[WIP] Windows Vista Extended Kernel

[bromogatos309]

 

yeah but it says ''checking for latest updates''....How I stop that ?

Edited April 29, 2021 by bromogatos309

[Vistapocalypse]

10 hours ago, bromogatos309 said:

yeah but it says ''checking for latest updates''....How I stop that?

Assuming you have SP2 and Windows Update Agent 7.6.7600.256, it sounds like an old familiar issue is back!? (But Windows Update isn’t supposed to work anymore!?) Set Windows Update to “Never check for updates,” click OK and restart. Then manually install KB4015195, KB4015380, KB4012583 and KB3205638 either from Microsoft Update Catalog or greenhillmaniac’s repository. There is a YouTube video by WinClient5270 with download links in the description:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtGYgxfpkeg

(Minor detail: If IE9 is already installed, I would nowadays suggest KB4507434 rather than the older patch mentioned in the video.)

Act fast because M$ may shut it down again, and let’s try not to turn this into a “How to Update Vista” thread please.

Edit: False alarm. 

Edited April 29, 2021 by Vistapocalypse

[bromogatos309]

It says that on Steam not Windows.....I have turned off the Updates on Vista a long time ago 

 

Edited April 29, 2021 by bromogatos309

[Vistapocalypse]

Oops! I failed to realize that “it” was Steam, due partly to another recent post. 

16 hours ago, ScrapMechanicFan2016 said:

EDIT. I finally Got Windows Update working. ofc i find the way when i say i tried everything. i thought i did.

I won’t ask how (but others may wonder).

[bromogatos309]

So What can I do ?

[Vistapocalypse]

16 hours ago, asininetwat said:

Steam kinda works. I have the build from October 2020 running on my computer from this thread.

How do you prevent Steam from updating?

[bromogatos309]

Yes because it says ''Steam is no longer supported on your Operating system Version'' over and over again.....

[Vistapocalypse]

Correct: Steam does not support Vista. I’m not a gamer myself, but hope you have fun!

[burd]

6 hours ago, bromogatos309 said:

Yes because it says ''Steam is no longer supported on your Operating system Version'' over and over again.....

you need a hex editor to remove the win7 requirement and need the cfg file to prevent it from updating.

[bromogatos309]

And where is the win7 requirement I need to remove ?

 

[LS4280]

  

On 7/29/2020 at 9:32 AM, win32 said:

You can use an hex editor like HxD. Search for a sequence of bytes that goes

6A 00 6A 01 6A 06

And change the 6A 01 to 6A 00.

On 8/16/2020 at 9:19 AM, asdf2345 said:

Change those bytes for steam.exe, steam.dll, and steamservice.dll

 

 

[bromogatos309]

20 minutes ago, THK2003 said:

  I did that but I still get the same message.....What Should I write in the cfg file and where am I suppose to put it ?

 

 

Edited April 30, 2021 by bromogatos309

[burd]

9 hours ago, bromogatos309 said:

 

 

[ScrapMechanicFan2016]

On 4/29/2021 at 11:24 AM, Vistapocalypse said:

I won’t ask how (but others may wonder).

honestly i looked it up. followed a video. forgot what it was. i would need to boot into vista and wait for 1000+updates to configure

Edited May 3, 2021 by ScrapMechanicFan2016

[asininetwat]

On 4/29/2021 at 10:49 AM, Vistapocalypse said:

How do you prevent Steam from updating?

That's weird. The premodded october build of Steam never checked for updates and I never had to configure anything. The thread I linked to did mention what you need to add to the Steam.cfg file though. It goes to the Steam folder.