spoof my OS version but it didnt work work with osver.ini hack I saw on Vista. Any ideas?

Microsoft Accounts seem to no longer work on Windows 8.1 I couldnt sign in, even with a fully patched 8.1 (01/23). They break everything currently

Off-Topic: It works with 8.1

Spotify 1.2.7 no longer works on Windows 7, as api-ms-win-core-winrt-l1-1-0.dll is missing. That one was introduced with Windows 8.0 I haven’t checked compatibility with Windows 8.x yet Edit: On Windows 8.1 it says NetFreeAadJoinInformation could not be found in libcef.dll. After investigating a little I found out that libcef.dll is an embedded Chromium Framework, which is now based on Chromium 110. That one was compatible with Windows 8, with some bypasses

Is there any way in how to get the Windows 10 build 98xx Start Menu, otherwise known as the RT 8.1 Update 3 Start Menu, on Windows 8.1?

Well, now that Office v2304 Insider is out, I wanted to test it doing the same method as I stated above, however I can't search for updates on older Office releases anymore. It simply says "Office is up-to-date" when I join the beta program. So, Microsoft must have noticed and blocked searching/installing betas on Windows 8.1 V2301 was the last officially supported V2302 works when you join Release Preview V2303 worked (can no longer be downloaded) V2304 ? , cant be downloaded