Guide - Vista extended kernel installation

[Dixel]

12 hours ago, Dixel said:

Update your Vista to 2017

I'm not even sure what good those decade old, obsolete updates would do besides putting junk on your HDD.

And SHA 2 update for the latest Kernel release will replace the old system files anyway.

So what's the point of installing those 43147GB of updates? Net framework is highly optional, also.  Only newbie released software needs Net.

[TSNH]

On 9/6/2024 at 8:50 AM, Dixel said:

I'm not even sure what good those decade old, obsolete updates would do besides putting junk on your HDD.

And SHA 2 update for the latest Kernel release will replace the old system files anyway.

The SHA-2 update (2019) updates most critical kernel files but doesn't update "all" files, so if you don't install other updates some of them may stay on let's say 2010 version insted of 2016.

Is it a problem? It shouldn't be, but sometimes some system files expect files that they interact with to be in a fairly close version and they don't run well with too old ones. I remember I've ran into this issue once with Windows 7

To help cleaning the mess after installing updates read about cleaning up WinSxS

Edited September 7, 2024 by TSNH

[HarryCat]

Sorry for taking so long in getting back. But anyway.. Is there some kind of trick to get these Windows 2008 64bit updates to install into 64bit Vista?  One will install and then rejects it and the other won't install at all.

[TSNH]

15 hours ago, HarryCat said:

Sorry for taking so long in getting back. But anyway.. Is there some kind of trick to get these Windows 2008 64bit updates to install into 64bit Vista?  One will install and then rejects it and the other won't install at all.

If you install KB4493730, than do restart to make sure it's installed than KB4474419, it should just install.

First of all I would revert to a system restore point before installing updates that broke, because this reverting thing could have created a mess.

Did you install all the earlier updates till 2017, If so:

Quick search for this "Updates were not configured currently" shows that it can be caused by installing too many updates at once, so when installing updates try installing like 10 and than restart.

If not, well, maybe those 2009-2017 updates and they are worth installing

Edited September 12, 2024 by TSNH

[Saxon]

On 9/7/2024 at 2:02 PM, TSNH said:

To help cleaning the mess after installing updates read about cleaning up WinSxS

I'd very much appreciate a link to "cleaning up WinSxS."

Thank you!

[TSNH]

57 minutes ago, Saxon said:

I'd very much appreciate a link to "cleaning up WinSxS."

Thank you!

It has been a long time ago since I last did that (now I have an ISO with integrated updates),

and I didn't post a link, because back then I just deleted (running 7-zip file manager as Trutedinstaller) all amd64.something and x86.somenthing folders with the date modified matching what I wanted to delete.

But while effective, that's not a proper way, as it may break your Turn Features on or off and possibly other things,

Perhaps look at this:

https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/how-to-peform-a-full-winsxs-cleanup-for-vista-and-windows-7-series.87379/

[Saxon]

12 hours ago, TSNH said:

It has been a long time ago since I last did that (now I have an ISO with integrated updates),

and I didn't post a link, because back then I just deleted (running 7-zip file manager as Trutedinstaller) all amd64.something and x86.somenthing folders with the date modified matching what I wanted to delete.

But while effective, that's not a proper way, as it may break your Turn Features on or off and possibly other things,

Perhaps look at this:

https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/how-to-peform-a-full-winsxs-cleanup-for-vista-and-windows-7-series.87379/

Thanks! DISM is not available for Vista, or not?

[TSNH]

7 hours ago, Saxon said:

DISM is not available for Vista, or not?

It is available if you install Windows 7 AIK, it is officially supported by Microsoft

Someone in the MDL thread I linked recommended a newer Chinese modified DISM by Chuyu-Team for Vista (you have to login to view their post), but idk about that

Edited September 12, 2024 by TSNH

[bigger]

How launch Unity games above 2017 with extended kernel, newer versions gaves Unity error by trying launching game even osver is win7 with superfix and how is possible launch maximum to Unity 2021?

[D.Draker]

Screengrab the error and post here. Unity can be made working without the need of that Kernel.

[bigger]

On 3/7/2025 at 3:33 AM, D.Draker said:

Screengrab the error and post here. Unity can be made working without the need of that Kernel.

That error happens on 2018 and later unity version, how is possible to make Unity 2018+ games work in the Extended Kernel, current version 2023 rev 2.

[D.Draker]

14 hours ago, bigger said:

That error happens on 2018 and later unity version, how is possible to make Unity 2018+ games work in the Extended Kernel, current version 2023 rev 2.

The screengrab doesn't show the exact error. Check Unity DLLs with Dependency Walker.