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It worked! I putted it in sleep mode, it looks like Windows does successfully enter sleep mode, but the hardware does not (fans were still on in this "sleep mode"), resuming took around 30 seconds (probably waiting for some timeout), not sure how reproducible this is UPDATE: It is definitely reproducible, (I'm writing this post update from my Ryzen laptop on Vista). The computer does in fact go into sleep it just takes 30-60 seconds again probably there is some minor error and it's probably waiting for some timeout of a minor feature that doesn't work The driver is not very stable however, after around 15 minutes I got a BSOD of dxgkrnl.sys and ks.sys, likely caused by the driver. Bluescreens are not visible, the screen turns black I'm reading this off MiniDump. About this screenshot: GPU-Z says this is 17.10.1 which corresponds to Windows 7 drivers that I took some files from as replacement for their Windows 10 HP OEM equivalents. The OEM driver alone is identified by GPU-Z as 17.7. Later it turned out that it makes absolutely no difference to the driver's functionality on Vista, so I may as well stay with Windows 10 files.

I've decided to try out Windows Vista on AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, the Raven Ridge mobile platform. First drivers for their integrated GPU (OEM ones for Windows 10, not straight from AMD) predate 17.10.1 drivers which can be made to work on Vista: https://board.eclipse.cx/viewtopic.php?t=404 I've installed the OS (with Extended Kernel) on a VM and then applied vmdk virtual disk image onto a M.2 SATA SSD which was then installed in the laptop, and booted from it in Legacy/CSM mode Initially there were some BSODs, but they stopped occuring after I removed optical disk CD drivers from 'c:\Windows\system32\drivers' cdrom.sys and cdfs.sys. If you remember they where one of the causes of BSODs on Ryzen systems. The other one was of course USB controller, but it's clearly not causing issues here, bluescreens were significantly less frequent from the start than on my old Ryzen desktop and after removing those CD drivers stopped occurring completely and the system is fully stable now. Even USB 3 works with @cannonkong's modified drivers https://winraid.level1techs.com/t/solution-win-7-win8-1-x64-ryzen-apu-video-driver/34203?page=1 The only thing that doesn't work yet is the GPU. Is is officially only compatible with Windows 10 Redstone 1607+, but @cannonkong managed to get is working on Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 Threshold (1507 and 1511) with just an .inf mod. The oldest version of his modded drivers of from 2019 unfortunately so I tried applying simmilar patches to this HP OEM driver from 09.2017 https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/ScopedViewInline.aspx?updateid=808a5b95-4eb0-4be6-82f6-58fad73c2708 I succeeded for Windows 10 Threshold 1511, but on Windows 7 this driver launches successfully, but you can only see distorted image and then nothing on the screen. Despite that that system works, you can change backlight brightness click on things and hear sounds. This issue can be however completely fixed by going into sleep mode and resuming. The GPU works ok after that. On Vista the symptoms are the same as on 7, but sleep mode doesn't work, so you can't use this as a workaround. You can even see Aero working for a moment, and than black screen (you can still hear sounds and interact with the OS). So a simple tweak could make it work. Do you have any ideas? EDIT: I've tested system's stability without GPU drivers installed and it survived all 7 hours of testing, which included 2h of video playback (on Microsoft Basic VGA adapter) and also around 2h of web browsing, it hadn't crashed a single time. However when I started messing with GPU drivers, a BSOD caused by video drivers would often be followed by another one in a very early boot stage including when entering SafeMode, so I'm not sure anymore. Perhaps the potential for Ryzen-like BSODs exists, but after removing CD drivers nothing is using system resources in a way that causes BOSDs

Anyone tested this with an old version of WebView2 like 109 https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=webview2 Runtime version 109 on Vista/7/8/8.1 ?

32-bit version https://msfn.org/board/topic/173175-catalyst-1412-omega-on-vista/ This says 14.12, but also works for 15.6 You should have been able to install drivers with just the .inf file mod (replacing 6.1 section's name with 6.0), this patch solves just powerprof.dll error.

I think that they are making a big mistake with Wayland, just because it is not X11 with improvements . One of the main reason why Windows is still so popular is that almost nothing gets removed from the api, you can still run most Windows 95 desktop apps on Windows 11. Corporations and developers of other software value backwards compatibility a lot. You can't expect everyone to update their software just because you now consider a feature they relied on obsolete (having everything running in xwayland is also not a solution). Developers (especially hobbyist) tend to flag something as obsolete as soon as they come up with a better idea before even implementing it in a stable way, there is just no corporation to remind them of all the customers they may lose in the process.

Should work with 15.6 AMD Catalyst drivers https://forum.legacydev.org/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=199

I don't think I'll be far from truth saying that the Copilot is just a Microsoft rebrand of ChatGPT with modified GUI. The article suggests that this so called "Notebook" is an extension to Copilot, I don't see a reason why Microsoft/OpenAI wouldn't be able to implement this feature in ChatGPT too.

There used to be an old MyPal browser which was based on Pale Moon, but Mypal68 is based on Firefox, not Pale Moon, so you should install Firefox versions of extensions on it.

The client works but I can no longer launch games after the last update The steam ui displays that they are running for a few seconds, but no game's exe is launched

I've found such a card! Broadcom BCM943142Y Both WiFi and Bluetooth work on Vista x64 with Windows 7 drivers (tested with October 2022 extended kernel). The only downside is that it only supports 2.4GHz frequency

I think you should check out Windows Sidebar port for Windows 8 and newer called 8GadgetPack, it comes with a gadget for safely-removing drives

I remember that on my old (not functional anymore) laptop which was running Windows Vista & Windows 7 my eternal drive would spin-down on safe-removal only when it was plugged into USB3 ports and not USB2 (same behavior on both OSes). But what probably made the difference was that for USB3 I had AMD drivers installed, while for USB2 I didn't bother and stayed with Windows's build-in ones. So you should probably just install drivers from AMD/Intel.

It is generally a good initiative, but remember you can't share Windows ISOs here. But I can't recall anything that is broken in Vista itself Which ones are broken? Internet Explorer? Just use Pale Moon, Supermium or Firefox October 2022 version is more stable. If you want to try fixing something I would suggest you to concentrate on fixing issues with Intel Haswell and newer CPUs and AMD Ryzen USB controler BSODs.

I am curious if 24H2 is the first version where these problems exist. Have you been using some unsigned drivers that worked in 23H2 and just upgraded to 24H2?

Tested on version 4.1.1.6758295 Baldur's Gate 3 is a game that is oficially supported by it's developers only on Windows 10. There are both Steram and GOG versions available, but I would advise against buying it on Steam since the steam client may stop working on Windows 7 at any time, while GOG game releases are DRM-free and have offline installers available so you aren't going to lose the ability to play. This game comes is two variants bg3.exe (Vulkan based) and bg3_dx11.exe (DirextX 11 based). You probably want to be using the Vulkan version as dx11 one has a broken map (and minimap) To run the Vulkan version you need a pretty recent video driver: Nvidia: for example version 471 will be fine AMD: not tested Required for patch 8 v4.1.1.6758295 : This part is for the current version v4.1.1.6758295 (this is patch8) Patch 7 v4.1.1.6072089 does not require this, Patch 6 v4.1.1.5022896 requires a different workaround, see spoiler 1. Download CFF Explorer (part of Explorer Suite) 2. Find bg3.exe and open it in CFF Explorer 3. On the left panel go to Import Directory then find PlayFabServices.Win32.dll, PlayFabCore.Win32.dll and PartyWin.dll under module name 4. Right-click and click Delete Import Descriptor for PlayFabServices.Win32.dll, PlayFabCore.Win32.dll and PartyWin.dll I think cross-platform play may not work if you remove PlayFab, but looking at it's website https://playfab.com/ this PlayFAB is likely to contain Microsoft's spyware and you may not want it anyway of you are on Windows 7 5. Save the file as bg3_win7.exe or whatever For All versions of Baldur's Gate : 6. When launching the game's exe always hold the Shift key (not needed for Windows 8.0 and 8.1) 7. Congratulations, Launch bg3.exe (I mean your modified one here) in the bin directory (don't even bother with a crappy Larian launcher)

Yeah I know that, it doesn't replace anything still installs them. Also it adds it's own tab to the file properties dialog Right, but for example Supermium by win32 was: https://forum.eclectic4un.me/viewtopic.php?f=89&p=605&sid=17c82f4acdcb73e724057ac0464dd0b7#p605 "Adware [...] installs modified versions of popular browsers on affected Windows systems. The browsers installed by Adware.Ghokswa have different start pages, new tab settings, and search settings than the original browser." So basically everything that is a modified version of something common has a high risk of getting a false positive.

It makes sense since it installs modified unofficial Microsoft dlls to your system. It's up to you whether you trust VxKex's developer or not.

I would never install install spyware like Tik-tok on my phone unless maybe in a deeply virtualized and isolated environment. Nevertheless I am generally against any kind of software bans, including this one. It feels like banning (names are made up) Turbo KMS but allowing (forgetting about) Super KMS and I don't think it's how the law should look like

For Linux to take over, there would have to be new retail computers that come with it preinstalled. Most people just use whatever comes with their laptop (or desktop) and don't bother with installing anything custom. + Installing & finding hardware drivers is usually the most difficult thing when setting up a Linux system. Laptops with Linux preinstalled do in fact exist and they are called Chromebooks. So if Linux somehow takes over, it's gonna be Chrome OS or some other distro managed by a by a big corporation which won't be any better and likely more locked-down than Windows 11. Still, I don't see this happening in the near future and especially not in businesses.

I believe LegacyUpdate has an option to activate XP with a legit product key https://legacyupdate.net/ https://legacyupdate.net/faq/security

https://msfn.org/board/topic/183194-windows-7-on-the-intel-alder-lakez690-platform/page/2/#comment-1214533 ThrottleStop may help Well, the modern standby actually leaves the CPU in a working state and on Windows 10/11 the computer would install updates in the background and do other random stuff that heavily drains the battery. The true standby is not there regardless of your operating system.

Some of them even claim XP compatibility https://www.ebay.com/itm/134559754166?hash=item1f5462e7b6:g:9KcAAOSw6vdj4fWU ofc I'm not promoting this exact one Maybe you should contact the seller about driver

boot.ini dot's color is arbitrarily set to black

I'm having a problem with establishing a TLS 1.3 connection on Windows 2000 with the lataest BWC extended kernel and New Moon on a laptop NVM I'm just stupid and expect the internet to work with wrong system clock.