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Vista/W2k8 x86 on Modern Hardware
I could try this but for now I don't see much of a reason to. That being said, there are instances where this is ideal, especially if you have something like a basic Haswell system and you want to multiboot Vista with other operating systems. It should work quite well as the 32-bit version of Vista doesn't have the same bugs that the 64-bit version does on newer hardware. PAE patching is also a possibility but the methods do change for every new kernel update released. Vista is technically still being patched to this day through Server 2008's grandfathered ESU program. Let me know if you all are interested in seeing me test 04/2025 patched Vista x86-32 on Haswell and maybe Ryzen 5000. ^^
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Vista/W2k8 x64 on Modern Hardware
Successfully transferred a Vista install from a SATA drive to NVMe using a modified driver I found. Not sure who made it but someone did share it with me and I thought I'd share it here too. Running on the following system: AMD B450 chipset on MSI motherboard (B450 Gaming Carbon AC) with a Ryzen 5800X, 32GB of DDR4-3200 memory and a radeon HD7950. Now there is an issue with the computer crashing every now and then. Not sure what exactly causes it but I know it's a known issue with ryzen. Running april 2025 patch levels with the 10192022 exkernel. Said NVMe driver should also work on normal Vista though the driver isn't signed. nvme.vsta64.7z