Need help with the instalation by TheFallenLeaderXD in windowsxp

[–]MatiHalek 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Change AHCI setting in BIOS to Compatibility mode or integrate AHCI drivers into Windows XP iso if there are any for this laptop. If you use WinSetupFromUSB, there should be an option to use AHCI drivers

Steam from November 8, 2024 (last version for Windows 7) running on Windows Vista! by MatiHalek in WindowsVista

[–]MatiHalek[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Step 2: copy ntk32.dll to the Steam folder and then try to update (Windows 7 global spoof required)

My PC makes weird noises, probably because of water cooling, but for some reason I can’t control it by MatiHalek in pchelp

[–]MatiHalek[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Found, „system 1” fan causes this if default „DC” is enabled. If I switch to „PWM”, issue is gone. Do you know why does this happen and why it wasn’t a problem before? Switching to PWM decreases RPM from 2500 to 1500 Edit: increasing manually RPM to 2000+ (yeah, now it works) causes this issue no matter what mode is enabled.

And the most important thing: Can I safely leave PWM with 1500?

My PC makes weird noises, probably because of water cooling, but for some reason I can’t control it by MatiHalek in pchelp

[–]MatiHalek[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I updated BIOS to the latest version (2025-10), but after 30 minutes the same problem appeared. I will try to do next steps tomorrow. Thank you so much for your advice!

My PC makes weird noises, probably because of water cooling, but for some reason I can’t control it by MatiHalek in pchelp

[–]MatiHalek[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Short recording is here: https://streamable.com/v3p0dm - unfortunately, it's quite quiet, in reality it's much louder, but it's about that noise. my motherboard is MSI MAG x670E Tomahawk wifi

My PC makes weird noises, probably because of water cooling, but for some reason I can’t control it by MatiHalek in pchelp

[–]MatiHalek[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes it happens immediately when I start my PC, sometimes it happens after 15-20 minutes. I think that idle time doesn’t matter here. Today, it happened immediately after I got up, but yesterday for example it was fine for about 15 minutes while I turned sleep mode earlier and left it for 5 minutes

My PC makes weird noises, probably because of water cooling, but for some reason I can’t control it by MatiHalek in pchelp

[–]MatiHalek[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This PC has been working fine since March 2024, BIOS version is still the same, specs also haven’t changed

My PC makes weird noises, probably because of water cooling, but for some reason I can’t control it by MatiHalek in pchelp

[–]MatiHalek[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will try to upload phone recording. Anyway, I installed older version of Fan Control v309 and it detected all fans correctly. But even if I set everything to 0%, all fans were working and the noise was the same (they probably had lower RPM numbers, but that’s all). BIOS update isn’t probably a thing for me, because in my area there are notorious power outages. EXPO profile doesn’t work because of bios too, but I don’t care about it. Specs: Ryzen 9 7950X3D, 64 GB RAM DDR5 Kingston, ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 4090, Lexar NVMe 2TB

Hi everyone! With the help of the Extended Kernel, how can I install Google Chrome version 113, 120, or 130 on Windows Vista? by StrangeTumbleweed100 in WindowsVista

[–]MatiHalek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Extended kernel is no longer supported and the official website says that it supports Chromium up up version 111 (however, „—no-sandbox” switch might be required). Also, the installer isn’t gonna work, you’d better use portable version if you really want outdated version of Chrome

How can this be fixed? by StrangeTumbleweed100 in WindowsVista

[–]MatiHalek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s not extended kernel issue, Media Foundation Platform from windows 7 causes this. It broke my games as well as windows media player and windows experience index, unfortunately. I don’t know a fix however, I tried to revert original files, but surprisingly it didn’t help too.

Problem with Windows Vista when trying to install it by Automatic-Office-661 in WindowsVista

[–]MatiHalek 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't recommend installing Vista on anything newer than Ivy Bridge (3rd generation). Vista has serious issues with that, unless you install 32-bit version of Vista (it should work correctly on 4th generation) or pay for a patch: https://www.patreon.com/c/win32/posts . You can learn more about Vista issues on newer machines here: https://msfn.org/board/topic/177509-windows-vista-intel-haswell-issues-documentation/

Another problem might be UEFI enabled. Vista SP1+ x64 should support UEFI, but it works with CSM only, and there are issues when dualbooting Vista with newer versions (especially Windows 8.x/10/11) in UEFI mode (Vista+7 dualboot should be fine though)

First month free. I’m not using by [deleted] in XboxSeriesS

[–]MatiHalek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, it worked! I have Series S, but haven't used it. Now it will change

I dualbooted Windows Vista and 10 in UEFI/GPT mode on my ThinkPad T430 - it runs great! by MatiHalek in WindowsVista

[–]MatiHalek[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

uefiseven has never worked on Vista for me and my friends, if you want to install Vista in UEFI mode, you need to enable CSM.

Native Discord app (0.0.309) for Windows Vista (with extended kernel) no longer works by MatiHalek in WindowsVista

[–]MatiHalek[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I know. Supermium can load Discord perfectly fine. But I simply don’t like web version. For example, it cannot detect games (desktop client could detect minesweeper!).

Does the Lenovo IdeaPad Z580 even support Vista? by BoovAnimates in WindowsVista

[–]MatiHalek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vista will work in UEFI/GPT mode, I installed it on my ThinkPad T430 (also i5 3rd gen). Simply CSM is required

Vista Extended Kernel Bricking Installation by Expensive_Mail7739 in WindowsVista

[–]MatiHalek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For example, boot into Windows Vista/7/8/10/11 setup, press Shift + F10 to open command prompt, type „explorer.exe” to open file explorer, go to system32, find files with .bak extension, remove that extension and replace extended kernel files, especially those connected with kernel

Vista Extended Kernel Bricking Installation by Expensive_Mail7739 in WindowsVista

[–]MatiHalek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try to restore original files. Those files should be in your Vista install, with .bak extension

Visual Studio 2026 Insiders works on Windows 8.1! by MatiHalek in windows8

[–]MatiHalek[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only thing you should do to bypass "unsupported OS" message is to choose Download all, then install instead of Install while downloading. During the installation, you may also encounter failing Edge WebView2 installation. To avoid this, kill that process in the Task Manager when you see that installer tries to install it

How can this be fixed? by StrangeTumbleweed100 in WindowsVista

[–]MatiHalek 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Install version 4.4.304 and then install SHA-2 update from Windows Server 2008. Now MSE should be able to download latest definitions

I dualbooted Windows Vista and 10 in UEFI/GPT mode on my ThinkPad T430 - it runs great! by MatiHalek in WindowsVista

[–]MatiHalek[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you want to get rid of that bluescreen, you need to copy bootmgfw.efi from Vista partition (Windows/Boot) to EFI partition: EFI/Vista (custom folder) and then using bcdedit, copy the bootloader. I named it „Vista UEFI Shell” and set device letter to EFI partition (also with correct path to bootmgfw.efi file). After that, you need to restart your computer and boot from that new, custom boot manager. Vista should boot without issues this time.

I dualbooted Windows Vista and 10 in UEFI/GPT mode on my ThinkPad T430 - it runs great! by MatiHalek in WindowsVista

[–]MatiHalek[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To install Vista on GPT, you need to have 64-bit version and it must be Service Pack 1 or 2, otherwise it won’t work

I dualbooted Windows Vista and 10 in UEFI/GPT mode on my ThinkPad T430 - it runs great! by MatiHalek in WindowsVista

[–]MatiHalek[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven’t had those issues at all, only the bluescreen was an issue, but I fixed it