[WIP] Windows Vista Extended Kernel

[Scorpi0n]

3 minutes ago, mina7601 said:

The osver.ini file isn't created automatically when you install Extended Kernel. It has to be created manually.

Yes I know tnat, also for all people reading that should this thread have discord? Its quite big project and its hard to have everything there on msfn, also the live support will be great.

[Brickedandroid]

Where's the link to download the 2023 ExKernel build?

[mina7601]

11 hours ago, Brickedandroid said:

Where's the link to download the 2023 ExKernel build?

The current version of Extended Kernel is from October 19, 2022.

[SigmaTel71]

On 3/3/2023 at 6:59 PM, Scorpi0n said:

Yes I know tnat, also for all people reading that should this thread have discord?

I guess it will be better if you ask win32 directly in PMs about it.

[Vistapocalypse]

Is it true that a 2018 version of Kaspersky is the only antivirus known to work with this extended kernel? If not, please post details here or reply to:

https://msfn.org/board/topic/184427-best-windows-vista-antivirus-with-the-extended-kernel/

[NullEntity]

Appreciate all the hard work win32, It's a life-saving project ngl

[SigmaTel71]

12 hours ago, Vistapocalypse said:

is the only antivirus known to work with this extended kernel

Dr.Web Security Space 12.0 is working too. Actually, any version of Dr.Web Security Space that is compatible with Windows Vista and newer. But you'd need to get an update for SHA-256 support, which is kindly provided in the instructions on the website. https://support.drweb.com/sha2

[WinExPerience]

@win32 !!!

😭

The latest OneDrive does not work on Windows Vista Extended Kernel as well as Windows 7! It says SetThreadInformation could not be located in kernel32dll!

Help!

[WinExPerience]

Guys, see Office 2019 on Windows Vista, I got from Reddit.

[WinExPerience]

I installed Office 2019 by spoofing Windows 7, as it said on Windows Vista that it requires Windows 7 or newer. But on Windows 7, it says Windows 10 or newer.

Edited March 5, 2023 by WinExPerience

[VistaLover]

1 hour ago, WinExPerience said:

It says SetThreadInformation could not be located in kernel32dll!

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/processthreadsapi/nf-processthreadsapi-setthreadinformation

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Minimum supported client: Windows 8 [desktop apps only]

Minimum supported server: Windows Server 2012 [desktop apps only]

[VistaLover]

8 hours ago, SigmaTel71 said:

But you'd need to get an update for SHA-256 support, which is kindly provided in the instructions on the website. 
https://support.drweb.com/sha2

... And there, they proudly state:

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Dr.Web continues to consistently support outdated Windows versions

which is something they definitely deserve a praise for! If only other "security" vendors had followed their example...

[SigmaTel71]

1 minute ago, VistaLover said:

which is something they definitely deserve a praise for!

Also, their Security Space keys do work on Symbian 9.x versions. And you still can get recent VDBs. On a long-dead mobile OS you still get updates!
If you ever going to add some protection to your Windows 98 SE machine, go for Dr.Web 5.0. For Windows 2000 SP4 — Dr.Web Security Space 7. Both still get their VDB updates, but you have to be careful about 98SE: there can be serious performance impacts.

 

[yoltboy01]

1 hour ago, WinExPerience said:

Guys, see Office 2019 on Windows Vista, I got from Reddit.

Whoa! That‘s an enormous breakthrough. Thank you 🙏🏻 

[legacyfan]

I finally quite using the vista extended kernal (it was unstable on my computer) and decided to move to using x86 based vista and it's way more stable (at least for me)

Edited March 6, 2023 by legacyfan
Moved From 8.1 Extended Kernal Thread