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Npcap https://npcap.com/dist/ A successor to WinPcap. Last installable version on Windows Vista SP2 / Server 2008 SP2 ("R1") is 0.9993. Any version beyond that requires Windows 7 (or 7 SP1, support for 7 RTM is not tested so I have no knowledge if they ever support 7 RTM). No support for any systems before Vista / Server 2008. For XP/2000/Me and even earlier systems, use WinPcap instead.

Not so lucky for me After running the installer I got this "stack-based buffer overrun" BSOD. I guess something in the newer installer doesn't like my VMWare Workstation player (17.0.2) settings. Or maybe some other niche things (patching only patch-able Server 2008 "R1" patches to-date?) on my side which I'm not aware of. Fun enough is that 6.1.44 installed well, but it has a faulty VirtualBox Guest Additions that breaks my minimal Windows XP guest (Yes, I was having fun with guest-on-a-guest). This could be a bad sample if anyone else doesn't have this issue. One more thing I've noticed is that the UI on my UAC settings on Control Panel is broken (always looks deselected), so definitely something is wrong with my Vista settings. Sigh. Luckily I can manually turn it on/off under msconfig.

I've learnt from somewhere that the latest version for x86/IA-32 of Windows 10 only reaches 21H1, and no enablement patches / builds / ISO image files beyond that version number were made for the architecture, i.e. no Windows 10 21H2 and 22H2 were ever made for IA-32. I'm asking if anyone tested and confirmed that, such as installing an IA-32 variant of Windows 10 from official sources like MSDN or official media creation tool, and potentially run Windows Update if 21H1 is installed to see if there's any further enablement patches available. If this is true, then Microsoft silently killed IA-32 support for Windows 10, as 21H1 support ended in December 2022.

More to mention... Last Visual C++ redistributable install-able on Windows Vista is Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2022 (version 17.0), file version 14.30.30378. Version 17.2 and 17.3 (file version 14.32.31332) won't install on Windows Vista without modifications of installer file. So Vista users need to download from here: https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads/ Well this is better than Windows XP support as it was stopped at one point of 2019 according to Microsoft. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-US/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

Haven't been here for several months. Dunno if anyone noticed this but Dolphin (Wii and GameCube emulator) dropped Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 support. The post has no support status mentioning on Windows Vista but potentially any future builds won't work on the system anymore. https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2022/06/09/leaving-a-legend/ Edit: Alright I'm digging through a little bit and found out that last supported master build of Dolphin (Qt-based) that runs on Windows Vista x64 is dolphin-master-5.0-8253-x64. Any Qt-based builds (Dolphin.exe) came after that does not work on Windows Vista x64 any longer, as the next available master build dolphin-master-5.0-8255-x64 was updated to Qt 5.11.1. https://dolphin-emu.org/download/list/master/166/ Last master build that includes a wxWidgets-based DolphinWx.exe which is always working on Windows Vista x64 is dolphin-master-5.0-8277-x64. Any builds after that should get DolphinWx.exe removed, starting from dolphin-master-5.0-8279-x64. https://dolphin-emu.org/download/list/master/165/ I don't have any actual games tested as it would takes a lot of time for me and my VM storage is running low.

BTW I'm in China now; can't use Windows Update on my Windows Vista VM as that was "retired" due to SHA-2. As mentioned months before, that HP Compaq laptop was changed to SSD with Windows 7 and I need to find the pair of recovery disks to get Simplified Chinese Windows Vista installed. I doubt that would work and probably won't find any time for that. One more thing is that K-Lite codec pack updates seem to choke recently. klcp_update_1675_20220119.exe did not install properly as regsrv32.exe did not register a component; klcp_update_1677_20220122.exe simply throws out a modal to inform me to use Windows 7 and later... I guess this is the beginning of the end for K-Lite's Vista support? Well their website still mentions Vista.

Side effect of testing XB1 controllers: Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1 can be played on Windows Vista x64. It's not so astonished to me, since it uses OpenGL 3.3 for 3D acceleration, and DirectX 10 is only used for GUI elements (maybe...). As mentioned in the previous post, that PDP afterglow controller works flawlessly even on a VMWare Player virtual machine setup. Also I used GOG.com version of the game since Steam client January 2019 no longer works for me... I don't really like this game to be honest; I don't have other games to test.

Maybe another off-the-topic question, but anyone here can help test Xbox One controller on Windows Vista x64 (I use mostly up-to-date 6.0.6003)? I found out any driver (either provided by @GTAGAME with version number 6.2.11059.0, or later version 6.3.9600.16384 on MS catalog, both drivers are for Windows 7 and not signed for Windows Vista) does not seem to work on my VMWare Workstation player setup connecting official Microsoft Xbox One S controllers, model 1708 with up-to-date firmware version 4.8.1923.0. Perhaps I shouldn't update firmware on both of the controllers in such a hurry... I didn't think I could use the controllers on my virtual machine one day. Both of the model 1708 controllers with aforementioned version firmware will simply just keep blinking on the Xbox logo button when connected to Vista virtual machine. Although Vista could identify them as "Xbox controllers" using the drivers, none of the button pressing could be registered by the system. However, I also tried a third party PDP afterglow controller for Xbox One and Windows with firmware version 1.0.62.19 (the firmware cannot be updated) and that works with my Windows Vista virtual machine without any problems. It seems like even a third party controller is more useful than the official ones right now; what an ironic thing. P.S. and FYI: 1. There are 3 factors to concern about: virtual machine setup, model number of the controllers, firmware versions of the controllers. 2. All controllers are connected to the machine with a USB wire (USB mini to regular, maybe you can try the later model type-C ones as well if you have one); at this time wireless adapter is not tested or concerned. 3. Model numbers of Xbox (One, Series X|S) wireless controllers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Wireless_Controller#Summary 4. Windows 7 x64 Xbox controller driver package version 6.3.9600.16384, Regular: https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/ScopedViewInline.aspx?updateid=608cc98b-b470-450c-8fcc-28b452790351 (On MS catalog there are 6 different driver packages in total: Regular, DFU mode and Elite controller driver, and one each for x86 and x64.) My wild guess is Vista only works for pre-1708 models, or some point of a 1708 model firmware update. Considering sometimes Windows 7 could have hassles using them, I don't expect Vista to have more compatibilities.

I know Mandarin and by one chance I heard from zhihu.com (for those of you who don't know: it's Chinese counterpart of quora.com) that some simplified Chinese Windows XP users can still receive old Windows updates after SHA-1's switching off. But "can receive old SHA-1 updates" != "support continues and extends to a certain future date". I don't think extended support to 2021 is true for simplified Chinese Windows Vista users residing in China; dunno what source of the information is from. I did comment to some Windows Vista related posts on zhihu.com, that Windows Vista can install Server 2008 "R1" (or "original", if you prefer to call that) updates to receive several years of potential extra support. I do have a Compaq laptop that is used to run Windows Vista Home Basic and it was a simplified Chinese edition in my permanent home in China. However my relative (accompanied with a computer repair guy who commonly believes that "Vista is bad, a bugged OS in MS history and you should replace it") ditched the hard drive and installed an SSD with Windows 7 on it. So I can't test that anymore.

Yea, most likely VMWare related. But I probably need more samples from up-to-date 6.0.6003 users with real hardware...

I'm sure that Platform Updates are installed onto my system; otherwise I won't have DirectX 11 shown on dxdiag screen in my previous post. I also did a search on "Installed updates" with all 5 updates and they are all shown up on search results. One other issue brings up my concern is that Internet Explorer Security Updates seem not installed on my system properly as my Internet Explorer 9 still reports its version as RTM, but I was also hearing someone else saying this is a known issue for Vista x64 - but why the version is showing up as RTM rather than a pre-end-of-life patch number. Some other thing I could recall is that when I used greenhillmaniac's earlier version repository to install post-Vista-end-of-support Sever 2008 original updates (around early 2019) I executed that included .bat file using PowerShell 2.0 rather than execute them one-by-one. It was causing some problems as installation process hanged at some point for vast amount of time (I went out in the morning and came back at the evening) and I wasn't sure if some updates were installed improperly. Later I audited all updates one-by-one and WUSA simply bumped me a "this update is not needed" modal so I assumed they were installed in some form... Maybe I'll do a complete re-install of Vista 64-bit one day but I need to arrange some time, however I also need to get around with that "defunct" Windows Update functionality, i.e. SHA-1 updates. Edit: One other thing I could think of is mismatched virtual hardware version of current machine with the latest VMWare Workstation Player, and VMWare tools cannot be updated to date due to devs dropping Vista support, but this can't explain MPC-BE x64 is working without any issues.

Something not related to this thread: Windows Master Control Panel shortcut (that so-called "God Mode") is actually working on Windows Vista x64 - just make sure you paste the following path onto Windows explorer address bar and hit enter: explorer.exe shell:::{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} The only secure way to create an icon-ed shortcut for "God Mode" for Windows Vista x64 is to right click on desktop > new > create a shortcut, copy + paste the above path, and hit next button. Please do not attempt to create a system folder and place desktop.ini file with "All tasks" CLSID in it, or rename any folder with "foldername.{all_task_CLSID}"; that will crash explorer.exe and set the system into an infinite loop. Windows Vista x86-32 bit should use any tricks mentioned above without issues (however I didn't test those on x86-32 bit - no 100% guarantee). Hope I'm not the last person who knows this in this forum...

Anyone help test VLC 3 on x64 of Windows Vista 6.0.6002 and 6.0.6003? I couldn't get most of audio playback formats working on my setup. I'm not sure if it's because of x64, my VMWare virtual machine, or sebsequent updates for Server 2008 that broke it. Most of the issue description could be found here: https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=156554#p515049

A lesser known browser (which is pretty much a personal project) named "Catsxp" has a Vista-compatible version 0.6.3 (Chomium 85 based). Till now only x86-32 builds are available. Newer version does not work. https://www.catsxp.com/ (Sorry, the site is only available in simplfied Chinese. ) If you don't trust Qihoo 360 Chrome Browser, maybe give a shot on this one, but I don't really recommend this since it's also a closed-source browser. As far as I know it forked from Brave which is also a Chromium-based browser. I also did some search on Google and find author's repositories but pretty much they are adblock plugins used by Catsxp. https://github.com/catsxp?tab=repositories Edit: Now I completely won't recommend this to anyone now as the developer removed 0.6.3 download link and mentioned in his reply email to me that he has given up Windows Vista support. What's more, 0.6.3 has a serious flaw on YouTube video playback even if you turn off "shield up this website", and there's no way to completely disable "trackers and ads blocking" as each time you open settings page it reverts back to "Standard" setting (this might have something to do with YouTube playback).

@Vistapocalypse Screenshots for running PCSX2 1.6.0 under my Windows Vista virtual machine. First screenshot is booting up NTSC-JP BIOS, and the second one is running an actual game (Rule of Rose, NTSC-JP version) on VMWare's virtual DVD-ROM drive. There's slight flashing issue when on real-time 3D rendering scenes and I assume that's hardware limitation of VMWare's 3D GPU - All pre-rendered cut-scenes and menus are working smoothly.