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Normally Readyboot should help with slightly faster boot times and faster recovery from hibernation by pre-fetching files. But ironically it can cause the exact opposite if too much logging is happening, so in your case you are not losing anything. This feature might have been useful to some extent when HDDs where the norm, but with SSDs or even NVMe it shouldn't make much of a difference.

I've been using the Registry Tweak posted by GrofLuigi to completely disable it since the Windows 7 era and didn't have any problems with that feature after that. From when I last tested, it still works up to Windows 11. To configure manually : Go to the Control Panel ->Administrative Tools ->Computer Management ->In the left panel, open Performance Monitor -> open the "Data Collection Sets" and click on "Startup Event Trace Sessions" -> In the right panel, double-click on "Readyboot" -> In the "Trace Session" tab, you can now uncheck the "Enabled" checkbox As an alternative, you can also set the Maximum Filesize of the Log File to 0 in these setttings (in the "Stop Condition" tab) if you dont want to completely disable the ReadyBoot Service itself.

Only Desktop processors have reached ESU. For now the drivers continue to get updated as some Intel 8th Gen Mobile processors are still supported until September 2026. But in the end ironically all 7th-10th processors still benefit from these drivers... so good thing

On later versions of W10 the function "GetSystemCpuSetInformation" might have been moved to "api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-4.dll" The Microsoft API website seems to not have been updated in a while , I have found an alternative website here : https://apisets.info/apisetschemas/ For anyone interested, I also came across these interesting links for the "GetSystemCpuSetInformation" function https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winnt/ns-winnt-system_cpu_set_information https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75755496/meaning-of-schedulingclass-in-system-cpu-set-information

I tested the latest 146.0a1 Nightly and FF itself does launch using the modifications posted by mjd79 on the previous page but it is unable to load any website. Maybe some problem with the patched GetProcessAffinityMask function. The latest ESR 140.5.0 still works however (although not surprising since ESR 140.0 was working)

Intel finally released an official W11 24H2 / 25H2 compatible graphics drivers for 7th-10th Gen processors https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/776137/intel-7th-10th-gen-processor-graphics-windows.html?wapkw=driver

Technical Details : In case you are wondering, using regsvr32 on these dll files is not necessary ! You will get an error message if you manually try to do it.

DirectX Addendum for Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 Microsoft only included partial DirectX functionality in Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 This Addendum will restore full functionality by installing Xinput1_4.dll, XInput9_1_0.dll and XAudio2_8.dll respectively from Windows 8.0 and 8.1 Also make sure to install the DirectX June 2010 Redist https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109 The Addendum can be installed before or after the DirectX June 2010 Redist. The files from the Addendum can also be manually copied to an offline image ! How-to : - Extract folder "Server 2012" or "Server 2012 R2" depending on your OS - Right-click on Install.cmd and select "Run as administrator" - Follow the on-screen instructions ! - Done ! Credits Allukend from the now defunct http://www.win2012workstation.com/ website for the original script Alternative MediaFire Download Link : https://www.mediafire.com/file/7tdsy5v2u1gqkw2/DX_ADDENDUM.rar/file MSFN Download Link : DX_ADDENDUM.rar

I had come across another issue related to Dual Monitors / DWM Lag on W7 : https://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/414954-dwm-exe-aero-desktop-composition-lag-has-anyone-figured-out.html Maybe this can help with your problem as well : Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\Schedule] "FrameRateMin"=dword:00000078 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Avalon.Graphics] "Force10Level9"=dword:00000001 For FrameRateMin... 0000003c = 60, if you run your monitors at 60hz. 00000078 = 120, if you run at 120hz. 00000090 = 144, if you run at 144hz.

Weirdly enough, it seems it's not necessary to have a valid Windows key to enroll into the ESU program. So one way or another you should be fine as long as you get the ESU activation screen to show up.

About Internet Explorer 11, I believe Microsoft did not properly communicate about it back in 2022. Because support for IE11 only ended for some OSs ! IE11 is actually still supported on OSs with ESU, on Windows 10 LTSB/LTSC editions and on Windows Server 2022 it's all the way until Oct 14, 2031 ! An up-to-date list maintained by Microsoft can be found here : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/faq/internet-explorer-microsoft-edge I also finally found a better explanation by Microsoft : While Microsoft has announced retirement of the Internet Explorer 11 application on certain platforms and the Microsoft Edge Legacy application is deprecated, the underlying MSHTML, EdgeHTML, and scripting platforms are still supported. The MSHTML platform is used by Internet Explorer mode in Microsoft Edge as well as other applications through WebBrowser control. The EdgeHTML platform is used by WebView and some UWP applications. The scripting platforms are used by MSHTML and EdgeHTML but can also be used by other legacy applications. Updates to address vulnerabilities in the MSHTML platform and scripting engine are included in the IE Cumulative Updates; EdgeHTML and Chakra changes are not applicable to those platforms.

Potentially yes. https://www.itnews.com.au/news/windows-server-sql-server-get-six-year-support-extension-444429 According to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/faq/extended-security-updates?culture=en-us&country=us Does this offer replace Premium Assurance? Premium Assurance is no longer available, but we will honor the terms of Premium Assurance for customers who already purchased it. So if at least one company out there purchased Server 2012 (R2) Premium Assurance between March 2017 and July 2018 (while it was available) Microsoft should continue to provide Monthly Rollup Updates on the Microsoft Update Catalog accessible to everyone until 2029.

Mozilla extended ESR v115 for 6 more months. Further extensions are also possible. https://msfn.org/board/topic/181987-list-of-software-that-doesnt-support-windows-7/page/34/#findComment-1281886

About the DirectX files on Server 2012 (R2) , I should have added that even if you install the DirectX redist package from Microsoft, they will not be added. These 3 files are considered part of the OS and Microsoft removed them from the Server installation completely. This is not a problem on the Client version and why they can be copied from there.

Some older games might also require Windows Media Player (+Media Foundation) which can be re-enabled by installing the Desktop Experience Feature. On Server 2016 and higher, this is not required because installing the OS with Desktop Experience automatically installs the Media Foundation Feature as well.