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List of software that needs Second System disabled to run To disable Second System right click on the program's exe and select Disable Second System Feel free to report other programs. Don't work at all Windows Installer - there are issues running the service through Second System, which means that it is currently set to bypass Second System. Therefore, it is presently incapable of running modules that are incompatible with Windows 7, specifically the Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge Enterprise MSI installers. - Tested by @win32 Notepad++ - disable Second System on Windows 7 due to DirectWrite incompatibility - Tested by @win32 Microsoft Office 2007 Excel and PowerPoint - Tested by @TSNH on Windows Vista and Windows Vista Oct.2022 x64 ExK Internet Explorer 8 (both 32-bit and 64-bit versions) doesn’t launch if Second System is applied - Tested by @Vistaaa on Windows 7 x64 Visual Studio 2022 v17.6, which normally works on Windows 7, crashes when Second System is enabled (error message on startup in all compatibility modes: at least one component cannot be found, disabling Second System helps), Visual Studio Installer doesn't work if Second System is enabled, only transparent window appears - Tested by @Vistaaa on Windows 7 x64 older versions of Visual Studio Code tested on 1.81.1, in Windows 7 compatibility the window opens and closes immediately, nothing happens when Windows 10/11 compatibility mode is used) - Tested by @Vistaaa on Windows 7 x64 XAMPP Control Panel v.3.3.0 [Compiled Apr 6th, 2021] has some issues when Second System is enabled, Apache crashes on startup, disabling Second System helps - Tested by @Vistaaa on Windows 7 x64 r3dfox - Tested by @TSNH on Windows Vista and Windows Vista Oct.2022 x64 ExK VLC Media Player - "application was not properly initialized (0xc0000005)", this one is weird, maybe caused by some third party software interference - Tested by @TSNH on Windows Vista Oct.2022 x64 ExK PuTTY - terminal doesn't launch - Tested by @TSNH on Windows Vista Oct.2022 x64 ExK Need specific target OS compatibility older version of PowerShell 7.2.2 - Windows 7/8.1 compatibility required, otherwise "Failed to create CoreCLR, HRESULT: 0x80004005"- Tested by @TSNH on Windows Vista Oct.2022 x64 ExK Pale Moon - Windows 7/8.1 compatibility required, otherwise wrong size Windows 10 close button animations instead of Aero Glass ones - Tested by @TSNH on Windows Vista Oct.2022 x64 ExK Winmerge - Windows 7/8.1 compatibility required, otherwise ugly Windows 10 non-aero titlebar - Tested by @TSNH on Windows Vista Oct.2022 x64 ExK There are some issues Firefox - Window buttons also do not render properly by default; this can be corrected by selecting the titlebar to appear separately from the tab strip, or downloading and installing the Segoe Fluent Icons font here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design/downloads/#fonts. - Tested by @win32

List of new software that Second System by @win32 allows to run. Second System is available for Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 Second System can be found on win32's Patreon site | supporting his amazing work is possible there Access to the Second System is available only to paid subscribers of the Supermium support on patreon, but the Second System itself is DRM-free The list uses the following format: ProgramName version : Originally works on -> Second System unlocks it for Current version - At the time of testing the aforementioned version was the latest, so newer ones are likely to work too. Feel free to report other programs. Internet: Firefox 143 Current version : Win10+ -> Vista+ (Including Tor Browser and forks) Chromium 142 Current version : Win10+ -> Vista+ (Including Google Chrome and other forks) Windows Basic Tools: Windows 7 Paint (Win7/VistaExK)+ -> Vista+ Windows 10 1507 Snipping Tool (Win7/VistaExK)+ -> Vista+ (https://msfn.org/board/topic/182001-porting-snipping-tool-to-windows-7-from-windows-10/?do=findComment&comment=1210733) Multimedia: Foobar2000 2.51.1 Current version : Win7+ -> Vista+ WACUP 1.99 MP3Tag 3.31a Current version : (Win7/VistaExK)+ -> Vista+ KDEnlive 25.08.2 Current version : Win10+ -> Win8.1+ (not tested on Vista,7) Office tools: LibreOffice 25.2.5.2 : Win7+ -> Vista+ Administrative tools: Sysinternals Process Explorer 17.06 Current version : Win7+ -> Vista+ Sysinternels TCPView 4.19 Current version : (Win7/VistaExK)+ -> Vista+ Gpg4Win 4.4.1 with Kleopatra 3.30 Current version : Win7+ -> Vista+ Developer Tools: PowerShell 7.5.3 Current version : Win10+ -> Vista+ (note: uses like 5GB of RAM) Visual Studio Code 1.104.16282 Current version Win10+ -> Vista+ (including the open-source variant - VSCodium) Gaming: Steam October2025 Current version : Win10+ -> Vista+ (Doesn't work with new NVIDIA drivers on Vista, they tell the OS and Steamthat they support Vulkan, while in fact they don't. if you're facing other rendering issues try disabling GPU acceleration by going into the client settings -> interface) Stellaris Current version (needs --force-opengl in the shortcut path) BeamNG Drive Current version (dx11 recommended) Hollow Knight Silksong Current version : Win10+ -> Vista+ (With CFF explorer edit UnityPlayer.dll and replace all did12on11 function calls to d3d11.dll with D3D11CreateDevice function, launch the game, if you get black screen, ctrl-alt-delete and go back to the game and it should work) Geometry Dash Current version : Win8.1+ -> Vista+ (but on vista u need to put xinput1_3.dll into folder with game and rename it to xinput1_4.dll, also needs 2015-2022 vs redist) All the credits for the Second System go to @win32, not me. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are used here for identification purposes only.

Forgot to quote you so you can get a notification as it's been a while Also commenting on the discussion from reddit The 7z contents from "this one" is the same as the originally posted one, I've binary compared them with winmerge And they are discussing nvme, but this pack contains also Generic_USB3x_6.2.9200.21180

Usually, the best universal USB3 drivers are pored 8.0 ones by @George King Someone links to that on reddit https://old.reddit.com/r/WindowsVista/comments/19e1bxn/finally_got_vista_to_run_on_nvme_look_on_my_works/ Right now the working link is the one under "this one" However on AMD systems that are 2015 or earlier it's better to use AMD drivers meant for Windows 7, they work for Vista too.

I have a 120Hz monitor and while games are indeed smoother than with 60FPS, On Windows 8, 7, and Vista, Aero animations still feel limited to 60FPS. Is it possible to make them actually utilize high refresh rate? or maybe make them 2x faster and increase their FPS that way?

My iso had a different file version, I think I got the right one by extracting files from updates of some windows vista update pack, but I don't remember which one, Searching this version also brings some results, you can try downloading this version directly from the internet if you don't have time for scavenging from unpacked updates (may be less safe tho) And it didn't work anyway on the laptop that I tried this patch on, your mileage may vary

The patch that you are referring to https://www.wincert.net/forum/topic/18176-vistaw2k8-x64-on-modern-hardware/ has to be applied to this exact version of acpi.sys 6.0.6002.24312 (vistasp2_ldr_escrow.180308-1636) make sure you have the right version But the necessary patch can be different for various hardware platforms

If you have K-Lite codec pack and mostly deafult settings, audio dithering for 16-bit output is enabled in the LAV audio decoder and it's settings. This process alters the sound slightly to reduce noise level So the possible reason why WAV can sound different than flac is because flac goes through the LAV audio and respects it's default settings with dithering (can be changed) and WAV by default doesn't go through the LAV audio and a standard builtin Windows decoder is used instead because wav is a Windows-native format and therefore the dithering setting is not being applied, so the output sounds different despite inputs being the same and lossless.

Update: Larian Studios has dropped a new update to BG3! I've just updated this guide with a new workaround regarding the Win7-incompatible PlayFAB component. According to the developers it's the last main development update so there is a big chance that BG3 will be kept compatible with Windows 7 for years to come

If so an FTP server on a local network will probably be the easiest transfer method. As a server you can use an old phone or ISS on a Windows virtual machine (even NT4 server would work)

Does it show up at all in My Computer when you connect it and allow photo transfer on the phone's screen or this error pops up when you initiate the transfer? I was able to test on an older iPhone (not 15pro) but updated to IOS 18 and Windows Vista and photo transfer worked there without any iTunes.

As a bonus here are Vista-compatible .reg files that add PowerShell 7 to the context menus To use them copy, save a .reg and apply Open PowerShell here: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\openpwsh] "MUIVerb"="&Open PowerShell" "Icon"="C:\\Program Files\\PowerShell\\7\\pwsh.exe" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\openpwsh\command] @="cmd.exe /k for /l %%i in (0,0,1) do cls & pwsh.exe -NoExit -RemoveWorkingDirectoryTrailingCharacter -WorkingDirectory \"%V!\" -Command \"$host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = 'PowerShell 7 (x64)'\" " Open a folder in PowerShell: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\PowerShell7x64] "MUIVerb"="&Open in PowerShell" "Icon"="C:\\Program Files\\PowerShell\\7\\pwsh.exe" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\PowerShell7x64\command] @="cmd.exe /k for /l %%i in (0,0,1) do cls & pwsh.exe -NoExit -RemoveWorkingDirectoryTrailingCharacter -WorkingDirectory \"%V!\" -Command \"$host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = 'PowerShell 7 (x64)'\" " Run .ps1 file in PowerShell: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Microsoft.PowerShellScript.1\Shell\PowerShell7x64] "Icon"="C:\\Program Files\\PowerShell\\7\\pwsh.exe" "MUIVerb"="Run with PowerShell 7" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Microsoft.PowerShellScript.1\Shell\PowerShell7x64\Command] @="cmd /k for /l %%i in (0,0,1) do cls & pwsh.exe -Command \"$host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = 'PowerShell 7 (x64)'; if((Get-ExecutionPolicy ) -ne 'AllSigned') { Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process Bypass }; & '%1'\" " As you can see they try to retry the PowerShell launch if it fails to overcome 7.2.2's bug, and are also in a bit different format than those supplied with PowerShell installer because those didn't work with Vista. I still haven't figured out how to make run as administrator versions EDIT: Changed command logic so that the should now work for much longer directory path strings.

PowerShell 7 on Windows Vista Extended Kernel done properly So here's how to install 64-bit PowerShell 7 on Windows Vista with Extended Kernel. You MUST use EXACLY version 7.2.2. If you want to know why is that, go to the section why 7.2.2?, but for now here's a Quick step-by-step guide: 1. Install Windows Vista Extended Kernel October 2022 x64 version if you haven't already (only x64 files are needed, less stable x86 ones not required) https://msfn.org/board/topic/183046-guide-vista-extended-kernel-installation/ 2. Download zipped version of PowerShell 7.2.2 (PowerShell-7.2.2-win-x64.zip) from GitHub https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/tag/v7.2.2 3. Extract it somewhere, from now on this somewhere is assumed to be "C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\" so that the path to the main executable is "C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe" 4. Add this to your osver.ini in C:\Windows (if it's not there create it) [C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe] Enabled=1 MinorVersion=1 5. Add "C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7" without quotes to your system Path. To do that go to ControlPanel -> System and Maintenance -> System -> System Properties -> Advanced (it's a tab) -> Environmental Variables. Look for the Path variable and add the aforementioned path to other things after a semicolon ( ; ), thats how things are separated there. 6. Download and unzip this special shortcut https://forum.legacydev.org/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=231 and put it in "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Windows PowerShell" so that it appears in the start menu next to the old-school WindowsPowerShell. You can also put it in "%appdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch" to add it to quick launch. The 2 things that are special about the shortcut I've made are: It launches cmd to launch PowerShell, which is a workaround to a problem with 7.2.2 more in why 7.2.2? It behaves like a WindowsPowerShell window, so it has a range select feature and the iconic PowerShell blue color. 7. Enjoy Why 7.2.2? So you could just install 7.2.17, 7.2.24 or any other newer 7.2.x version, and it would work fine... mostly But sometimes those versions hang on startup and never launch staying in a non-functional state which even takes a few seconds when you decide close it. On some machines like 9/10 launch tries are successful on some almost none. There are even reports of this occurring on Windows 10: https://old.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/v6arrr/powershell_72x_almost_always_hangs_when_launched/?rdt=40615 https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues/17558 But I've managed to reproduce this issue only on Windows Vista machines and multiple ones. 7.2.3 and newer as well as newer 7.1.x like 7.1.7 are affected by this issue on Vista 7.2.1 and older as well as older 7.1 and 7.0 on the other hand just fail to launch at all showing a Failed to initialize properly ... smth error. So if it wasn't for 7.2.2 you would have to go back to PowerShell 6 to get a working version But 7.2.2 has it's own issue where it sometimes immediately closes after launching an exe. Fortunately it doesn't do this when launched from another command line tool, that's why it was necessary to make a shortcut that launches cmd first and pwsh next

Is Nvidia container service running? Unfortunately I had to enable it, otherwise the settings would reset (Windows 8.0 here)

What are the improvements in this version vs Windows 7 paint?

iOS is a heavily locked platform, in US it only allows app installation through the ofiicial AppStrore, while Android users can probably just sideload an apk and use a VPN to access Tiktok

iPhone users will finally feel the need for sideloading.

Where did you find this info? Compressing audio in a lossless way should be theoretically possible and that's exactly what FLAC is supposed to accomplish. It would have no reason to exist otherwise.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this autorun thing makes me think that you are launching the setup from another running Windows installation. So try booting from the setup disc instead.

Thanks! That's amazing, tested and working Would it be possible to use Windows Vista's explorer instead of Windows 7 one? EDIT: Got a helpful reply on discord about this. Follow this manual installation guide, https://github.com/explorer7-team/source/blob/main/README.md But Vista's explorer is still kinda broken with this tool for now

Compare it to the behavior of standard Windows Vista There is a chance you got very lucky in the silicon lottery and your particular CPU doesn't suffer from the drift bug.

OAuth2's purpose is to verify that you are not using an email client that is not trusted by Google (or Microsoft etc.) It is extremely difficult for small (usually open source) email client developer to get approval from Google, so supporting OAuth2 != being able to actually use it https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=73&t=30566&start=20#p246217 So maybe consider switching the email provider. For example Polish email providers Onet and WP don't require OAuth2

Link for x64 version is dead

That's what happens when you copy-paste to avoid writing 3 words the second time and (don't) realize everything else is wrong

At least on some Broadcom WIFI+Bluetooth cards the Bluetooth part works as a USB device, so make sure you have working USB drivers, without them Bluetooth won't even show up in device manager. Or maybe try different USB drivers. I've had a HP branded Broadcom card working in Dell and Lenovo hardware so it should work with different brands as long as you install drivers through device manager