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On 4/29/2023 at 6:40 AM, sunryze said:

i have quite a strange issue where after installing the latest extended kernel in a vmware VM, the mouse no longer works.

HID-compliant mouse and PS/2 compatible mouse both say that windows was unable to load drivers for the device (code 37)

Try the March 6 build. It's more stable than the March 9 build.

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2 hours ago, Saswat2005 said:

I followed @win32's instructions, then it works. Thanks @win32. But I can't update to March 2023 build as it is laggy sometimes. I will keep it on 2022 version.

March 2023 has 2 builds. Please use the stable March 6 build instead of the buggy March 9 build.

2 hours ago, Saswat2005 said:

Hello, everyone. This is Saswat, a user here. If I use Windows Vista Extended Kernel, trying to have Google Chrome 104, trying to install from Google does not work at all. So I had a virtual machine on my previous laptop ( which has Windows 7 on it ) running Windows Vista, so I go to Program Files then move to Google, copy the folder called Google to Downloads folder and then make a zip file. Then I dragged the zip file to guest OS Windows Vista, and then it worked, by spoofing Windows 7 version, it gradually works. Even for Microsoft Edge too. So you know that thing.

You can try spoofing to Windows 10 first before installing.

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Firefox 111 and later doesn't seem to be working for me. I'm currently using 110 without issue, if I try to use 111 or later, pretty much the second I double click on it I get the "Firefox has stopped working" message. I'm using the March 9 2023 build of the extended kernel on Windows Vista Ultimate SP2. Here's the details of the crash if they're relevant.

  

Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:    BEX64
  Application Name:    firefox.exe
  Application Version:    113.0.2.8542
  Application Timestamp:    646b8716
  Fault Module Name:    kernel32.dll
  Fault Module Version:    10.0.6004.4006
  Fault Module Timestamp:    64098adc
  Exception Offset:    0000000000000000
  Exception Code:    c0000005
  Exception Data:    0000000000000008
  OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.2.0.256.1
  Locale ID:    4105
  Additional Information 1:    10ba
  Additional Information 2:    44d65c4eeb6aca884fdc9b206a3a9706
  Additional Information 3:    5fb0
  Additional Information 4:    683c4139ddb44a06c8924dbeb362d749

 

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6 hours ago, LostEntrepreneur439 said:

Firefox 111 and later doesn't seem to be working for me. I'm currently using 110 without issue, if I try to use 111 or later, pretty much the second I double click on it I get the "Firefox has stopped working" message. I'm using the March 9 2023 build of the extended kernel on Windows Vista Ultimate SP2. Here's the details of the crash if they're relevant.

  

Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:    BEX64
  Application Name:    firefox.exe
  Application Version:    113.0.2.8542
  Application Timestamp:    646b8716
  Fault Module Name:    kernel32.dll
  Fault Module Version:    10.0.6004.4006
  Fault Module Timestamp:    64098adc
  Exception Offset:    0000000000000000
  Exception Code:    c0000005
  Exception Data:    0000000000000008
  OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.2.0.256.1
  Locale ID:    4105
  Additional Information 1:    10ba
  Additional Information 2:    44d65c4eeb6aca884fdc9b206a3a9706
  Additional Information 3:    5fb0
  Additional Information 4:    683c4139ddb44a06c8924dbeb362d749

 

Have you installed the 2019 Quality Rollup (KB4493471) update? The main build number must be 6003 instead of 6002.

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1 hour ago, Brickedandroid said:

Have you installed the 2019 Quality Rollup (KB4493471) update? The main build number must be 6003 instead of 6002.

I did not have that update installed, I didn't install any Server 2008 updates because when I installed all of them, installing the extended kernel caused a large number of issues (including switching my cursor to the Windows XP one, changing to the classic theme, an explorer error whenever i log in, search in the start not working, and things that require admin not working.). I tried installing just KB4493471, and it did not make any difference, Firefox 110 is still the newest version that's working.

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47 minutes ago, LostEntrepreneur439 said:

changing to the classic theme, an explorer error whenever i log in

What are your hardware specs? I encountered very similar issues on a new 12th generation Intel PC after I installed Nvidia drivers which require extended kernel and no such issues on an old 3th generation Intel laptop.

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5 hours ago, TSNH said:

What are your hardware specs? I encountered very similar issues on a new 12th generation Intel PC after I installed Nvidia drivers which require extended kernel and no such issues on an old 3th generation Intel laptop.

Dell Latitude E6430, Intel Core i5-3380m, 2x4GB 1333MHz DDR3 RAM, Intel HD Graphics 4000, 240gb TeamGroup SSD, dualboot with macOS 10.15.7 Catalina and Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 with extended kernel 64-bit.

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Yay! Finally I'm able again to run D3D9 games and programs in Windows Vista Extended Kernel using the newer version of the Intel HD Graphics 4000 driver!
So, I used WineD3D to do this. I copied the WineD3D d3d8.dll, d3d9.dll, and wined3d.dll files to System32, replacing the original ones. I also renamed the igdumdim64.dll and igdumdim32.dll files in System32 and SysWOW64.
WineD3D works by emulating Direct3D 8 and 9 into OpenGL. However, it is not perfect and there are still some crashes.

What it can do:

  • Open the Intel HD Graphics control panel
  • Play video files using Windows Media Player
  • Play Chess Titans by running the chess.exe file located in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Chess folder
  • Use screen savers (except Ribbons, crashes with code 0xc00000fd)
  • Play D3D9 casual games
  • and other light 3D rendering activities that are done by the D3D9 API

What it cannot do:

  • Use the Windows Aero theme
  • Run DxDiag
  • Perform D3D9 benchmarks
  • Open Games from the Start menu (this might be a bug)
  • Play D3D9 demanding games
  • and other heavy 3D rendering activities that are done by the D3D9 API

Other bugs:

  • The video playback sometimes slowing down and not syncing with the audio in Windows Media Player if the video resolution is higher than 480p or if the Windows Media Player is maximized
  • Windows Explorer crashes upon closing the Windows Photo Viewer
  • Some fullscreen games don't revert the screen resolution when exiting fullscreen mode, going to desktop by pressing Windows logo key, or switching between windows. They only revert the screen resolution after quitting the game

DXVK's D3D9 also most likely will work in Windows Vista Extended Kernel, even much better than WineD3D. However, DXVK only works on graphic cards with Vulkan API, and Intel HD Graphics 4000 doesn't support Vulkan.

Proof:

file.php?id=427&mode=view

file.php?id=428&mode=view

 

GTA San Andreas also works successfully on WineD3D. But if the Visual FX Quality is too high, the game will become very slow and unplayable, especially when in Red County. And the intro's FMV only plays the audio but still can be skipped. Unlike when using the native D3D9 which the game keep runs smoothly even with highest graphics quality on the same hardware and also can play the intro's FMV videos perfectly. Hope the DXVK's D3D9 will improve the performance so much and become faster and better graphics quality than the native D3D9.

file.php?id=430&mode=view

file.php?id=429&mode=view

 

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